The Bravest Man In The Universe.

Features footage of Bobby in the studio with producers Damon Albarn and Richard Russell during the album sessions in late 2011. The Bravest Man In The Universe is released by XL Recordings on 11(UK), 12(US) June 2012. Directed by Jamie-James Medina.

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The Bravest Man in the Universe is the twenty-seventh and final studio album by the American soul artist Bobby Womack. Released in June 8, 2012, it was his first studio album since 2000 and his first album of original material since 1994's Resurrection. It was produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell and released on the UK-based XL Recordings label. The Bravest Man in the Universe is the final album to be released in Womack's lifetime, as The Best Is Yet to Come will be released posthumously.

Damon Albarn enlisted Bobby Womack to sing on Gorillaz's 2010 album Plastic Beach, pushing the great soul singer back into action after a prolonged period of silence. Remarkably, the unlikely pair struck up a friendship, a partnership that led to 2012's The Bravest Man in the Universe, Womack's first album in 13 years. Signing with Richard Russell's XL Records, Womack collaborated with his longtime cohort Harold Payne, Albarn, and Russell on this ghostly, skeletal soul collection, each man bringing his own signatures to the table.

1 more album featuring this track. Working in the soul and R&B genres, he achieved his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s. Womack wrote and originally recorded The Rolling Stones' first UK No. 1 hit, "It's All Over Now" and New Birth's "I Can Understand It" among other songs.

Produced by Richard Russell & Damon Albarn. Album The Bravest Man in the Universe. The Bravest Man In The Universe Lyrics. The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first (The bravest man in the universe). Shame on me Shame on you It's up to us What we say and what we do Would you stay in the sun Would you stay in the sun much too long You try to find a shade A shade that makes you feel at home. The bravest man in the universe Is the one who can forgive the other one first Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (The bravest man in the universe). Oh oh oh oh (The bravest man in the universe).

But for all their variety, the songs keep Womack’s weathered yet impassioned voice front and center, ensuring he gets the swan song he deserves. The Bravest Man in the Universe Bobby Womack. Recorded after Damon Albarn spurred the soul great’s return to music as a guest in Gorillaz, Bobby Womack’s final album evokes his past glories while sounding contemporary. Musical settings range from the title track’s symphonic trip-hop to the eerie electro-gospel of If There Wasn’t Something There to a haunting duet with Lana Del Rey on Dayglo Reflection. But for all their variety, the songs keep Womack’s weathered yet impassioned voice front and center, ensuring he gets the swan song he deserves.

The Bravest Man in the Universe. The album features guest vocalist Lana Del Rey on the song, Dayglo Reflection. Bobby Womack's musical career has spanned 50+ years during which time he has written songs recorded by The Rolling Stones, Wilson Pickett, Janis Joplin (to name a few) and has played on sessions for Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield and more. Nicknamed The Preacher and The Poet, Bobby Womack's work has topped the singles charts many times over and his collaborations with artists from Patti Labelle to Mos Def to Gorillaz to The Rolling Stones showcase a legend who has and continues.