More Hits by the Supremes

by The Supremes

Overview

Its title might lead one to think this was a compilation, but it wasn't -- rather, More Hits by the Supremes is merely a valid presumption of its worth. It was also the original group's third highest charting album of their five years on Motown, and came not a moment too soon. The Supremes were doing incredibly well as a singles act, but not since Where Did Our Love Go had any of their LPs done particularly well on the pop charts; even a well-intentioned Sam Cooke-tribute album recorded early in 1965, which ought to have done better, had only reached number 75 (though it had gotten to number five on the R&B LP charts). "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Back in My Arms Again" helped drive the sales, but those singles had been out six and three months earlier at the time this album surfaced -- listeners were delighted to find those singles surrounded by their ethereal rendition of the ballad "Whisper You Love Me Boy" with its exquisitely harmonized middle chorus; the gently soulful, sing-song-y "The Only Time I'm Happy"; and the sweetly dramatic "He Holds His Own" (with a gorgeous and very prominent piano accompaniment). The material dated across six months of work, from late 1964 through the spring of 1965 (apart from "Ask Any Girl," the B-side of "Baby Love," which was cut in the spring of 1964), and showed that Motown could put a Supremes album together piecemeal around the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team and place the trio right up at the top reaches of the charts, in the company of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, et al. Its release also opened a floodgate of killer albums by the trio -- overlooking their 1965 LP of Christmas songs, they were destined to issue three more long-players that delighted audiences a dozen songs at a time over the next two years, which was a lot of good work. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	08/16/2024
Label:	Motown
UPC:	8435395504277

Tracks

1. Ask Any Girl
2. Nothing But Heartaches
3. Mother Dear
4. Stop! In The Name Of Love
5. Honey Boy
6. Back In My Arms Again.
7. Whisper You Love Me Boy
8. The Only Time I'm Happy
9. He Holds His Own
10. Who Could Ever Doubt My Love
11. (I'm So Glad) Heartaches Don't Last Always)
12. I'm In Love Again.

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Supremes   Primary Artist
Diana Ross & the Supremes   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

James Dean   Composer
Marc Gordon   Producer
Peter Puma   Translation
Smokey Robinson   Composer,Producer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Producer,Overdub Producer
Bill Butler   Composer
Kevin Reeves   Mixing
Lamont Dozier   Composer,Producer
Larry Stock   Composer
James Cavanaugh   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Russ Morgan   Composer
John Curulewski   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Dennis DeYoung   Composer
Robert Rogers   Composer
Warren "Pete" Moore   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer,Producer
Hal Davis   Producer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
William Robinson   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Bill Doggett   Composer
Marvin Tarplin   Composer
Holland-Dozier-Holland   Composer
Lee Henry Moore   Composer
Kurt Feltz   Composer,Translation
Fini Busch   Composer
Werner Scharfenberger   Composer