I Hear a Symphony (album)

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I Hear a Symphony
I Hear a Symphony cover
Studio album by The Supremes
Released February 18, 1966
Recorded 1965
Genre Soul/pop
Length 33:43
Label Motown
MS 643
Producer Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Norman Whitfield
Professional reviews
The Supremes chronology
The Supremes at the Copa
(1965)
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Merry Christmas
(1965)		 I Hear a Symphony
(1966)		 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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Side one

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

[edit] Side two

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

[edit] Credits

[edit] Singles history

[edit] Chart history

Name Chart (1965 - 1966) Peak
position
I Hear a Symphony U.S. Pop Albums Chart 8
I Hear a Symphony U.S. R&B Albums Chart 1
"I Hear a Symphony" U.S. Billboard Pop Singles 1
"I Hear a Symphony" U.S. Billboard R&B Singles 2
"I Hear a Symphony" UK Singles Chart 39
"My World is Empty Without You" U.S. Billboard Pop Singles 5
"My World is Empty Without You" U.S. Billboard R&B Singles 10
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