Right On (album)

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Right On
Right On cover
Studio album by The Supremes
Released April 26, 1970
Recorded Summer 1969 - April 1970
Genre Soul
Length 37:27
Label Motown
MS 705
Producer Frank Wilson
Clay MacMurray
Ivy Jo Hunter
Professional reviews
The Supremes chronology
Farewell
(1970)		 Right On
(1970)		 The Magnificent 7
(with Four Tops)
(1970)

Right On is a 1970 album recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label, the first Supremes album not to feature former lead singer Diana Ross. The decision to excise Ross from the Supremes and establish her as a solo act had been made as early as 1968, and showcases such as the TCB television special and appearances on The Hollywood Palace were focused upon establishing Ross as a performer in her own right by downplaying the interaction between Ross and the other Supremes. Ross' replacement, Jean Terrell, began recording Right On with Supremes Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong in mid-1969, while Wilson and Birdsong were still touring with Ross.

Frank Wilson, a former protege of Motown producer Norman Whitfield, produced much of Right On, working to establish the "New Supremes" (as Motown began marketing the new Terrell-led lineup) as a group unique from the Ross-led Supremes. Right On features two Top 40 singles, "Up the Ladder to the Roof" and "Everybody's Got the Right to Love". Other notable tracks include "Bill, When Are You Coming Back", an anti-Vietnam song, and "The Loving Country", written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Smokey Robinson. A critical and commercial success, Right On reached number 25 on the Billboard pop albums chart, a peak twenty-one positions higher than the final Diana Ross-led album, Farewell.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
  2. "Then We Can Try Again"
  3. "Everybody's Got the Right to Love"
  4. "Wait a Minute Before You Leave Me"
  5. "You Move Me"
  6. "But I Love You More"
  7. "I Got Hurt (Trying to Be the Only Girl in Your Life)"
  8. "Baby Baby"
  9. "Take a Closer Look at Me"
  10. "Then I Met You"
  11. "Bill, When are You Coming Back"
  12. "The Loving Country"

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