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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
|Name=To Be True
| name = To Be True
|Type=studio
| type = studio
|Artist=[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]]
| artist = [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]]
| cover = To be true (album cover).JPG
|Cover=Tobetruealbum.jpg
| alt =
|Released=February 1975
| released = February 1975
|Recorded=[[Sigma Sound Studios]], [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| recorded = [[Sigma Sound Studios|Sigma Sound]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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|Genre=[[R&B]]
| venue =
|Length= 38:46
| studio =
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|Label=[[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]]<br><small>KZ 33148</small>
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| genre = [[R&B]]
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|Producer=[[Gamble and Huff|Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff]]
| length = 38:46

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| label = [[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]]<br><small>KZ 33148</small>
|Last album=''[[Black & Blue (album)|Black & Blue]]''<br />(1973)
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| producer = [[Gamble and Huff|Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff]]
|This album='''''To Be True'''''<br />(1975)
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| prev_title = [[Black & Blue (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)|Black & Blue]]
|Next album=''[[Wake Up Everybody]]''<br />(1975)
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = [[Wake Up Everybody (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)|Wake Up Everybody]]
| next_year = 1975
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}}
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{{Music ratings
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| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r1719739 |tab=review |label=''To Be True'' review |first=Craig |last=Lytle |accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B+<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 7, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''To Be True''''' is an album released by [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] on the [[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]] record label in February 1975. It was produced by [[Gamble and Huff|Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff]].
'''''To Be True''''' is an album released by [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] on the [[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]] record label in February 1975. It was produced by [[Gamble and Huff|Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff]].


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The album features the hit singles "[[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]", "[[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends".
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{{Album ratings
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| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1719739/review|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2 =[[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = (B+) <ref name="christgau">{{Cite web | last = Christgau | first = Robert | title = To Be True review | publisher = Robert Christgau.com | accessdate = 2011-06-26 | url = http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=7419}}</ref>
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}}


The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by [[Cherry Red Records|Big Break Records]].
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The album features the hit singles "[[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]", "[[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends". The album was remastered and reissued in 2007 by [[Sony Music Entertainment]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[Gamble and Huff]], except where noted <ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1719739|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( To Be True > Overview )))]. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2011-09-20.</ref>
| title1 = Where Are All My Friends
| title1 = Where Are All My Friends
| note1 = Victor Carstarphen, [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]]
| writer1 = [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], Victor Carstarphen
| length1 = 3:22
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = To Be True
| title2 = To Be True
| writer2 = [[Gamble & Huff|Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff]]
| length2 = 4:42
| length2 = 4:42
| title3 = Pretty Flower
| title3 = Pretty Flower
| note3 = Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead
| writer3 = McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen
| length3 = 5:42
| length3 = 5:42
| title4 = [[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]
| title4 = [[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]
| note4 = Female vocal by Sharon Paige
| note4 = Female vocal by Sharon Paige
| writer4 = Gamble, Huff
| length4 = 3:45
| length4 = 3:45
}}
}}
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| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Nobody Could Take Your Place
| title5 = Nobody Could Take Your Place
| writer5 = Gamble, Huff
| length5 = 4:22
| length5 = 4:22
| title6 = Somewhere Down the Line
| title6 = Somewhere Down the Line
| writer6 = Gamble, Huff
| length6 = 4:55
| length6 = 4:55
| title7 = [[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]
| title7 = [[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]
| note7 = Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead
| writer7 = McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen
| length7 = 6:29
| length7 = 6:29
| title8 = All Because of a Woman
| title8 = All Because of a Woman
| note8 = McFadden, Whitehead, Huff
| writer8 = McFadden, Whitehead, Huff
| length8 = 5:29
| length8 = 5:29
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
| title9 = Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
| note9 = Single Version
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = Bad Luck
| note10 = [[Tom Moulton]] Mix
| length10 = 7:56
}}
}}

==Personnel==
*Harold Melvin, [[Teddy Pendergrass]], [[Bernard Wilson (singer)|Bernard Wilson]], Lawrence Brown, Jerry Cummings &ndash; vocals
*Sharon Paige &ndash; female vocalist on "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
*[[MFSB]] &ndash; music
*Carla Benson, Evette Benton, [[Barbara Ingram]] - background vocals


==Charts==
==Charts==
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{| class="wikitable"
'''Album'''
!Chart (1975)
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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!Peak<br><ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4891/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2013-04-21}}</ref>
|-
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]]
! rowspan="2"| Year
|align="center"|26
! rowspan="2"| Album
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! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic albums">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4891/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Albums Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
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! width="40"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]
|-
|-
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|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top Soul LPs]]
| rowspan="1"| 1975
| align="left"| ''To Be True''
|align="center"|1
| 26
| 1
|-
|-
|}
|}


'''Singles'''
;Singles
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4891/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Singles Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
! width="40"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]
! width="40"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
! width="40"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]
! width="40"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br>Dance]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"|1974
| rowspan="1"|1974
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| 1
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| align="left"| "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (with Sharon Paige)
| align="left"| "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
| 42
| 42
| 1
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1975]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{discogs master|4701|To Be True}}
*''[http://www.discogs.com/Harold-Melvin-The-Blue-Notes-Featuring-Theodore-Pendergrass-To-Be-True/release/358915 To Be True]'' at [[Discogs]]

{{Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes}}

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Latest revision as of 17:12, 10 June 2024

To Be True
Studio album by
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
ReleasedFebruary 1975
RecordedSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreR&B
Length38:46
LabelPhiladelphia International
KZ 33148
ProducerKenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology
Black & Blue
(1973) 		To Be True
(1975) 		Wake Up Everybody
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

To Be True is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in February 1975. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

The album features the hit singles "Bad Luck", "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends".

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where Are All My Friends"Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen3:22
2."To Be True"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff4:42
3."Pretty Flower"McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen5:42
4."Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (Female vocal by Sharon Paige)Gamble, Huff3:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Nobody Could Take Your Place"Gamble, Huff4:22
6."Somewhere Down the Line"Gamble, Huff4:55
7."Bad Luck"McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen6:29
8."All Because of a Woman"McFadden, Whitehead, Huff5:29
2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (Single Version)3:26
10."Bad Luck" (Tom Moulton Mix)7:56

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1975) Peak
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 26
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[3] 		US
R&B
[3] 		US
Dance
[3]
1974 "Where Are All My Friends" 80 8 11
1975 "Bad Luck (Part 1)" 15 4 1
"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" 42 1 —

Samples

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Cyndi Lauper used an interpolation of "Where Are All My Friends" in the 2008 song "Set Your Heart" from her album Bring Ya to the Brink.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lytle, Craig. To Be True review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ a b c d "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
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