Back to the World (Curtis Mayfield album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Back to the World
Type = Album
Artist = Curtis Mayfield


Released = September, 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Funk/Soul
Length = 36:09
Label = Curtom
Producer = Curtis Mayfield
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcx1z8bajyvn link]
*Robert Christgau C [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=294&name=Curtis+Mayfield link]
*Warr.org Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.warr.org/mayfield.html#BTTW link]

Last album = "Super Fly" (1972)
This album = "Back to the World" (1973)
Next album = "Curtis in Chicago" (1973)

"The World" was what US GIs in Vietnam called America, and acclimating back into the world could be a harrowing experience. Curtis Mayfield addresses this problem in the title track to his 1973 album, "Back to the World". The album also included his minor hit “Future Shock,” and his emotional appeal, “If I Were Only a Child Again.”

Track listing

# “Back to the World” (Curtis Mayfield) – 6:45
# “Future Shock” (Mayfield) – 5:15
# “Right on for the Darkness” (Mayfield) – 7:27
# “Future Song (Love a Good Woman, Love a Good Man)” (Mayfield) – 4:58
# “If I Were Only a Child Again” (Mayfield) – 2:49
# “Can't Say Nothin'” (Mayfield) – 5:13
# “Keep on Trippin'” (Mayfield) – 3:12

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album