- Take Me with You
Infobox Album | Name = Take Me with You
Type =Album
Artist =Honey Cone
Released =April 21 ,1970
Recorded =
Genre =R&B /Soul/Funk
Length = 30:08
Label = Hot Wax
HA-701
Producer = Holland-Dozier-Holland, Greg Perry
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abftxq80ldse link]
This album = "Take Me with You"
(1971)
Next album = "Sweet Replies "
(1971)|"Take Me with You" is the debut studio
album by American R&B/Soul/Funk Girl group theHoney Cone . It was released by Hot Wax/Invictus Records in1970 (see1970 in music ).Album information
Introducing the world to the unique soulful spunk that was Honey Cone was what "Take Me with You" achieved. Their lead single "While You're Out Looking for Sugar," (released in 1969) sums up both the lyrical and musical approach that made the band so distinctive. The song, among many other's in their catalogue, was about a cheating man and his girlfriend (the protagonist) declaring to him that someone better will steal her from him while he's out "looking for sugar." The song along with album favorites "Girls It Ain't Easy" and "Sunday Morning People" takes on what becomes a familiar scolding tone that a lot of Honey Cone songs carry with titles and lyrics that use old sayings and cliches to convey the feeling of heartbreak or female-empowerment. "Sunday Morning People" addresses hypocritical Christian's who "go to church on Sunday" and "hate your neighbor all week." Like most albums of its time, there are a couple of cover songs present here. Covers include "Aquarius" the 1969 number one hit by
The Fifth Dimension from the musical Hair and theDusty Springfield classic "Son of a Preacher Man ." Although many songs were officially credited to Ronald Dunbar and Edyth Wayne, the newly departed Motown songwriting teamHolland-Dozier-Holland (Eddie Holland, Jr. ,Lamont Dozier andBrian Holland ) was the party behind the pseudonyms and was responsible for the greater bulk of songs by Honey Cone and other Hot Wax artists.Track listing
# "My Mind's on Leaving (But My Heart Won't Let Me Go)" - 2:58
# "Girls It Ain't Easy" (Ronald Dunbar and Edyth Wayne) - 3:13
# "Sunday Morning People" (Ronald Dunbar and Edyth Wayne) - 2:43
# "While You're Out Looking for Sugar" (Ronald Dunbar and Edyth Wayne) - 3:16
# "Take My Love" (Greg Perry and Edyth Wayne) - 3:09
# "The Feeling's Gone" (Ronald Dunbar and Edyth Wayne) - 2:51
# "Son of a Preacher Man " (John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins) - 2:29
# "Aquarius" (James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot) - 3:01
# "You Made Me So Very Happy" - 3:21
# "Are You Man Enough, Are You Strong Enough?" (Ronald Dunbar and Edyth Wayne) - 3:16
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