Thelma Houston (1972 album)


Thelma Houston is the second album by Thelma Houston, recorded in 1972 and released in 1973. The album includes the single, "Me and Bobby McGee". This is her first album recorded with Motown Records under the Mowest label. Two versions of the album were issued, a ten track version in the US and a fourteen track version in the UK and Germany. The album was reissued on CD in an expanded edition by Soulmusic Records in 2012.
The album was arranged by Artie Butler, Michael Omartian, Gene Page, James Anthony Carmichael and John Myles.

Track listing

For the 1972 US album released on MoWest MW1023L
Side one
  1. "What If" - 2:58 arranged by Artie Butler
  2. "There's No Such Thing as Love" - 3:00 arranged by Michael Omartian
  3. "Me and Bobby McGee" - 3:01 produced by Jerry Marcellino and Mel Larson, arranged by Gene Page and John Myles
  4. "I'm Letting Go" - 3:40 arranged by Artie Butler
  5. "Do Something About It" - 2:27 arranged by Michael Omartian
Side two
  1. "There Is a God" - 4:57 arranged by Artie Butler
  2. "Black California" - 3:00 arranged by Michael Omartian
  3. "And I Never Did" - 3:00 arranged by Artie Butler
  4. "Blackberries" - 3:07 produced by Al Cleveland and Edward Langford, arranged by Gene Page
  5. "And I Thought You Loved Me" - 2:45 arranged by Artie Butler
For the 1973 UK album released on MoWest MWS7003
Side one
  1. "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever"
  2. "Black California"
  3. "I Ain't Going Nowhere"
  4. "Nothing Left to Give"
  5. "Stealing in The Name of the Lord"
  6. "Blackberries"
  7. "And I Thought You Loved Me"
Side two
  1. "I Ain't That Easy to Lose"
  2. "What If"
  3. "There's No Such Thing as Love"
  4. "Me and Bobby McGee"
  5. "I'm Letting Go"
  6. "Do Something About It"
  7. "And I Never Did"