CD

Menagerie

Album by Bill Withers

Released December 1977

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Tracklist

1
Lovely Day
4:15
4.5 ★
2
I Want to Spend the Night
3:41
2.0 ★
3
Lovely Night for Dancing
5:49
2.0 ★
4
Then You Smile at Me
4:53
1.0 ★
5
She Wants To (Get On Down)
3:15
1.0 ★
6
It Ain’t Because of Me Baby
3:30
1.0 ★
7
Tender Things
5:00
2.0 ★
8
Wintertime
3:16
1.0 ★
9
Let Me Be the One You Need
4:45
1.0 ★
10
Rosie (Previously Unreleased Demo)
4:11
11
Lovely Night for Dancing (Single Version)
4:25
12
Let Me Be the One You Need (Instrumental Mix)
4:39

More by Bill Withers

Just As I Am

Just As I Am 1971

Watching You Watching Me

Watching You Watching Me

Watching You Watching Me 1985

’Bout Love

’Bout Love 1979

Naked & Warm

Naked & Warm 1976

Making Music

Making Music 1975

+’Justments

+’Justments 1974

Release credits

Alvin Taylor
drums (drum set) [3-6]
Ben Liebrand
mix-DJ [1]
Bill Withers
guitar [2], keyboard [3], lead vocals [1], producer [1-9], vocal [2-12]
Charles Veal Jr.
concertmaster [1-4, 6-9]
Clarence McDonald
arranger [1, 7], keyboard [1, 4, 6-7, 9], producer [1, 4, 6-7, 9], strings [8]
Clifford Coulter
keyboard [5, 8], producer [8], solo [8], synthesizer [8, 10]
Dean Gant
keyboard [2]
Hodges, James & Smith
background vocals [5]
Jeff Paris
piano [10]
Jerry Knight
bass guitar [1, 4, 6]
Keni Burke
bass guitar [2-3, 5, 7-9], producer [2-3, 5, 9]
Michael Jones
synthesizer [6]
Paul Riser
brass [2-4, 6, 9], strings [2-6, 9]
Ralph MacDonald
percussion [1-4, 6-9]
Ray Parker Jr.
guitar [1, 4-7]
Russ Kunkel
congas [9], drums (drum set) [1-2, 7-9], shakers [1]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Menagerie
12" Vinyl
December 1977
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Menagerie
CD
28 January 2003
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Menagerie
CD
9 April 2003
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Menagerie
CD
2003
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Menagerie
CD
1 April 2008
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Menagerie
CD
2012
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Menagerie
12" Vinyl
8 July 2013
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Menagerie
Digital Media
21 April 2015
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Menagerie
Digital Media (Apple Digital Master)
21 April 2015
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Menagerie
CD
27 July 2016