The Supremes (1975 album)

The Supremes
Studio album by The Supremes
Released	May 1975
Recorded	1974–75
Genre	Soul, disco, R&B
Length	29:14
Label	Motown
Producer	Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Brian Holland, Hal Davis, Greg Wright, Michael Lloyd, Mark Davis
The Supremes chronology
Anthology (1974) The Supremes (1975) High Energy (1976)
Singles from The Supremes
"He's My Man" Released: June 12, 1975 "Where Do I Go from Here" Released: September 5, 1975 "Early Morning Love" Released: November 1975 (UK only)

The Supremes is the twenty-seventh studio album by The Supremes, released in 1975 on Motown Records. This is the first album to feature newest Supremes member Scherrie Payne, who had joined the group in late 1973.

In a 1974 fan club newsletter an unnamed spokesman for Motown acknowledged that the downturn in popularity The Supremes had experienced was due to the fact that the company had not always been fair with the ladies...and that they had not always been fair with the company. No specifics were given. He also said the first lp with Scherrie Payne and the returning Cindy Birdsong would be a "test" release just to gauge how much of a public the group had left. In a characteristically desperate act (for Motown) to find a new commercial sound the trio was paired with five different producers for ten tracks on an album barely running 30 minutes in time. (Unreleased tracks from this period were released more than 30 years later.) The result was a modest showing on the pop and soul charts but the album made enough noise for Motown to authorize future album releases. It did quite well with the disco crowd which Motown was trying to break into.

Track listing

Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) Scherrie Payne, (b) Mary Wilson.

Side one

1. "He's My Man" (Greg Wright, Karin Patterson) ^{a, b} - 2:55
2. "Early Morning Love" (Harold Beatty, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr.) ^b - 3:11
3. "Where Is It I Belong" (Samuel Brown, III, Ronald Brown, Elaine Brown) ^b - 3:53
4. "It's All Been Said Before" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) ^a - 2:30
5. "This Is Why I Believe in You" (Michael B. Sutton, Pam Sawyer) ^{a, b} - 3:10

Side two

1. "You Can't Stop a Girl in Love" (Terry Woodford, George Soulé) ^a - 2:31
2. "Color My World Blue" (Frank Johnson) ^a - 2:32
3. "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" (Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Barbara Wyrick) ^a - 2:33
4. "Where Do I Go from Here" (Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland) ^a - 3:29
5. "You Turn Me Around" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) ^b - 2:30

Personnel

• Scherrie Payne - lead and backing vocals
• Mary Wilson - lead and backing vocals
• Cindy Birdsong - backing vocals
• Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Brian Holland, Hal Davis, Greg Wright, Michael Lloyd, Mark Davis - producers
• David Blumberg, James Anthony Carmichael, Mark Davis, Oliver Thomas, Arthur Wright, Clayton Ivey, Terry Woodford, Ted Stovall, Gene Page, Paul Riser - arrangers

Singles history

• "He's My Man" b/w "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" (Motown 1358, June 1975)
• "Where Do I Go From Here" b/w "Give Out, But Don't Give Up" (Motown 1374, October 1975)
• "Early Morning Love" b/w "Where Is It I Belong?"(Tamla-Motown 1012, 1975, UK only)

Chart history

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [1]	152
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [2]	25
US Cashbox [3]	183
US Record World [4]	179

References

1. "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
3. "cashbox top albums / 101 to 200" (PDF). Cashbox . July 5, 1975. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
4. "151-200 ALBUM CHART: Week of August 2, 1975" (PDF). Record World . worldradiohistory.com. August 2, 1975. p. 29. Retrieved January 29, 2021.