"This Time I'll Be Sweeter" is a soul ballad written by Haras Fyre (professionally known as Pat Grant) and Gwen Guthrie.
The first release of "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" was as the B-side of the May 1975 Arista Records single release "Love Blind" by Martha Reeves; both sides of Reeves' single were produced by Bert De Coteaux and Tony Silvester who had hired composers Gwen Guthrie and Haras Fyre (a.k.a. Patrick/Pat Grant) as staff writers for the De Coteaux/Silvester company Penumbra Music in 1973. The Martha Reeves version of "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" was included on Reeves' 1976 album release The Rest of My Life. [1]
"This Time I'll Be Sweeter" | ||||
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Single by Angela Bofill | ||||
from the album Angie [5] | ||||
B-side | "Baby, I Need Your Love" | |||
Released | 21 November 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
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Length | 4:21 | |||
Label | GRP Records | |||
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Angela Bofill singles chronology | ||||
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"This Time I'll Be Sweeter" had its highest profile incarnation as the debut single for Angela Bofill who recorded "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" for her Angie (Angela Bofill album) album. Bofill's producer, Dave Grusin, knew of the song due to his being acquainted with its composer Gwen Guthrie who he had frequently utilized as a session singer (Guthrie was a member of the chorale featured on the Angie album although the chorale is not featured on "This Time I'll Be Sweeter"). Co-released with the Angie album on 21 November 1978, Bofill's "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" single reached No. 23 on the Hot Soul Singles chart [6] and No. 104 on the Billboard Hot 100's, bubbling under chart. A duet version with Sharon Cuneta was released and performed in the 1983 film Friends in Love. A live version of "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" is featured on Bofill's 2006 Live from Manila concert album.