AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974 (see 1974 in music). An enormous best-seller, AWB was the Average White Band's breakthrough record. AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single "Pick Up the Pieces" knocked Linda Ronstadt's classic "You're No Good" out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. A 2004 expanded re-issue from Sony/Columbia in the UK includes a bonus CD with several demo session recordings made before the group joined Atlantic Records – taken from the so-called 'clover sessions' AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974 (see 1974 in music). An enormous best-seller, AWB was the Average White Band's breakthrough record. AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single "Pick Up the Pieces" knocked Linda Ronstadt's classic "You're No Good" out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. A 2004 expanded re-issue from Sony/Columbia in the UK includes a bonus CD with several demo session recordings made before the group joined Atlantic Records – taken from the so-called 'clover sessions' false 2022-09-18 20:11:48 AWB 8 1995 1995-01-01 1995-01-01 41 Funk Pop Soul 123966 2182123 9f7d8e1f-dde9-4350-b2f8-fe59b498fd8f fb776bca-6139-4ff5-8d5e-5decd029cb96 21619f35-2f3c-3740-8d6c-c2418913ca69 /media/data/media5/Music/Average White Band/AWB (1974)/folder.jpg Average White Band AlbumArtist Average White Band Artist Average White Band Average White Band 1 You Got It 03:35 2 Got the Love 03:53 3 Pick Up the Pieces 04:00 4 Person to Person 03:41 5 Work to Do 04:24 6 Nothing You Can Do 04:10 7 Just Wanna Love You Tonight 04:00 8 Keepin' It to Myself 04:03 9 I Just Can't Give You Up 03:32 10 There's Always Someone Waiting 05:36 The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett. They have influenced others, such as the Brand New Heavies, and been sampled by various musicians, including the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Christina Milian, and Arrested Development, making them the 15th most sampled act in history.