Webb's debut album as a performer, "Words and Music", was released on Reprise Records in late 1970 to critical acclaim. "Rolling Stone" writer Jon Landau called one of the album's cuts, "P.F. Sloan", a "masterpiece could not be improved upon". The album also features the ambitious song trilogy "Music for an Unmade Movie". Webb's 1971 follow-up album, "", proved equally appealing to critics. "Rolling Stone" declared the album "another impressive step in the conspiracy to recover his identity from the housewives of America and rightfully install him at the forefront of contemporary composers/performers." The album features the songs "Met Her on a Plane", "All My Love's Laughter", and "Marionette". Also in 1971, the Three Degrees are featured in the movie "The French Connection" giving a rendition of Webb's song "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon", originally recorded in 1969 by Thelma Houston.