Never Say You Can't Survive Explained
| Never Say You Can’t Survive |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Curtis Mayfield |
| Cover: | Never Say You Can't Survive by Curtis Mayfield album cover art.jpg |
| Released: | 1977 |
| Genre: | Funk, soul |
| Length: | 33:45 |
| Label: | Curtom |
| Producer: | Curtis Mayfield |
| Prev Title: | Short Eyes |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Do It All Night |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
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
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."[5]
Track listing
- Note that track 8, "Sparkle", is also on the Mayfield-written and produced soundtrack to the 1976 film Sparkle.
Personnel
- 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
Notes and References
- News: Mathieson . Kenny . Curtis Mayfield . The Scotsman . 28 Dec 1999 . 12.
- Book: Thompson . Dave . Funk . 2001 . Backbeat Books . 117.
- Web site: Curtis Mayfield . Billboard . 3 April 2024.
- Book: Pruter . Robert . Chicago Soul . 1992 . University of Illinois Press . 309.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070310203248/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/curtismayfield/albums/album/118999/review/5945675/never_say_you_cant_survive_curtom RollingStone.com
