To Be True

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.

To Be True
Studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Released	February 1975
Recorded	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B
Length	38:46
Label	Philadelphia International KZ 33148
Producer	Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology
Black & Blue (1973) To Be True (1975) Wake Up Everybody (1975)

Professional ratings

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

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Are All My Friends"	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen	3:22
2.	"To Be True"	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	4:42
3.	"Pretty Flower"	McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen	5:42
4.	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (Female vocal by Sharon Paige)	Gamble, Huff	3:45

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Nobody Could Take Your Place"	Gamble, Huff	4:22
6.	"Somewhere Down the Line"	Gamble, Huff	4:55
7.	"Bad Luck"	McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen	6:29
8.	"All Because of a Woman"	McFadden, Whitehead, Huff	5:29

2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (Single Version)	3:26
10.	"Bad Luck" (Tom Moulton Mix)	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
		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
	"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.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)

References

1. Lytle, Craig. To Be True review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

External links

• To Be True at Discogs (list of releases)