Band
Average White Band
Albums
115
Members
12
Active
1971–present
Origin
United Kingdom
Biography
Average White Band (also AWB) are best known for their million-selling song, "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, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as Arrested Development — in turn making them the fifteenth most sampled act in history. As of 2012, forty years after their formation, they continue to perform.
Discography
Every Beat Of My Heart
Pick Up the Pieces: The Ultimate Collection
Soul Tattoo
The Very Best of the Average White Band
Classic Cuts
Pick Up The Pieces
Pick Up the Pieces and Other Hits
The Very Best of Average White Band
The Very Best Of Average White Band
Cut the Cake and Other Hits
Cut The Cake And Other Hits
Face to Face - Live
Face To Face Live
Tonight: Average White Band In Concert
Free Soul. The Classic Of The Average White Band
The Best of Average White Band
The Essentials
The Essentials
Living in Colour
Living In Colour
The Ultimate Collection
Greatest and Latest
Greatest & Latest
Live at Montreux 1977
Live at Montreux 1977
Soul & The City
The Definitive Groove Collection
The Very Best of Average White Band
Most Sampled
Pick Up the Pieces: The Very Best of the Average White Band
Show Your Hand / How Sweet Can You Get? / Average White Band
The Collection, Volume 1: Show Your Hand / How Sweet Can You Get? / Average White Band
The Collection, Volume 2: Cut the Cake / Soul Searching / Benny & Us
The Collection, Volume 3: Person to Person / Warmer Communications
The Collection, Volume 4: Feel No Fret / Volume VIII / Shine / Cupid's in Fashion
Live At Montreux 1977
Greatest
... Times Squared ... Live From New York ...
Times Squared... Live From New York...
Access All Areas
Golden☆Best
Rare Tracks Vol.1 : Clover Sessions & More
Rare Tracks Vol.1 : Clover Sessions & More
Rare Tracks Vol.2: Single Editions & More
AWB R&B
Inside Out
Gold
Gold
Cover to Cover / Soul to Soul
The Essential Selection
Cut The Cake / Nothing You Can Do
Into The NIght
Pick Up The Pieces / Person To Person
School Boy Crush / Queen Of My Soul
Work To Do / If I Ever Lose This Heaven
Credits
Ranked #6,782 of 14,615 producers — 181.74 career Groove across 3 records.
Soul Tattoo
Surprise
Get in Touch
Let’s Go Round Again
Pick Up the Pieces
Pickin’ Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974–1980)
Cupid’s in Fashion
Feel No Fret
Benny and Us
Person to Person
Soul Searching
Cut the Cake
AWB
Show Your Hand
Adlib (Pick Up The Pieces)
Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
A Star In The Ghetto
Atlantic Avenue / She's A Dream
Boundaries
Cloudy
Cut The Cake
Cut The Cake / Nothing You Can Do
Face To Face Live
Feel No Fret / Fire Burning
Fresh Liver
How Can You Go Home
Just The Way You Like It
Lip Service
Living In Colour
Nothing You Can Do
One Track Mind
Pick Up The Pieces
Pick Up The Pieces
Pick Up The Pieces / Person To Person
Put It Where You Want It
School Boy Crush / Groovin' The Night Away
Show Your Hand / How Sweet Can You Get? / Average White Band
Show Your Hand / The Jugglers
Stretchin' The Pieces
The Best Of
This World Has Music
Up
Walk On By / Feel No Fret
Walk On By / Too Late To Cry
When Will You Be Mine
Work To Do / If I Ever Lose This Heaven
You're My Number One
Your Love Is A Miracle / One Look Over My Shoulder (Is This Really Goodbye?)