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A Woman's Point of View

1988 studio album by Shirley Murdock

A Woman's Point of View

Studio album by

Shirley Murdock

Released

May 31, 1988

Recorded

1987–1988

Genre

Soul

Length

54:24

Label

Elektra Records

Producer

Roger Troutman

Shirley Murdock chronology

Shirley Murdock!
(1986)

A Woman's Point of View
(1988)

Let There Be Love!
(1991)

A Woman's Point of View is a studio album by the American soul singer Shirley Murdock.^[1] The album was released on May 31, 1988, and includes the charting single "Husband".^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Washington Post wrote that "Murdock gives her melodramatically powerful voice free rein, and it sobs and soars in a sonic stratosphere somewhere between Aretha Franklin and Jennifer Holliday."^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Husband"	Billy Beck Larry Troutman	5:05
2.	"(Everybody Wants) Somethin' for Nothin'"	Shirley Murdock	4:30
3.	"Found My Way"	Billy Beck Larry Troutman	5:57
4.	"If I Know"	Roger Larry Troutman	5:03
5.	"A Woman's Point of View"	Shirley Murdock Roger Larry Troutman	4:05

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh What a Feeling"	Roger Larry Troutman	5:23
2.	"I Still Love You"	Shirley Murdock	5:15
3.	"Spend My Whole Life" (featuring Dale Degroat)	Billy Beck Roger Larry Troutman	5:42
4.	"Modern Girl"	Billy Beck Roger Larry Troutman	3:48
5.	"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	Tom Eyen Henry Krieger	4:32
6.	"Instrument of Praise"	Dale Degroat Shirley Murdock	5:42

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic^[4]

Shirley Murdock – primary artist, composer, vocals
Roger – congas, drums, guitar, horn, keyboards, Electric piano, background vocals
Gregory Jackson – keyboards, background vocals
Robert "Rumba" Jones – cheng, congas
Roger Lynch – keyboards
Billy Beck – keyboards, background vocals
Aaron Blackmon – guitar, rhythm guitar, horn
Sherman Fleetwood – horn
Larry Troutman – cheng, background vocals
Lester Troutman – drums
Dale Degroat – keyboards, background vocals
Jannetta Boyce – background vocals
Raymond Davis – background vocals
Larry Hatcher – background vocals
Michael Warren – engineer

References

^ ^a ^b Wynn, Ron. Shirley Murdock: Shirley Murdock! > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ "Shirley Murdock: Billboard Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ Brown, Joe (22 July 1988). "Murdock: From Choir to the Computer Age". The Washington Post. p. N21.
^ Wynn, Ron. "Shirley Murdock! > Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2017.