Contact (Freda Payne album)

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Contact
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Studio album by
Released1971
Genre Pop, R&B
Label Invictus
Producer Greg Perry, William Weatherspoon, Ronald Dunbar
Freda Payne chronology
Band of Gold
(1970)
Contact
(1971)
The Best of Freda Payne
(1972)

Contact is Freda Payne's fourth American released album and her second for Invictus Records. The majority of the material on this album contains sad themes, with the exception of "You Brought the Joy." The album begins with a dramatic 11-minute medley of "I'm Not Getting Any Better" and "Suddenly It's Yesterday," both of which were written by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. Some people thought that Holland and Dozier were trying to compete with Diana Ross's hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" as both songs contain spoken segments and dramatic musical arrangements. The only cover song is "He's in My Life", which was an album track by The Glass House featuring Freda's sister Scherrie Payne. It was written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (under their common pseudonym "Edythe Wayne" to avoid copyright claims by their former employer Motown), jointly with Ron Dunbar.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Ron Wynn of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stating "She found her niche in the early '70s, doing silky, sophisticated pop/soul with excellent production, arrangements, and material supplied by the Holland/Dozier/Holland team." [1]

The track, "Bring the Boys Home", was the album's most popular hit, going to No. 3 and selling a million copies. [2]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Not Getting Any Better" Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier 6:45
2."Suddenly It's Yesterday"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier4:24
3."You Brought the Joy"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier3:00
4."Bring The Boys Home"Angelo Bond, General Johnson, Greg Perry3:22
5."You've Got to Love Somebody (Let It Be Me)" William Weatherspoon, Raynard Miner3:01
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prelude"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier0:53
2."The Road We Didn't Take"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, D. Dumas4:17
3."Odds and Ends"General Johnson, Greg Perry3:50
4."Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You)"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Angelo Bond3:56
5."I Shall Not Be Moved"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier2:43
6."Mama's Gone"General Johnson, Greg Perry, Ronald Dunbar 3:23

Album credits

Adapted from liner notes. [3]

Charts

Album
Chart (1970)Peak
position
Pop Albums76 [4]
Black Albums12
Singles
SingleChart (1971)Peak
position
"Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You)"Black Singles11 [5] [6]
Pop Singles44 [5] [6] [4]
UK Singles Chart46 [5] [6]
"Bring the Boys Home"Black Singles3 [5] [6]
Pop Singles12 [5] [6] [4]
"You Brought the Joy"Black Singles21 [5] [6]
Pop Singles52 [5] [6] [4]
SingleChart (1972)Peak
position
"The Road We Didn't Take"Pop Singles100 [5] [6] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "Contact review". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War. University of Wisconsin Press. October 7, 2013. ISBN   9780299294137 . Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. Freda Payne – Contact (liner notes): 1971.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Artist / Freda Payne - Billboard Database". Elpee.jp. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Freda Payne Top Songs". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 3 February 2004.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Freda Payne – Contact". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 3 February 2004.