Facts of Life (album)
# Facts of Life (album)

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| AllMusic | |

Facts of Life is the fifth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on June 8, 1973, by United Artists Records. The album raced to No. 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It also charted at No. 37 on the Billboard Pop chart. The album included the hit single "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" (which charted No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart).Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

## Personnel

* Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals, string and horn arrangements
* Dave Turner, Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr - guitar
* David Hood, Jerry Masters - bass
* Barry Beckett, Clayton Ivey - keyboards
* Roger Hawkins - drums

### Technical

* Jerry Masters, Kerry McNab, Christina Hersch, Steve Melton - engineer
* Mike Salisbury - art direction, design
* Philip Hays - cover illustration

## Charts

| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Billboard Pop Albums | 37 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 6 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B |
| 1973 | "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" | 29 | 2 |
| 1973 | "I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You" | — | 80 |
