I Hear a Symphony (album)

Infobox Album
Name = I Hear a Symphony
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Supremes

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Released = February 18, 1966
Recorded = 1965
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 33:43
Label = Motown
MS 643
Producer = Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Norman Whitfield
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:2l62mp939f5o link]
Last album = "The Supremes at the Copa"
(1965)
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"Merry Christmas"
(1965)
This album = "I Hear a Symphony"
(1966)
Next album = "The Supremes A' Go-Go"
(1966)

"I Hear a Symphony" is a 1966 album released by Motown girl group The Supremes on the Motown label.

Disguised as an attempt to further bridge the gap between traditional pop, the traditional Motown sound and soul, the album included the title track, the Supremes' sixth number-one single, and the Top Ten single "My World Is Empty Without You". Also included are the group's covers of pop standards such as "With A Song In My Heart", "Without A Song", "Stranger In Paradise", and "Wonderful! Wonderful!". The original plan was to have the Supremes record an entire album of pop standards, to be entitled "There's a Place for Us." The album was indeed recorded, but shelved and left unreleased by Motown until 2004.

Also included are originals such as "Everything Is Good About You" and "Any Girl In Love (Knows What I'm Going Through)", and covers of the then-current hits "Yesterday" (originally by The Beatles) and "Unchained Melody" (popularized by The Righteous Brothers). The "I Hear a Symphony" album peaked at number-eight on the Billboard 200 album chart, on the strength of the title track and the top 5 "My World Is Empty Without You."

Track listing

"All songs produced by Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier, except for "Yesterday", produced by Norman Whitfield".

ide one

#"Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, Robert C. Wright, George Forrest) – 3:03
#"Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:28
#"I Hear a Symphony" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:41
#"Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 3:47
#"With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:02
#"Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) – 2:59

ide two

#"My World Is Empty Without You" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:33
#"A Lover's Concerto" (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell) – 2:35
#"Any Girl in Love (Knows What I'm Going Through)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:59
#"Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer, Ben Raleigh) – 2:51
#"Everything is Good About You" (James Dean, Eddie Holland) – 2:59
#"He's All I Got" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Dean) – 2:46

Credits

*Lead vocals by Diana Ross
*Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
*Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Norman Whitfield: producers
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and assorted musicians

ingles history

*"I Hear a Symphony" b/w "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" (b-side taken from "More Hits by the Supremes") (Motown 1083, October 6, 1965)
*"My World is Empty Without You" b/w "Everything is Good About You" (Motown 1079, December 29, 1965)

Chart history