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==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]] |- ! width="40"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US Pop]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"|<small>[[Billboard charts|US Jazz]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> |- | 1970 | align="left"| ''[[East Bay Grease]]'' | 106 | β | β | |- | 1972 | align="left"| ''[[Bump City]]'' | 85 | 16 | β | |- | 1973 | align="left"| ''[[Tower of Power (album)|Tower of Power]]'' | 15 | 11 | β | * [[RIAA]]: Gold |- | 1974 | align="left"| ''[[Back to Oakland]]'' | 26 | 13 | β | |- | rowspan="2"| 1975 | align="left"| ''[[Urban Renewal (Tower of Power album)|Urban Renewal]]'' | 22 | 19 | β | |- | align="left"| ''[[In the Slot]]'' | 67 | 29 | β | |- | 1976 | align="left"| ''[[Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now]]'' | 42 | 25 | β | |- | 1978 | align="left"| ''[[We Came to Play!]]'' | 89 | 33 | β | |- | 1979 | align="left"| ''[[Back on the Streets (Tower of Power album)|Back on the Streets]]'' | 106 | 28 | β | |- | 1981 | align="left"| ''[[Direct (Tower of Power album)|Direct]]'' | β | β | β | |- | 1987 | align="left"| ''[[Power (Tower of Power album)|Power]]'' <small>(US version of ''TOP'' album)</small> | β | β | β | |- | 1991 | align="left"| ''[[Monster on a Leash]]'' | β | β | 19 | |- | 1993 | align="left"| ''[[T.O.P. (Tower of Power album)|T.O.P.]]'' | β | 92 | β | |- | 1995 | align="left"| ''[[Souled Out (Tower of Power album)|Souled Out]]'' | β | β | 7 | |- | rowspan="1"| 1997 | align="left"| ''[[Rhythm & Business]]'' | β | β | β | |- | 1999 | align="left"| ''Dinosaur Tracks'' <small>(recorded 1980β1983)</small> | β | β | β | |- | 2003 | align="left"| ''Oakland Zone'' | β | β | β | |- | 2009 | align="left"| ''The Great American Soulbook'' | β | β | 3 | |- | 2018 | align="left"| ''Soul Side of Town'' | β | β | β | |- | 2020 | align="left"| ''[[Step Up (Tower of Power)|Step Up]]''<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tower-of-power-mn0000013393/discography/all|title=Tower of Power Discography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref> | β | β | β | |- | 2023 | align="left"| ''It's Christmas'' | β | β | β | |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "β" denotes releases that did not chart. |} ===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3"| Chart positions |- ! width="40"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US Pop]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> ! width="40"|<small>[[Billboard charts|US Jazz]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/> |- | 1976 | align="left"| ''[[Live and in Living Color]]'' | 99 | 29 | β |- | 1999 | align="left"| ''[[Soul Vaccination: Tower of Power Live]]'' | β | β | 8 |- | 2008 | align="left"| ''The East Bay Archive Volume 1'' <small>(recorded April 1973 at K-K-K-Katy's, Boston, MA)</small> | β | β | β |- | 2011 | align="left"| ''40th Anniversary: The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco'' | β | β | 6 |- | 2013 | align="left"| ''Hipper Than Hip: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Live on the Air & In the Studio 1974)''<ref name=":4" /> | β | β | β |- | 2021 | align="left"| ''50 Years of Funk & Soul - Live at the Fox Theater Oakland CA - June 2018'' | β | β | β |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "β" denotes releases that did not chart. |} ===Compilations=== * 1974: ''Funkland'' * 1999: ''What Is Hip? The Tower of Power Anthology'' * 2001: ''[[The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years]]'' * 2002: ''Soul with a Capital "S" - The Best of Tower of Power'' * 2003: ''Havin' Fun'' * 2003: ''What Is Hip and Other Hits''<ref name=":4" /> ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! width="28" rowspan="2"| Year ! width="257" rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="3"| Chart positions<br> ! width="257" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="40"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/tower-of-power|title=Tower of Power|website=Billboard.com|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> ! width="40"| <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Tower of Power - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tower-of-power-mn0000013393/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920075151/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tower-of-power-mn0000013393/awards|archive-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref> ! width="40"| <small>[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]</small><br> |- | rowspan="1"|1971 | "Back on the Streets Again" |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |align="center"| β | rowspan="1"|''[[East Bay Grease]]'' |- | rowspan="2"|1972 | "You're Still a Young Man" |align="center"| 29 |align="center"| 24 |align="center"| 30 | rowspan="2"|''[[Bump City]]'' |- | "Down to the Nightclub" |align="center"| 66 |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |- | rowspan="2"|1973 | "[[So Very Hard to Go]]" |align="center"| 17 |align="center"| 11 |align="center"| 36 | rowspan="3"|''[[Tower of Power (album)|Tower of Power]]'' |- | "This Time It's Real" |align="center"| 65 |align="center"| 27 |align="center"| β |- | rowspan="4"|1974 | "What Is Hip?" |align="center"| 91 |align="center"| 39 |align="center"| β |- | "Time Will Tell" |align="center"| 69 |align="center"| 27 |align="center"| β | rowspan="2"|''[[Back to Oakland]]'' |- | "Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)" |align="center"| 26 |align="center"| 22 |align="center"| 59 |- | "Only So Much Oil in the Ground" |align="center"| β |align="center"| 85 |align="center"| β |rowspan="2"|''[[Urban Renewal (Tower of Power album)|Urban Renewal]]'' |- | rowspan="3"|1975 | "Willing to Learn" |align="center"| β |align="center"| 77 |align="center"| β |- | "You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous" |align="center"| β |align="center"| 57 |align="center"| β |rowspan="2"|''[[In the Slot]]'' |- | "Treat Me Like Your Man" |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |- | rowspan="2"|1976 | "You Ought to Be Havin' Fun" |align="center"| 68 |align="center"| 62 |align="center"| β |rowspan="2"|''[[Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now]]'' |- | "Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now" |align="center"| β |align="center"| 95 |align="center"| β |- | rowspan="2"|1978 | "Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Thru" |align="center"| β |align="center"| 98 |align="center"| β |rowspan="2"|''[[We Came to Play!]]'' |- | "We Came to Play" |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |- | rowspan="2"|1979 | "Rock Baby" |align="center"| β |align="center"| 61 |align="center"| β |rowspan="2"|''[[Back on the Streets (Tower of Power album)|Back on the Streets]]'' |- | "In Due Time" |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |align="center"| β |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "β" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |} ===Videos and DVDs=== * 1986: ''Credit'' (the band's first music video, released to promote ''Power'') * 2003: ''Tower of Power in Concert'' (1998, Live at Ohne Filter, just after the return of David Garibaldi) * 2007: ''Live from Leverkusen'' (recorded in November 2005) * 2011: ''40th Anniversary (Live)'' (recorded in 2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towerofpower.com/discography/detail/40th_anniversary_dvd_cd_box_set/index.html|title=Discography|website=Tower of Power|access-date=2016-01-18}}</ref> * 2020: ''Look In My Eyes'' (the band's first music video in over 30 years, released to promote ''Step Up'') Note: Over the decades, there have been many televised performances of Tower of Power, several of which can be found on [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tower+of+power YouTube]. In 2011, [[Time Life]] released TOP's November 10, 1973 ''[[Soul Train]]'' performance of "What is Hip?" on the CD ''The Best of Soul Train Live''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002150457|title=The Best of Soul Train Live - Various Artists|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best of Soul Train Live |year=2011 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Time Life]]}}</ref>
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