To Be True

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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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(B+)

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 in 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Where Are All My Friends" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)	3:22
2.	"To Be True"	4:42
3.	"Pretty Flower" (Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead)	5:42
4.	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (with Sharon Paige)	3:45

Side two

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Nobody Could Take Your Place"	4:22
6.	"Somewhere Down the Line"	4:55
7.	"Bad Luck" (Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead)	6:29
8.	"All Because of a Woman" (McFadden, Whitehead, Huff)	5:29

Personnel

• Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Jerry Cummings – vocals
• Sharon Paige – female vocalist on "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
• MFSB – music

Charts

Album

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1975	To Be True	26	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1974	"Where Are All My Friends"	80	8	11
1975	"Bad Luck (Part 1)"	15	4	1
	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (with Sharon Paige)	42	1	—

Samples

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

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)

External links

• To Be True at Discogs