‘Bout Love

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First Released: 1978

Commentary: Bill Withers collaborated with keyboardist/arranger/songwriter Paul Smith on this engaging set issued. Still Bill offers his usual mellowness and down-home sincerity on such cuts as “All Because of You,” “Dedicated to You My Love,” and the brotherly love-themed “Look to Each Other for Love.” There are surprising up-tempo tracks like the horn-punctuated Top 30 R&B lead single “Don’t Make It Better,” and the back-alley funk of its follow-up, “You Got the Stuff.”

~Ed Hogan, All Music Guide