| AWB | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973–1974 | |||
| Studio | ||||
| Genre | Funk, soul | |||
| Length | 40:24 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
| The Average White Band chronology | ||||
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| alternative cover | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[2] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( )[3] |
AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974.
AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single "Pick Up the Pieces" knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. In Canada, the album was #2 for 3 weeks to Elton John's Greatest Hits.
A 2004 expanded re-issue from Sony/Columbia in the UK includes a bonus CD with several demo session recordings made before the group joined Atlantic Records – taken from the so-called "Clover Sessions," recorded at Clover Studios, Los Angeles, CA, in 1973.[4] This album was eventually released as How Sweet Can You Get?
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ CG Book '70s: A
- ^ Hull, Tom (3 May 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ 2CD expanded re-issue listing at amazon.uk