All by Myself (Eddie Kendricks album)

All By Myself
Studio album by Eddie Kendricks
Released	April 1971
Recorded	1970–1971
Genre	Soul
Length	29:04
Label	Tamla
Producer	Frank Wilson
Eddie Kendricks chronology
All By Myself (1971) People ... Hold On (1972)
Singles from All By Myself
"This Used To Be The Home Of Johnnie Mae / It's So Hard For Me To Say Goodbye" Released: March 4, 1971 "I Did It All For You / Can I" Released: July 27, 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[3]

All By Myself is the debut solo album by the former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks. ^{[4] [5]} It was released in 1971 on Tamla Records.

The opening track, "Let's Go Back to Day One", appeared in the Diana Ross movie Mahogany , directed by Berry Gordy.

Track listing

1. "Let's Go Back to Day One" (Gloria Jones, Patrice Holloway) 3:30
2. "This Used to Be the Home of Johnnie Mae" (Leonard Caston, Jr., Samual Small) 5:40
3. "I Did It All for You" (Frank Wilson, Jimmy Webb) 2:58
4. "It's So Hard for Me to Say Good-Bye" (Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer) 3:08
5. "Something's Burning" (Mac Davis) 4:27
6. "Can I" (Hal Davis, Herman Griffith) 6:12
7. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) 3:09

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions [6]
		US	US R&B
1971	All By Myself	80	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [7]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1971	"Can I"	—	37	—
	"It's So Hard For Me To Say Good-Bye"	88	37	—

References

1. "AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 788.
3. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 271.
4. "Eddie Kendricks' 'People' Was No Accident". downbeat.com. February 11, 2020.
5. "Kendricks And Sylvers Coming". Oakland Post. No. 30. December 2, 1973. p. 3.
6. "Eddie Kendricks". Billboard.
7. "Eddie Kendricks". Billboard.

External links

• Eddie Kendricks-All By Myself at Discogs.com