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| Released | April 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
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| Length | 44:34 | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Producer | Larry Alexander, John Davis, Jerry Peters, and Sandy Torano | |||
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Phyllis Hyman is the self-titled solo debut studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Buddah Records in 1977. The album charted at number 107 on the Billboard 200 chart. [2]
After recording a cover version of The Stylistics' 1971 hit "Betcha by Golly, Wow" that appeared on Norman Connors' 1976 You Are My Starship album, Hyman was signed to Buddah and began work on her debut. The album featured the hits "Loving You – Losing You", and "I Don't Want to Lose You", an R&B ballad (originally recorded by The Spinners).
Two singles were released from the album, "Loving You – Losing You" and "No One Can Love You More".
An edited version of "Loving You – Losing You" appeared on most single releases worldwide. The U.S. release had the song "Children of the World" as the B-side. [3] Two versions of the single were released in the United Kingdom. The first U.K. release had the full-length album version on the B-side. [4] The second release instead had "Betcha by Golly, Wow" on the B-side. [5] The album version was released as a Twelve-inch single in Canada in May 1977 with "One Thing On My Mind" on the B-side. [6]
"No One Can Love You More" was only released in the United States. The single included an edited version of the song with "Deliver the Love" as the B-side. [7]
The album peaked at no. 107 on the Billboard 200. It spent fourteen weeks on the chart following its debut on April 30th, 1977. [8] On the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the album peaked at no. 49, spending seven weeks on the chart. [8]
The album's first single "Loving You – Losing You" entered the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the week dated April 9th, 1977 and peaked at no. 32 nearly two months later, spending a total of twelve weeks on the chart. [8] The second single "No One Can Love You More" entered the same chart in the week dated July 23rd, 1977, spending a total of ten weeks on the chart and peaking at no. 58 a month after its first entry. [8]
The album was first released on CD in 1996 in Canada by the label Unidisc Music. This edition included the full-length version of "Betcha by Golly, Wow" as a bonus track. [9] The album's first CD release in the United States was in 1997 via The Right Stuff Records. [10] SoulMusic Records released an expanded version of the album in the United Kingdom in 2013 titled The Buddah Years which included four bonus songs recorded during her time with Buddah Records, three of which were originally released on the album Sing a Song . [11] In 2015 the label Funkytowngrooves released their own expanded edition in the United States with five bonus tracks. [12] The 2021 boxset Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998 included another expanded edition of the album with six bonus tracks, including three songs from the Norman Connors album You Are My Starship .
In 1996 RCA records issued the compilation album Loving You, Losing You, The Classic Balladry of Phyllis Hyman, which included a previously unreleased track from the 1977 recording session, "Sounds Like a Love Song". [13]
Another unreleased song from the album, titled "You're the One", has been released several times over the years. It first appeared on the 2002 reissue of You Know How to Love Me . [14] It also appeared on the 2015 reissue of the same album and on the 2008 expanded edition of Can't We Fall in Love Again? . SoulMusic Records included this song on their 2013 reissue of Phyllis Hyman's debut album and the 2021 box set Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976–1998 .
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Loving You – Losing You" | 7:27 | |
| 2. | "No One Can Love You More" | 4:23 | |
| 3. | "One Thing on My Mind" |
| 5:30 |
| 4. | "I Don't Want to Lose You" |
| 5:31 |
| 5. | "Deliver the Love" |
| 3:59 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Was Yesterday Such a Long Time Ago" |
| 4:36 |
| 7. | "Night Bird Gets the Love" |
| 5:21 |
| 8. | "Beautiful Man of Mine" |
| 6:58 |
| 9. | "Children of the World" | 3:01 | |
| Total length: | 46:50 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Betcha by Golly Wow" |
| 6:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "You're the One" |
| 5:23 |
| 11. | "Soon Come Again" |
| 3:35 |
| 12. | "Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)" |
| 4:18 |
| 13. | "The Answer is You" |
| 5:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Betcha by Golly Wow" (7" version) |
| 3:47 |
| 11. | "Loving You, Losing You" (7" version) |
| 3:40 |
| 12. | "No One Can Love You More" (7" version) |
| 3:36 |
| 13. | "Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)" (7" version) |
| 3:35 |
| 14. | "Do Me" (7" version) |
| 3:04 |
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 [15] | 107 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16] | 49 |
Phyllis Linda Hyman was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman's music career spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s, and she was best known for her expansive contralto range. Some of her most notable songs are "You Know How to Love Me" (1979), "Living All Alone" (1986) and "Don't Wanna Change the World" (1991). Hyman is also known for her covers of popular songs, which include renditions of "Betcha by Golly Wow", "Here's That Rainy Day", and "What You Won't Do For Love".
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