The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb
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| Studio album by The Supremes | ||||
| Released | November 1972 | |||
| Recorded | March–June 1972 | |||
| Genre | Rock, soul, pop | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Webb, Sherlie Matthews, Deke Richards | |||
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The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb is the twenty-sixth studio album released by The Supremes on the Motown label in 1972. It was the only Supremes LP produced (and chiefly written) by a non-Motown artist, successful songwriter and producer Jimmy Webb, and was the last album to feature early-1970's Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell. Only one single from the album was released in the United States, the ballad "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" from the musical Pippin. Other non-Webb tracks included Joni Mitchell's, "All I Want", Harry Nilsson's "Paradise" and covers of hits by Bobby Lewis and Mina, respectively "Tossin' and Turnin'" and "La voce del silenzio". The album sold over 100,000 copies in the USA.
Besides being Jean Terrell's final Supremes album, The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb was the first of only two Supremes' LPs to include vocals from member Lynda Laurence, the other being the live album In Japan!. Laurence had replaced Cindy Birdsong earlier in 1972 (Cindy Birdsong recorded backing vocals but was overdubbed with Jean, Mary and Lynda. This was a common practice that also took place Cindy again for High Energy studio album in 1976) and joined original Supreme Mary Wilson and Terrell for these sessions just prior to her official inclusion into the group.
The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb marked a departure from the Motown Sound that the Supremes had relied upon over the past decade, and moved the group out of its pop/R&B genre and into a rock/pop style masterminded by Webb. The result was an album that had a different sound than what both the public and the Supremes themselves were accustomed. On many of the tracks, Webb overdubbed additional background vocals by The Blossoms, in addition to the voices of Wilson and Laurence. Terrell sings lead on all of the tracks on the LP, except "I Keep It Hid", which features Wilson on lead vocals. Terrell duetted with Webb on "Once in the Morning".
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