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1977 studio album by Curtis Mayfield
Never Say You Can't Survive is an album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield , released in 1977.[1] [2] It peaked at No. 173 on the Billboard 200 .[3] "Show Me Love" was released as a single.[4]
Critical reception [ edit ]
Rolling Stone noted that Mayfield's "voice, which grows thinner and more strained with each album, fails to command the focus of the big, multisectioned arrangements."[7]
Track listing [ edit ]
All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield
Title 1. "Show Me Love" 5:16 2. "Just Want to Be with You" 3:14 3. "When We're Alone" 5:27 4. "Never Say You Can't Survive" 3:22 5. "I'm Gonna Win Your Love" 4:43 6. "All Night Long" 4:15 7. "When You Used to Be Mine" 3:41 8. "Sparkle" 4:02
Note that track 8, "Sparkle", is also on the Mayfield-written and produced soundtrack to the 1976 film Sparkle .
Personnel [ edit ]
Curtis Mayfield - vocals, lead guitar
Gary Thompson - rhythm guitar
Joseph Scott - bass
Floyd Morris, Rich Tufo - keyboards
Donnell Hagan - drums
Henry Gibson - bongos, congas
Cliff Davis, Sonny Seals - tenor saxophone
Kitty and the Haywoods - backing vocals
James Mack, Rich Tufo - arrangements
References [ edit ]
^ Mathieson, Kenny (28 Dec 1999). "Curtis Mayfield". The Scotsman . p. 12.
^ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk . Backbeat Books. p. 117.
^ "Curtis Mayfield" . Billboard . Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ Pruter, Robert (1992). Chicago Soul . University of Illinois Press. p. 309.
^ Never Say You Can't Survive at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul . Virgin. p. 221.
^ RollingStone.com
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