Bitter Sweet (The Main Ingredient album)

Bitter Sweet is the fourth studio album by The Main Ingredient. Released in 1972 this is the first album to feature lead singer Cuba Gooding, Sr.. Includes the top five pop and soul hit single "Everybody Plays the Fool". The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best R&B Song at the 1973 ceremony.

Bitter Sweet
Studio album by The Main Ingredient
Released	1972
Recorded	1972
Studio	RCA's Studio C, New York City, New York
Genre	Soul
Label	RCA
Producer	Tony Silvester, Luther Simmons
The Main Ingredient chronology
Black Seeds (1971) Bitter Sweet (1972) Afrodisiac (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Traveling"	Lucille Jackson	2:59
2.	"Where Are You?"	Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh	3:15
3.	"You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)"	Ed Townsend	3:28
4.	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	Rudy Clark, J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams	3:23
5.	"Whirl-Wind"	William Salter, Ralph MacDonald	3:24

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Fly Baby Fly"	Bill Robey	3:23
7.	"I Can't See Me Without You"	Rudy Clark, J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams	3:46
8.	"Where Do Broken Hearted Lovers Go?"	Rudy Clark, J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams	2:53
9.	"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"	Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	4:48
10.	"No Tears (In the End)"	William Salter, Ralph MacDonald	3:57

Personnel

• Bert De Coteaux - arranger, conductor
• Buzz Willis - production supervisor
• Acy Lehman - art direction
• Nick Sangiamo - photography

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak [2]
Billboard Pop Albums	79
Billboard Top Soul Albums	10

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	US R&B [2]
1972	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	3	2
	"You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)"	46	18

References

1. Hamilton, Andrew. The Main Ingredient: Bitter Sweet > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
2. The Main Ingredient > US Charts at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-04.

External links

• Bitter Sweet at Discogs (list of releases)