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Right On is the nineteenth studio album by The Supremes, released in 1970 for the Motown label. It was the group's first album not to feature former lead singer Diana Ross. Her replacement, Jean Terrell, began recording Right On with Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong in mid-1969, while Wilson and Birdsong were still touring with Ross.

Frank Wilson, a former protégé of Motown producer Norman Whitfield, produced much of Right On, working to establish the "New Supremes" (as Motown began marketing the new Terrell-led lineup) as a group unique from the Ross-led Supremes. Right On features two top 40 singles, "Up the Ladder to the Roof" (#10 Billboard and charting higher than former Supreme Ross' debut solo single a few months later) and "Everybody's Got the Right to Love". Other notable tracks include "Bill, When Are You Coming Back", an anti-Vietnam War song, and "The Loving Country", written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Smokey Robinson. A critical and commercial success, Right On reached #25 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, a peak 21 positions higher than the final Diana Ross-led album, Farewell. According to Motown data this album sold around 225,000 copies in the USA.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

  1. "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
  2. "Then We Can Try Again"
  3. "Everybody's Got the Right to Love"
  4. "Wait a Minute Before You Leave Me"
  5. "You Move Me"
  6. "But I Love You More"
  7. "I Got Hurt (Trying to Be the Only Girl in Your Life)"
  8. "Baby Baby"
  9. "Take a Closer Look at Me"
  10. "Then I Met You"
  11. "Bill, When Are You Coming Back"
  12. "The Loving Country"

Alternative, Proposed Track Listing

During this period, the Supremes were constantly in the studio recording a wide variety of tracks. Motown was also testing out different producers to see which might be the best fit for the new grouping. The lineup of this album changed multiple times before release, with Everybody's Got The Right To love being added at the last minute.

  1. "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
  2. "Then We Can Try Again"
  3. "The Day Will Come Between Sunday and Monday" (eventually released on the Supremes box set)
  4. "Wait a Minute Before You Leave Me"
  5. "You Move Me"
  6. "But I Love You More"
  7. "I Got Hurt (Trying to Be the Only Girl in Your Life)"
  8. "Steppin' On A Dream" (still unreleased)
  9. "Take a Closer Look at Me"
  10. "Then I Met You"
  11. "Life Beats" (eventually released on The '70s Anthology)
  12. "The Loving Country"

Personnel

The Supremes
Technical

Chart history

Chart Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 25
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart 4

References

  1. ^ http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F116321-the-supremes-diana-ross-stevie-wonder-and-ray-charlesusa-album-sales%2F
  2. ^ Viglione, Joe. Right On at Allmusic
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