Do Me Right (album)

Do Me Right is the debut studio album by American vocal group, The Detroit Emeralds, released in 1971 through Westbound Records.

Do Me Right
Studio album by The Detroit Emeralds
Released	1971
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	37:53
Label	Westbound
Producer	Katouzzion
The Detroit Emeralds chronology
Do Me Right (1971) You Want It, You Got It (1972)
Singles from Do Me Right
"If I Lose Your Love"/"I Bet You Get the One (Who Loves You)" Released: December 1969 "I Can't See Myself (Doing Without You)"/"Just Now and Then" Released: May 1970 "Do Me Right"/"Just Now and Then" Released: January 1971 "Wear This Ring (with Love)"/"I Bet You Get the One (Who Loves You)" Released: June 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 23 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 151 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 7 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Wear This Ring (with Love)", which charted at No. 18 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do Me Right"	Abrim Tilmon, James Mitchell	2:47
2.	"Wear This Ring (with Love)"	Abrim Tilmon, James Mitchell	3:13
3.	"Long Live the King"	Abrim Tilmon, Sam Beatty, Tom Grazcyk	3:30
4.	"What You Gonna Do About Me"	William Garrett	3:17
5.	"You Can't Take This Love for You, from Me"	Abrim Tilmon, Sam Beatty, Tom Grazcyk	3:12
6.	"Just Now and Then"	Abrim Tilmon	3:21

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Lee"	Abrim Tilmon, Sam Beatty, Tom Grazcyk	2:48
8.	"If I Lose Your Love"	Abrim Tilmon, James Mitchell	3:16
9.	"And I Love Her"	John Lennon, McCartney	3:15
10.	"I Can't See Myself (Doing Without You)"	William Garrett	3:18
11.	"Holding On"	Norma Toney, Hermon Weems	2:42
12.	"Admit Your Love Is Gone"	Abrim Tilmon, Sam Beatty, Tom Grazcyk	3:11

Personnel

• Katouzzion – producer
• Abrim Tilmon – arranger, conductor
• Willie Mitchell – arranger, conductor[3]

Charts

Album

Chart (1971)	Peaks [4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	151
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	23

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US [4]	US R&B [4]
1970	"If I Lose Your Love"	—	32
	"I Can't See Myself Doing Without You"	—	41
	"Just Now and Then"	—
1971	"Do Me Right"	43	7
	"Wear This Ring (with Love)"	91	18

References

1. "Do Me Right review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. The Detroit Emeralds, Do Me Right credits Retrieved January 18, 2016.
4. "US Charts > The Detroit Emeralds". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

External links

• Do Me Right at Discogs (list of releases)