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{{Infobox album
{{ Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Never Say You Can’t Survive
| name = Never Say You Can’t Survive
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = Album
| Artist = [[Curtis Mayfield]]
| artist = [[Curtis Mayfield]]
| cover = Never Say You Can't Survive by Curtis Mayfield album cover art.jpg
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| Cover = 53751.jpg
| Background = orange
| alt =
| Released = 1977
| released = 1977
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| venue =
| Genre = [[Funk music|Funk]]/[[Soul music|Soul]]
| Length =
| studio =
| Label = [[Curtom Records|Curtom]]
| genre = [[Funk music|Funk]], [[soul music|soul]]
| Producer =
| length = 33:45
| Reviews =
| label = [[Curtom Records|Curtom]]
| producer = Curtis Mayfield
*[[All Music Guide]] [[Image:2hvof5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:una9kext7q7q link]
| prev_title = [[Short Eyes (album)|Short Eyes]]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/curtismayfield/albums/album/118999/review/5945675/never_say_you_cant_survive_curtom link]
| Last album = ''[[Short Eyes]]<br/>(1977)
| prev_year = 1977
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| next_title = [[Do It All Night (album)|Do It All Night]]
| This album = '''''Never Say You Can’t Survive'''''<br/>(1977)
| next_year = 1978
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| Next album = ''[[Do It All Night (Curtis Mayfield)|Do It All Night]]''<br/>(1978)
}}
}}
'''''Never Say You Can't Survive''''' is an album by the American musician [[Curtis Mayfield]], released in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mathieson |first1=Kenny |title=Curtis Mayfield |work=The Scotsman |date=28 Dec 1999 |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Funk |date=2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=117}}</ref> It peaked at No. 173 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Curtis Mayfield |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/curtis-mayfield/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Billboard |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> "Show Me Love" was released as a single.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pruter |first1=Robert |title=Chicago Soul |date=1992 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |page=309}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
[[Curtis Mayfield]] album featuring the elegant title track, “Never Say You Can’t Survive.”
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12607}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=221}}</ref>
}}
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' noted that Mayfield's "voice, which grows thinner and more strained with each album, fails to command the focus of the big, multisectioned arrangements."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310203248/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/curtismayfield/albums/album/118999/review/5945675/never_say_you_cant_survive_curtom RollingStone.com]</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


{{tracklist
# “Show Me Love”
| all_writing = [[Curtis Mayfield]]
# “Just Want To Be With You”
| title1 = Show Me Love
# “When We're Alone”
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| length1 = 5:16
# “Never Say You Can't Survive”
| title2 = Just Want to Be with You
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# “I'm Gonna Win Your Love”
| length2 = 3:14
# “All Night Long”
| title3 = When We're Alone
# “When You Used To Be Mine”
| length3 = 5:27
# “Sparkle”
| title4 = Never Say You Can't Survive
| length4 = 3:22
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| title5 = I'm Gonna Win Your Love
| length5 = 4:43
| title6 = All Night Long
| length6 = 4:15
| title7 = When You Used to Be Mine
| length7 = 3:41
| title8 = Sparkle
| length8 = 4:02
}}
*Note that track 8, "Sparkle", is also on the Mayfield-written and produced soundtrack to the 1976 film ''[[Sparkle (1976 film)|Sparkle]]''.

==Personnel==
*Curtis Mayfield - vocals, lead guitar
*Gary Thompson - rhythm guitar
*[[Joseph "Lucky" Scott|Joseph Scott]] - bass
*Floyd Morris, Rich Tufo - keyboards
*Donnell Hagan - drums
*[[Henry Gibson (percussionist)|Henry Gibson]] - bongos, congas
*Cliff Davis, Sonny Seals - tenor saxophone
*Kitty and the Haywoods - backing vocals
*James Mack, Rich Tufo - arrangements

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 19:50, 3 April 2024

Never Say You Can’t Survive
Studio album by
Curtis Mayfield
Released1977
GenreFunk, soul
Length33:45
LabelCurtom
ProducerCurtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield chronology
Short Eyes
(1977) 		Never Say You Can’t Survive
(1977) 		Do It All Night
(1978)

Never Say You Can't Survive is an album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1977.[1][2] It peaked at No. 173 on the Billboard 200.[3] "Show Me Love" was released as a single.[4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul[6]

Rolling Stone noted that Mayfield's "voice, which grows thinner and more strained with each album, fails to command the focus of the big, multisectioned arrangements."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield

No.TitleLength
1."Show Me Love"5:16
2."Just Want to Be with You"3:14
3."When We're Alone"5:27
4."Never Say You Can't Survive"3:22
5."I'm Gonna Win Your Love"4:43
6."All Night Long"4:15
7."When You Used to Be Mine"3:41
8."Sparkle"4:02
  • Note that track 8, "Sparkle", is also on the Mayfield-written and produced soundtrack to the 1976 film Sparkle.

Personnel

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  • Curtis Mayfield - vocals, lead guitar
  • Gary Thompson - rhythm guitar
  • Joseph Scott - bass
  • Floyd Morris, Rich Tufo - keyboards
  • Donnell Hagan - drums
  • Henry Gibson - bongos, congas
  • Cliff Davis, Sonny Seals - tenor saxophone
  • Kitty and the Haywoods - backing vocals
  • James Mack, Rich Tufo - arrangements

References

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  1. ^ Mathieson, Kenny (28 Dec 1999). "Curtis Mayfield". The Scotsman. p. 12.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 117.
  3. ^ "Curtis Mayfield". Billboard. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ Pruter, Robert (1992). Chicago Soul. University of Illinois Press. p. 309.
  5. ^ Never Say You Can't Survive at AllMusic
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 221.
  7. ^ RollingStone.com
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