The Supremes (album)

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The Supremes
Studio album by The Supremes
Released	May 1975
Recorded	1974 - 1975
Genre	Soul/Disco
Length	47:45
Label	Motown M6-828S1
Producer(s)	Terry Woodford Clayton Ivey Brian Holland Hal Davis Greg Wright Michael Lloyd Mark Davis
Professional reviews
John Lowe, All Music Guide link
The Supremes chronology
The Supremes Live! In Japan (1973)	The Supremes (1975)	High Energy (1976)

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

Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 2.1 Side one 2.2 Side two 3 Personnel 4 Singles history 5 Chart history

[edit] Overview

Because of contract disputes, three 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 late 1973, and remaining member and founding Supreme Mary Wilson was forced to form a new lineup. Wilson rehired former Supreme Cindy Birdsong, who had left the group after the 1972 Floy Joy album to start a family. Following a tip from former Supremes producer Lamont Dozier, Wilson hired singer Scherrie Payne as the Supremes' new lead singer.

Contract disputes with Motown prevented the new Supremes lineup from recording until August 1974. Despite the long delay, The Supremes's first single, "He's My Man", became a number-one single on the Billboard Disco charts in 1975.

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 "Boogie Man".

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Side one

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

[edit] Side two

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Singles 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)

[edit] Chart history

Name	Chart (1975)	Peak position
The Supremes	U.S. Pop Albums Chart	152
The Supremes	U.S. R&B Albums Chart	25
"He's My Man"	U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	69
"He's My Man"	U.S. Billboard Disco Singles	1
"Where Do I Go From Here"	U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	93