Walk the Line (Mary Wilson album)

Walk the Line
Studio album by Mary Wilson
Released	1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Genre	R&B
Length	36:20
Label	CEO
Producer	Paul Recinos, Randy Waldman
Mary Wilson chronology
Mary Wilson (1979) Walk the Line (1992)

Walk the Line is the second and final solo studio album released by former Supremes member Mary Wilson in 1992 on the independent CEO Records label.

The album was Wilson's first solo album to be released since her debut album, Mary Wilson, in 1979 on Motown Records. Wilson had begun work on a second solo album in 1980, working with English record producer, Gus Dudgeon. Dudgeon had produced 4 tracks for the album but Motown dropped Wilson from the label before the album was completed. After leaving Motown, Wilson almost signed with Atlantic Records in 1987 but the label cancelled on the deal. In 1990, Wilson signed with Nightmare Records (which later turned into Motorcity Records). Wilson recorded and released her cover version of the Five Stairsteps's classic hit "Ooh Child" on the Motorcity label but never recorded a full album for the label. A year later, Wilson signed with CEO Records and released Walk the Line in 1992.

A day after Walk the Line was released, CEO went into bankruptcy. Wilson later claimed that she had no knowledge of the label's financial troubles and stated that she was coerced into signing with them for the release. Because of the bankruptcy issue with the label, Walk the Line fell out of place on the Billboard charts despite Wilson's promotion efforts.^{[citation needed]}

It features covers of "Ooh Child" and Jennifer Holliday's song "I Am Changing" from the original Dreamgirls broadway play. During the recording sessions, Wilson recorded an updated version of The Supremes' #1 single "Love Child", complete with vocal rap (the background track was the same one as used by Sweet Sensation on their 1990 cover of the song). This track was however replaced in favor of another Supremes #1 hit, "You Keep Me Hangin' On".^[1]

On September 11, 2013, the album's title track, "Walk the Line", was released to Wilson's iTunes page.

Track listing[]

1. "Walk the Line" (Dee Harvey, Tena Clark) - (4:00)
2. "The Stare" (Anthony Smith, Dyna Brein, Ted Jacobs) - (3:08)
3. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - (3:48)
4. "One Night With You" (Antonina Armato, Rick Neigher) - (3:44)
5. "All Over Now" (Randy Waldman, Suzi Carr) - (3:44)
6. "Ooh Child" (Stan Vincent) - (4:35)
7. "Under Any Moon" (Diane Warren) - (4:12)
8. "Shelter Me" (Jack White, Mark Spiro) - (3:17)
9. "Bodyguard" (Geoff Hurley) - (3:27)
10. "I Am Changing" (Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen) - (3:45)

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