Traditions (album)

Traditions
Traditions
Studio album by Bobby Womack
Released	November 4, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	R&B, Christmas
Length	59:32
Label	The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI Records
Producer	Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

Traditions is the 22nd studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on November 4, 1999, on The Right Stuff Records.^[3]^[4]

In a 2024 overview of Womack's output, Sebastian Zabel of Rolling Stone Germany wrote that "many of his albums of the 80s and 90s are weak; this one is weaker."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dear Santa Claus"	3:50
2.	"This Christmas"	3:28
3.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	4:21
4.	"Christmas Ain't Christmas"	2:59
5.	"White Christmas"	3:13
6.	"The First Noel"	2:53
7.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	2:30
8.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	5:13
9.	"Silent Night"	3:47
10.	"Jingle Bells"	2:58
11.	"Dear Santa Claus (Children's Version)"	3:38
12.	"Winter Wonderland"	3:05
13.	"O Holy Night"	3:21
14.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	3:06
15.	"Away in a Manger"	2:52
16.	"Joy to the World"	2:59
17.	"Auld Lang Syne"	4:55

References

^ Traditions at AllMusic
^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
^ Cub Koda. "Traditions - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
^ "iTunes - Music - Traditions by Bobby Womack". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
^ "Viele seiner Alben der 80er- und 90er-Jahre sind schwach, dieses ist schwächer." Sebastian Zabel (September 2024), "Guide to Bobby Womack", Rolling Stone Germany (in German), no. 359, pp. 86–7

[allmusic-1] Traditions at AllMusic

[larkin-2] Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

[3] Cub Koda. "Traditions - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-10.

[4] "iTunes - Music - Traditions by Bobby Womack". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.

[rs-5] "Viele seiner Alben der 80er- und 90er-Jahre sind schwach, dieses ist schwächer." Sebastian Zabel (September 2024), "Guide to Bobby Womack", Rolling Stone Germany (in German), no. 359, pp. 86–7

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Discography
Studio albums	Fly Me to the Moon (1969) My Prescription (1970) Communication (1971) Understanding (1972) Facts of Life (1973) Lookin' for a Love Again (1974) I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975) Safety Zone (1975) BW Goes C&W (1976) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976) Pieces (1978) Roads of Life (1979) The Poet (1981) The Poet II (1984) So Many Rivers (1985) Someday We'll All Be Free (1985) Womagic (1986) The Last Soul Man (1987) Save the Children (1989) Resurrection (1994) Back to My Roots (1999) Traditions (1999) The Bravest Man in the Universe (2012)
Singles	"California Dreamin'" "Fly Me to the Moon" "How I Miss You Baby" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Harry Hippie" "Across 110th Street" "Lookin' for a Love" "Daylight" "If You Think You're Lonely Now" "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" "Someday We'll All Be Free" "Living in a Box" "Please Forgive My Heart"