Hold On is the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard's R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann's #1 R&B hit, "Make Me Yours", which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide review described as "better-than-the-original." Unfortunately, High Inergy's version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68.[1]
Hold On | ||||
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Released | 1980 | |||
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Genre | R&B | |||
Label | Gordy G7-996 M1 | |||
Producer | Numerous | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Track listing
editThe following is the track listing from the original vinyl LP.[2]
- Side One
- "I Just Can't Help Myself" (Donnell Jones, Anthony Mason) - 4:29
- "Sweet Man" (Marvin Augustus, Patricia Scott) - 4:32
- "Make Me Yours" (Bettye J. Champion) - 3:30
- "Hold On to My Love" (Bobby DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge) - 5:03 (High Inergy & Switch)
- Side Two
- "If I Love You Tonight" (Eddie Coleman, Jr., Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Gwendolyn Fuller) - 3:53
- "Boomerang Love" (Angelo Bond, William Weatherspoon) - 3:30
- "I'm a Believer" (Narada Michael Walden) - 3:50
- "It Was You Babe" (McKinley Jackson, Angelo Bond, Barbara Mitchell) - 5:04
Production
editThe following information comes from the original vinyl LP.[2]
- Producers: Angelo Bond, Eddie Coleman, Jr., Bobby DeBarge, Gwen Gordy Fuqua (co-producer), Gambler's Productions, McKinley Jackson, Narada Michael Walden and William Weatherspoon
- Executive Producer: Berry Gordy
Session musicians (partial list)
editThe following information comes from the original vinyl LP.[2]
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion
- Ollie E. Brown - drums
- Paulinho DaCosta - percussion
- Bobby DeBarge - piano
- Tommy DeBarge - bass
- Quentin Dennard - drums
- Nathan East - bass
- Phillip Ingram - percussion
- Paul M. Jackson, Jr. - guitar
- Randy Jackson - bass
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin - guitar
- Narada Michael Walden - drums
References
edit- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ a b c Hold On (Media notes). High Inergy. Hollywood, California: Gordy Records. 1980.
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