Hold On (High Inergy album)

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Hold On
Original album artwork for High Inergy's 1980 Hold On.jpg
Studio album by
Released1980
Studio
  • The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
  • The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
  • Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
  • Golden Sound Studio, Holywood, California
  • Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood, California
  • Evergreen Recording Studio, Burbank, California
  • Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
  • Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California
Genre R&B
Label Gordy G7-996 M1
Producer Numerous
High Inergy chronology
Frenzy
(1979)
Hold On
(1980)
High Inergy
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Hold On is the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard's R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann's #1 R&B hit, "Make Me Yours", which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide review described as "better-than-the-original." Unfortunately, High Inergy's version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68. [1]

Contents

Track listing

The following is the track listing from the original vinyl LP. [2]

Side One
  1. "I Just Can't Help Myself" (Donnell Jones, Anthony Mason) - 4:29
  2. "Sweet Man" (Marvin Augustus, Patricia Scott) - 4:32
  3. "Make Me Yours" (Bettye J. Champion) - 3:30
  4. "Hold On to My Love" (Bobby DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge) - 5:03 (High Inergy & Switch)
Side Two
  1. "If I Love You Tonight" (Eddie Coleman, Jr., Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Gwendolyn Fuller) - 3:53
  2. "Boomerang Love" (Angelo Bond, William Weatherspoon) - 3:30
  3. "I'm a Believer" (Narada Michael Walden) - 3:50
  4. "It Was You Babe" (McKinley Jackson, Angelo Bond, Barbara Mitchell) - 5:04

Production

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP. [2]

Session musicians (partial list)

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. 1 2 3 Hold On (Media notes). High Inergy. Hollywood, California: Gordy Records. 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)