All by Myself (Eddie Kendricks album)

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All By Myself
Front cover of All By Myself (Eddie Kendricks album) Tamla 1971.jpeg
Studio album by
Eddie Kendricks
ReleasedApril 1971
Recorded1970-1971
GenreSoul
LabelTamla
ProducerFrank Wilson
Eddie Kendricks chronology
All By Myself
(1971) 		People ... Hold On
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide3/5 stars[3]

All By Myself is the debut solo album by the former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks.[4][5] It was released in 1971 on Tamla Records.

The opening track, "Let's Go Back to Day One", appeared in the Diana Ross movie Mahogany, directed by Berry Gordy.

Track listing[]

  1. "Let's Go Back to Day One" (Gloria Jones, Patrice Holloway) 3:30
  2. "This Used to Be the Home of Johnnie Mae" (Leonard Caston, Jr., Samual Small) 5:40
  3. "I Did It All for You" (Frank Wilson, Jimmy Webb) 2:58
  4. "It's So Hard for Me to Say Good-Bye" (Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer) 3:08
  5. "Something's Burning" (Mac Davis) 4:27
  6. "Can I" (Hal Davis, Herman Griffith) 6:12
  7. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) 3:09

Charts[]

Year Album Chart positions[6]
US US
R&B
1971 All By Myself 80 6

Singles[]

Year Single Chart positions[7]
US US
R&B 		US
Dance
1971 "Can I" — 37 —
"It's So Hard For Me To Say Good-Bye" 88 37 —

References[]

  1. ^ "AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 788.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 271.
  4. ^ "Eddie Kendricks' 'People' Was No Accident". downbeat.com. February 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kendricks And Sylvers Coming". Oakland Post (30). 2 Dec 1973. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Eddie Kendricks". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Eddie Kendricks". Billboard.

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