Love Child (The Supremes album)
Love Child is the fifteenth studio album released by Diana Ross & the Supremes for the Motown label in 1968. The LP was the group's first studio LP not to include any songs written or produced by any member of the Holland–Dozier–Holland production team, who had previously overseen most of the Supremes' releases.
Track listing
Side one
- "Love Child" – 2:55
- "Keep an Eye" – 2:59
- "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone" – 2:46
- "Does Your Mama Know About Me" – 2:52
- "Honey Bee " – 2:20
- "Some Things You Never Get Used To" – 2:24
Side two
- "He's My Sunny Boy" – 2:18
- "You've Been So Wonderful to Me" – 2:31
- " Chains of Love" – 2:23
- "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" – 2:41
- "I'll Set You Free" – 2:37
- "Can't Shake It Loose" – 2:07
Unused Recordings from the Love Child timeframe (March – November 1968)
- "The Beginning Of The End Of Love"
- "Sweet Thing"
- "In The Evening Of Our Love"
- "Wish I Knew"
- "If You Should Walk Away"
- "I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You"
- "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone"
- "Those Precious Memories"
- "Can't You See It's Me"
- "When It's To The Top "
Personnel
Performers
- Diana Ross – lead vocals
- Mary Wilson – backing vocals
- Cindy Birdsong – backing vocals
- The Andantes – backing vocals
- Nickolas Ashford – backing vocals
- Valerie Simpson – backing vocals
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
- Los Angeles-area session musicians – instrumentation
Production
- Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson – producers, "Keep an Eye", "Some Things You'll Never Get Used To", "You Ain't Livin' Until You're Lovin'"
- R. Dean Taylor – producer, "Love Child"
- Frank Wilson – producer, "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", "Does Your Mama Know About Me", "Love Child"
- Deke Richards – producer, "Honey Bee ", "Does Your Mama Know About Me", "Love Child"
- Smokey Robinson – producer, "He's My Sunny Boy"
- George Gordy – producer, "You've Been So Wonderful to Me"
- Harvey Fuqua – producer, " Chains Of Love"
- Johnny Bristol – producer, " Chains Of Love"
- Berry Gordy, Jr. – producer, "I'll Set You Free", "Love Child"
- Henry Cosby – producer, "Can't Shake It Loose", "Love Child"