Workin' It Back is a studio album by the American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1985.[7][8] It was his second record for Asylum Records. The album didn't do nearly as well on the Billboard 200 as his last record, peaking at #96.[9] It did reach US R&B #6, only two spots lower than his previous album. The album spawned two singles, "Love 4/2" (#6 R&B) and "Let Me Be Closer" (#67 R&B), though none made the Billboard Hot 100. The album has been certified gold.[10]
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| Released | December 4, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1985 | |||
| Length | 37:09 | |||
| Label | Asylum Records[1] | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Pendergrass cowrote and coproduced two of the album's songs.[11]
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the spasmodic anguish of the final cut, 'Love Emergency', is the most innovative song on the album, with the backup male chorus growling a chant over the groove as the background to Pendergrass's vocal flights."[12] The Gazette thought that "even the Womacks can't raise a head of steam from the one-time Sound of Philadelphia."[13]
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