Cry to Me (album)

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Cry to Me
Cry to me album.jpg
Studio album by Loleatta Holloway
Released 1975
Recorded The Sound Pit
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre R&B
Label Aware
Producer Floyd Smith
Loleatta Holloway chronology
Loleatta
(1973)Loleatta1973
Cry to Me
(1975)
Loleatta
(1977)Loleatta1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Cry to Me is the second studio album recorded by American singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1975 on the Aware label.

History

The album peaked at #47 on the R&B albums chart. The album features the title track, which peaked at #10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #68 on the Billboard Hot 100. Three other singles released, "H•e•l•p M•e M•y L•o•r•d", "I Know Where You're Coming From" and "Casanova", failed to chart.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Cry to Me"   Sam Dees, David Camon 5:45
2. "I Know Where You're Coming From"   Sam Dees 3:19
3. "The Show Must Go On"   Sam Dees 3:50
4. "The World Don't Owe You Nothing"   Sam Dees, Frederick Knight 3:10
5. "Just Be True to Me"   Curtis Mayfield 3:16
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Something About the Way I Feel"   Ronnie Walker, Johnny Jacobs 3:23
7. "I'll Be Gone"   Loleatta Holloway 4:08
8. "I Can't Help Myself"   Jerline Williams, William Johnson 3:48
9. "Casanova"   Jo Armstead 3:42
10. "H•e•l•p• M•e• M•y• L•o•r•d•"   Sam Dees 2:48

Production

  • Floyd Smith – producer
  • Milan Bogdan – engineer & mastering
  • Ruby Mazur – album design
  • Nick Rietz – photography

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 47
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
1974 "H•e•l•p M•e M•y L•o•r•d"
1975 "Cry to Me" 68 10
"I Know Where You're Coming From"
"Casanova"

References

  1. Cry to Me review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
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