The Supremes (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Supremes
Type = Album
Artist = The Supremes


Released = May 1975
Recorded = 1974 - 1975
Genre = Soul/Disco
Length = 47:45
Label = Motown
M6-828S1
Producer = Terry Woodford
Clayton Ivey
Brian Holland
Hal Davis
Greg Wright
Michael Lloyd
Mark Davis
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:luoibk096ak9~T00 link]
Last album = "The Supremes Live! In Japan"
(1973)
This album = "The Supremes"
(1975)
Next album = "High Energy"
(1976)

"The Supremes" is a studio album by The Supremes, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) on Motown Records.

Overview

Because of contract disputes, nearly two and a half years passed between "The Supremes" and the previous Supremes LP, "The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb". During that time, the group's lineup had undergone another major shift. Jean Terrell and Lynda Lawrence both quit the group in August 1973, and remaining member and founding Supreme Mary Wilson was forced to form a new lineup. Cindy Birdsong was ready to return to the group after her maternity leave the previous year, and Following a tip from former Supremes producer Lamont Dozier, Wilson hired Scherrie Payne as the Supremes' final lead singer who maintained the role until the group officially disbanded at a concert in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane on Sunday 12th June 1977.

Contract disputes with Motown prevented the new Supremes lineup from recording until August 1974. Despite the long delay, "The Supremes"' first single, "He's My Man", became a number-one single on the Billboard Disco charts in 1975. The song "It's All Been Said Before" was originally chosen as the first single, and assigned a release number by Motown, but was withdrawn at the last minute, and replaced by "He's My Man".

Songs recorded for the album, but not used, include "Can We Love Again", "Bend a Little", the original version of "The Sha-La Bandit" with all three Supremes on leads (including a rare lead vocal by Cindy Birdsong), a cover of Betty Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)", "Dance Fever", and "Hey, Mr. Boogieman".

Track listing

"Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) Scherrie Payne, (b) Mary Wilson."

ide one

#"He's My Man" (Greg Wright, Karin Patterson) ^{a, b
#"Early Morning Love" (Harold Beatty, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) b
#"Where Is It I Belong" (Samuel Brown, III, Ronald Brown, Elaine Brown) b
#"It's All Been Said Before" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) a
#"This Is Why I Believe in You" (Michael B. Sutton, Pam Sawyer) a, b}

ide two

#"You Can't Stop a Girl In Love" (Terry Woodford, George Soulé) ^{a
#"Color My World Blue" (Frank Johnson) a
#"Give Out, But Don't Give Up" (Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Barbara Wyrick) a
#"Where Do I Go From Here" (Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland) a
#"You Turn Me Around" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) b}

Personnel

*Scherrie Payne: lead and background vocals
*Mary Wilson: lead and background vocals
*Cindy Birdsong: background vocals
*Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Brian Holland, Hal Davis, Greg Wright, Michael Lloyd, Mark Davis: producers

ingles history

*"He's My Man" b/w "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" (Motown 1358, June 1975)
*"Where Do I Go From Here" b/w "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" (Motown 1374, October 1975)
*"Early Morning Love" b/w "Where Is It I Belong?"(Tamla-Motown 1012, 1975, United Kingdom only)

Chart history