To Be True

1975 studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

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]

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

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
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

^ Lytle, Craig. To Be True review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.