The Poet II

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Poet II is a 1984 album by Bobby Womack. The album featured the hit duets with fellow soul legend Patti LaBelle on the top three R&B charted ballad, "Love Has Finally Come at Last" and the more modest follow-up, "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" and the top 75 UK dance hit, "Tell Me Why". The UK music magazine NME named it the best album of 1984. Personnel Bobby Womack – vocal, guitar Patti LaBelle – vocals Courtney Sappington, David T. Walker, George Benson, Robert Palmer – guitar David Shields – bass Michael Wycoff – keyboards Denzil "Broadway" Miller, Rusty Hamilton – synthesizer James E. Gadson – drums Fred Johnson – electronic drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion Fernando Harkle, Fred Wesley, Harry Kim, Sidney Mulgrow, Thurmon Green, Wilton Felder – horns Dorothy Ashby – harp James Gadson, Kathy Bloxson, Regina Womack, The Valentino, Luther Water, Julia Water, Oren Water, Maxine Waters – background vocals Dave Bloomberg – string arrangements Otis Smith – executive producer "American Dream" contains an excerpt of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech of 1963. .

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