{{for|the song by Queen & Elizabeth|Love Wars (song)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Love Wars | type = studio | artist = Womack & Womack | cover = Love_Wars.jpg | alt = | released = 1983 | recorded = 1983 | venue = | studio = Ocean Way Recorders, Hollywood, California | genre = R&B | length = 41:57 | label = Elektra | producer = Stewart Levine | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Radio M.U.S.C. Man | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ZfWEFnaQxSs|HLove Wars • TopPop}}}} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22182|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2Score = A−<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=January 24, 1984|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1-84.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''Love Wars''''' is the 1983 debut album by musical duo Womack & Womack. The album, described by Chris Rizik of ''SoulTracks'' as "a critical favorite",<ref>Rizik, Chris. [http://www.soultracks.com/womack_and_womack.htm Womack and Womack]. soultracks.com Accessed January 2, 2008.</ref> charted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Top Black Albums chart. In his review of the album, music critic Robert Christgau praised husband Cecil Womack and wife Linda Womack as "[a]ce singers and songwriters (as opposed to singer-songwriters)", noting that "their lyrics about loss and conflict are sharper than those about love and happiness".<ref>Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1683&name=Womack+%26+Womack Womack & Womack]. robertchristgau.com Accessed January 2, 2008.</ref>
Two singles from the album, "Love Wars" and "Baby I'm Scared of You", were hits in the UK, reaching number 14 and number 72 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.<ref name="g">{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=Guinness World Records British Hit Singles |edition= 15th |year=2002 |publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd. |location=London |isbn=0-85112-187-X}}, p.505</ref> The album was ranked number 4 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984 by ''NME'', and the single "Love Wars" was ranked as the year's number 1 song.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1984-2-1045391 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year |date=2016 |magazine=NME |accessdate=21 March 2018 }}</ref>
==Track listing== ''Except where otherwise noted, all tracks by Cecil Womack and Linda Womack.''
#"Love Wars" – 5:58 #"Express Myself" – 4:52 #"Baby I'm Scared of You" (Eddie Noble, Jr., C. Womack, L. Womack) – 5:38 #"T.K.O." (Noble, C. Womack, L. Womack) – 4:14 #"A.P.B." (C. Womack, Friendly Womack, L. Womack) – 5:31 #"Catch and Don't Look Back" (C. Womack, L. Womack, Naomi Womack) – 5:26 #"Woman" – 4:17 #"Angie" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:55 #"Good Times" – 3:06
==Personnel== ===Musicians=== {{div col}} *Lenny Castro – percussion *Paulinho Da Costa – percussion *Nathan East – bass *James Gadson – drums *Abraham Laboriel – bass *Neil Larsen – synthesizer, guitar, piano *Denzil Miller – keyboard *Eddie "Gip" Noble – synthesizer *Bobby Womack – background vocals *Cecil Womack – bass, guitar, vocals *Curtis Womack – vocals, background vocals *Friendly Womack, Jr. – background vocals *Linda Womack – vocals, background vocals *Naomi Womack – background vocals *Noel "Stacy" Womack – background vocals *Art Wood – electronic drums {{div col end}}
===Production=== *Bob Defrin – art direction *Mark Ettel – assistant engineer *Bernie Grundman – mastering *Michael Kennedy – photography *Stewart Levine – producer *Rik Pekkonen – engineer, mixing
== Charts == '''Album''' {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Country !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Peak position !align="left"|Citation |- |align="left"|1984 |align="left"|UK |align="left"|UK Official Album Chart |align="center"|45 |align="center"|<ref name="UKcharts">{{Cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21576/womack-and-womack/ |title=UK Official Charts |author= |date= |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=March 22, 2018 }}</ref> |} '''Singles''' {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Country !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Peak position !align="left"|Citation |- |align="left"|1984 |align="left"|UK |align="left"|"Love Wars" |align="left"|UK Official Singles Chart |align="center"|14 |align="center"|<ref name="UKcharts" /> |- |align="left"|1984 |align="left"|UK |align="left"|"Baby I'm Scared of You" |align="left"|UK Official Singles Chart |align="center"|72 |align="center"|<ref name="UKcharts" /> |}
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Category:Womack & Womack albums Category:1983 debut albums Category:Albums produced by Stewart Levine Category:Elektra Records albums