Bitter Sweet (The Main Ingredient album)

Bitter Sweet
Studio album by The Main Ingredient
Released 1972
Recorded 1972 at RCA's Studio C, New York City, New York
Genre Soul
Label RCA
Producer Luther Simmons
Tony Silvester
The Main Ingredient chronology
Black Seeds
(1971)
Bitter Sweet
(1972)
Afrodisiac
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Bitter Sweet is the fourth studio album by The Main Ingredient. Released in 1972 this is the first album to feature lead singer Cuba Gooding, Sr.. Includes the top five pop and soul hit single Everybody Plays the Fool. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best R&B Song at the 1973 ceremony.

Track list

  1. Traveling 2:59
  2. Where Are You? 3:15
  3. You've Got To Take It (If You Want It) 3:28
  4. Everybody Plays the Fool 3:23
  5. Whirl-Wind 3:24
  6. Fly Baby Fly 3:23
  7. I Can't See Me Without You 3:46
  8. Where Do Broken Hearted Lovers Go? 2:53
  9. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 4:48
  10. No Tears

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 79
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 10

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
Hot
100
US
R&B
1972 "Everybody Plays The Fool" 3 2
1973 "You've Got To Take It (If You Want It)" 46 18

External links

References

  1. Hamilton, Andrew. The Main Ingredient: Bitter Sweet > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "The Main Ingredient US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  3. "The Main Ingredient US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
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