# Love Wars
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{{Infobox album
| name = Love Wars
| type = studio
| artist = [Womack & Womack](/source/Womack_%26_Womack)
| cover = Love_Wars.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1983
| recorded = 1983
| venue =
| studio = Ocean Way Recorders, [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_California)
| genre = [R&B](/source/Rhythm_and_blues)
| length = 41:57
| label = [Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records)
| producer = [Stewart Levine](/source/Stewart_Levine)
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [Radio M.U.S.C. Man](/source/Radio_M.U.S.C._Man)
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ZfWEFnaQxSs|HLove Wars • TopPop}}}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r22182|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]]
| rev2 = [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau)
| rev2Score = A−[{{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](/source/The_Village_Voice)|location=New York|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}]
}}
'''''Love Wars''''' is the 1983 debut album by musical duo [Womack & Womack](/source/Womack_%26_Womack). The album, described by Chris Rizik of ''[SoulTracks](/source/SoulTracks)'' as "a critical favorite",[Rizik, Chris. [http://www.soultracks.com/womack_and_womack.htm Womack and Womack]. soultracks.com Accessed January 2, 2008.] charted at number 34 on the ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Top Black Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums) chart. In his review of the album, music critic [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau) praised husband [Cecil Womack](/source/Cecil_Womack) and wife [Linda Womack](/source/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".[Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1683&name=Womack+%26+Womack Womack & Womack]. robertchristgau.com Accessed January 2, 2008.]
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](/source/UK_Singles_Chart), respectively.[{{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] The album was ranked number 4 among the "Albums of the Year" for 1984 by ''[NME](/source/NME)'', and the single "Love Wars" was ranked as the year's number 1 song.[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1984-2-1045391 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year |date=2016 |magazine=[NME](/source/NME) |accessdate=21 March 2018 }}]
==Track listing==
''Except where otherwise noted, all tracks by [Cecil Womack](/source/Cecil_Womack) and [Linda Womack](/source/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.](/source/Love_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](/source/Angie_(Rolling_Stones_song))" ([Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger), [Keith Richards](/source/Keith_Richards)) – 2:55
#"Good Times" – 3:06
==Personnel==
===Musicians===
{{div col}}
*[Lenny Castro](/source/Lenny_Castro) – [percussion](/source/Percussion_instrument)
*[Paulinho Da Costa](/source/Paulinho_Da_Costa) – percussion
*[Nathan East](/source/Nathan_East) – [bass](/source/Bass_guitar)
*[James Gadson](/source/James_Gadson) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)
*[Abraham Laboriel](/source/Abraham_Laboriel) – bass
*[Neil Larsen](/source/Neil_Larsen) – [synthesizer](/source/synthesizer), [guitar](/source/guitar), [piano](/source/piano)
*Denzil Miller – [keyboard](/source/Electronic_keyboard)
*Eddie "Gip" Noble – synthesizer
*[Bobby Womack](/source/Bobby_Womack) – [background vocals](/source/Backing_vocalist)
*[Cecil Womack](/source/Cecil_Womack) – bass, guitar, [vocals](/source/Singing)
*Curtis Womack – vocals, background vocals
*Friendly Womack, Jr. – background vocals
*[Linda Womack](/source/Linda_Womack) – vocals, background vocals
*Naomi Womack – background vocals
*Noel "Stacy" Womack – background vocals
*[Art Wood](/source/Art_Wood) – electronic drums
{{div col end}}
===Production===
*Bob Defrin – [art direction](/source/Art_director)
*Mark Ettel – assistant [engineer](/source/Audio_engineer)
*[Bernie Grundman](/source/Bernie_Grundman) – [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
*Michael Kennedy – [photography](/source/photography)
*[Stewart Levine](/source/Stewart_Levine) – [producer](/source/Record_producer)
*Rik Pekkonen – engineer, [mixing](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music))
== 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](/source/UK_Official_Album_Chart)
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|[{{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 }}]
|}
'''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](/source/UK_Official_Singles_Chart)
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|