Euphrates River (album)

Euphrates River is the sixth album by American singing group The Main Ingredient. Released in 1974, the album charted at number 8 on the Soul albums chart in the U.S.

Euphrates River
Studio album by The Main Ingredient
Released	1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Soul Funk
Label	RCA
Producer	Tony Silvester, Luther Simmons, Cuba Gooding, Sr.
The Main Ingredient chronology
Afrodisiac (1973) Euphrates River (1974) Rolling Down a Mountainside (1975)
Singles from Euphrates River
"Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" Released: January 1974 "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" Released: June 1974 "California My Way" Released: October 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Release history

In addition to the standard 2 channel stereo version, the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1976. The quad LP was encoded using the Compatible Discrete 4 system.

This album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Dutton Vocalion. The release contains both the stereo and quad mixes.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Euphrates"	James Seals, Dash Crofts	4:44
2.	"Have You Ever Tried It"	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	3:06
3.	"Summer Breeze"	James Seals, Dash Crofts	4:16
4.	"California My Way"	Willie Hutch	4:36

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Happiness Is Just Around the Bend"	Brian Auger	6:20
6.	"Looks Like Rain"	Alzo Fronte	3:17
7.	"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"	Stevie Wonder	4:04
8.	"Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"	Vinnie Barrett, John Freeman, Bobby Eli	3:32

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak
Billboard Pop Albums	52
Billboard Top Soul Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B
1974	"Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"	10	8
	"Happiness Is Just Around the Bend"	35	7
	"California My Way"	75	48

External links

• Euphrates River at Discogs (list of releases)