Right On (The Supremes album)
Right On | ||||
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R&B, soul | ||||
Length | 37:27 | |||
Label | Motown MS 705 | |||
Producer | Frank Wilson, Clay MacMurray, Ivy Jo Hunter | |||
The Supremes chronology | ||||
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Singles from Right On | ||||
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Right On is the nineteenth
Frank Wilson, a former protégé 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" (#10 Billboard and charting higher than former Supreme Ross' debut solo single a few months later) and "Everybody's Got the Right to Love". Other notable tracks include "Bill, When Are You Coming Back", an anti-Vietnam War song, and "The Loving Country", written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Smokey Robinson. A critical and commercial success, Right On reached #25 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, a peak 21 positions higher than the final Diana Ross-led album, Farewell.[1] Although the album fell just short of gold status it was a big enough hit to ensure that the new Supremes would continue successfully without Diana Ross, many times outselling her product during the first two years of the separation. Despite sporting a new sound, the photos on the album had the new group wearing old gowns from the Diana Ross period.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Record Mirror | (Favorable)[3] |
Track listing
- "Up the Ladder to the Roof" (Frank Wilson, Vincent DiMirco)
- "Then We Can Try Again" (Clarence McMurray, J. Dean)
- "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (Lou Stallman)
- "Wait a Minute Before You Leave Me" (N. Toney, W. Garrett, A. Hamilton)
- "You Move Me" (W. Garrett, A. Hamilton)
- "But I Love You More" (Frank Wilson, Sherlie Matthews)
- "I Got Hurt (Trying to Be the Only Girl in Your Life)" (Clarence McMurray, J. Dean, J. Glover)
- "Baby Baby" (H. Lewis, K. Lewis)
- "Take a Closer Look at Me" (Henry Cosby, Pam Sawyer, Joe Hinton)
- "Then I Met You" (J. Roach)
- "Bill, When Are You Coming Back" (Pam Sawyer, Johnny Bristol)
- "The Loving Country" (Smokey Robinson, Ivy Jo Hunter)
Covers
On the album The Supremes covered "Baby Baby" by The Miracles.[4] "But I Love You More" was also recorded by The Blackberries.
Unused recordings from the Right On sessions
During this period, the Supremes were recording a wide variety of tracks; many of which currently remain unreleased.
- "The Day Will Come Between Sunday and Monday" (eventually released on the Supremes box set)
- "Life Beats" (eventually released on The '70s Anthology)
- "Steppin' on a Dream"
- "That's How Much You Made Me Love You"
- "You Only Miss Me When You See Me"
- "Loneliness Is a Lonely Feeling"
- "Send Him to Me" (Mary Wilson lead vocal)
- "If You Let Me Baby" (Mary Wilson lead vocal)
- "Mind, Body and Soul"
- "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone"
- "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
- "I Want to Go Back There Again"
- "You've Got to Pay the Price"
Personnel
- The Supremes
- Jean Terrell - lead vocals
- Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, The Andantes, & The Blackberries - background vocals
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
- Technical
- Frank Wilson - producer
- Curtis McNair - art direction
- Frank Dandridge - photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ISBN 0634099787. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Viglione, Joe. Right On at Allmusic
- ^ Collins, Rodney (August 1, 1970). "TAMLA IS TEN!—CELEBRATION DISCS" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 4. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ "Baby Baby by The Supremes". secondhandsongs.com.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3809". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "TOP 100 Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. June 27, 1970. p. 88. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "TOP RECORDS OF 1970: SOUL ALBUMS" (PDF). Billboard. December 26, 1970. p. TA-36. Retrieved 14 January 2022.