Floy Joy

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Floy Joy
Floy Joy cover
Studio album by The Supremes
Released May 1972
Recorded 1971 - 1972
Genre Pop/soul
Length 29:33
Label Motown
M-751L
Producer(s) Smokey Robinson
Professional reviews
The Supremes chronology
Dynamite
(w/ Four Tops)
(1971)		 Floy Joy
(1972)		 The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb
(1972)


Floy Joy is a 1972 album released by The Supremes on the Motown labe. It is notable for being the only Supremes album solely produced by Smokey Robinson and included the Top 40 hits, "Floy Joy" and "Automatically Sunshine".

Contents

[edit] Overview

Following the aborted Frank Wilson prodcued album Promises Kept, Motown handed-over production duties in fellow labelmate and in-house songwriter, producer, and company vice-president William "Smokey" Robinson. The then-current line-up of The Supremes was original Supreme Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, and Diana Ross's replacement Jean Terrell. Appearing on the album cover alongside Terrell and Wilson was new member Lynda Laurence, brought in to replace Cindy Birdsong, as she was leaving The Supremes to start a family.

Floy Joy, made up mostly of relaxed, upbeat pop, marks for the first time that Mary Wilson had several leads on an album. Wilson and Terrell trade-off lead vocals on "Floy Joy" and "Automatically Sunshine", whilst Terrell has sole lead on the album's third single, "Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love". Wilson takesa solo lead on the ballad "A Heart LIke Mine". The "Floy Joy" single was the Supremes' final Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-ups, "Automatically Sunshine" and "Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love" were not as successful.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love" (Smokey Robinson)
  2. "Floy Joy" (Robinson)
  3. "A Heart Like Mine" (Robinson, Ronald White)
  4. "Over and Over" (Robinson)
  5. "Precious Little Things" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, P. Moffett)

[edit] Side two

  1. "Now the Bitter, Now the Sweet" (Robinson, C. Franklin)
  2. "Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson)
  3. "The Wisdom of Time" (Robinson, P. Moffett, C. Burston)
  4. "Oh Be My Love" (Robinson , Warren Moore)

[edit] Personnel

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