AWB (album)
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.
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. This album was eventually released as "How Sweet Can You Get?"Track listing
;Side one
- "You Got It" – 3:38
- "Got the Love" – 3:52
- "Pick Up the Pieces" – 3:58
- "Person to Person" – 3:38
- "Work to Do" – 4:21
;Side two
- "Nothing You Can Do" – 4:06
- "Just Wanna Love You Tonight" – 3:57
- "Keepin' It to Myself" – 3:52
- "I Just Can't Give You Up" – 3:24
- "There's Always Someone Waiting" – 5:38
All songs arranged by Average White Band. All horn parts arranged by Roger Ball.
;Bonus track on 1995 Rhino re-issue :Expanded 2CD re-issue (2004)
;Disc one
Original release
;Disc two - The Clover Sessions / How Sweet Can You Get?
- "Person to Person"
- "Keepin' It To Myself"
- "There's Always Someone Waiting"
- "McEwan's Export"
- "Got the Love"
- "Work to Do"
- "Just Want to Love You Tonight"
- "Pick Up the Pieces"
- "I Just Can't Give You Up"
- "How Sweet Can You Get "
;Bonus tracks on 2005 Columbia-Europe re-issuePersonnel
Average White Band
- Alan Gorrie – lead vocals, co-lead vocals, background vocals, bass, guitar
- Hamish Stuart – lead vocals, co-lead vocals, background vocals, lead guitar, bass
- Roger Ball – keyboards, alto & baritone saxophones
- Molly Duncan – tenor saxophone
- Onnie McIntyre – background vocals, guitar, guitar solo on "Work To Do"
- Robbie McIntosh – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- Marvin Stamm – trumpet
- Mel Davis – trumpet
- Glenn Ferris – trombone
- Ken Bichel – mellotron
Other musicians
Album
Singles