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To Be True

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Track listing
Personnel
Charts
Samples
See also
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = To Be True
| type = studio
| artist = Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
| cover = To be true (album cover).JPG
| alt =
| released = February 1975
| recorded = Sigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = R&B
| length = 38:46
| label = Philadelphia International
KZ 33148
| producer = Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
| prev_title = Black & Blue
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Wake Up Everybody
| next_year = 1975
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} ^[1]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B+^[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

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Where Are All My Friends
| writer1 = Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = To Be True
| writer2 = Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
| length2 = 4:42
| title3 = Pretty Flower
| writer3 = McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen
| length3 = 5:42
| title4 = Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
| note4 = Female vocal by Sharon Paige
| writer4 = Gamble, Huff
| length4 = 3:45
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Nobody Could Take Your Place
| writer5 = Gamble, Huff
| length5 = 4:22
| title6 = Somewhere Down the Line
| writer6 = Gamble, Huff
| length6 = 4:55
| title7 = Bad Luck
| writer7 = McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen
| length7 = 6:29
| title8 = All Because of a Woman
| writer8 = McFadden, Whitehead, Huff
| length8 = 5:29
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| 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, Lawrence Brown, Jerry Cummings – vocals
Sharon Paige – female vocalist on "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
MFSB – music
Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram - background vocals

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	26
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	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
1975	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"	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.

References

1. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r1719739 |tab=review |label=To Be True review |first=Craig |last=Lytle |accessdate=2011-10-16}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=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}}
3. ^¹²³{{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}}

External links

{{discogs master|4701|To Be True}}

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