Floy Joy (album)

Floy Joy
Studio album by
the Supremes
ReleasedMay 1972
Recorded1971–1972
GenresPop, soul
Length29:33
LabelMotown
ProducerSmokey Robinson
The Supremes chronology
Dynamite
(1971)		 Floy Joy
(1972)		 The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb
(1972)
Singles from Floy Joy
  1. "Floy Joy"
    Released: December 1, 1971
  2. "Automatically Sunshine"
    Released: April 11, 1972
  3. "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"
    Released: July 11, 1972
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[3]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarHalf star[4]

Floy Joy is the twenty-fifth album released by the Supremes on the Motown label. This was the only Supremes album solely produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and included the Top 20 hit, "Floy Joy" and the Top 40 hit, "Automatically Sunshine", both of which were Top 10 hits in the UK. Although Lynda Laurence appears on the cover of the LP, all vocals are that of Cindy Birdsong.

Overview

The "Floy Joy" single was the Supremes' final Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 9 in the UK.[5] Its follow-ups, "Automatically Sunshine" and "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" were not as successful, with "Automatically Sunshine" peaking at 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, 21 on the Top Soul Singles and being the group's final Top 10 hit in the U.K. at number 10.[6] "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" peaked at 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 21 on the Top Soul Singles.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" (Smokey Robinson)
  2. "Floy Joy" (Robinson)
  3. "A Heart Like Mine" (Robinson, Ronald White)
  4. "Over and Over" (Robinson)
  5. "Precious Little Things" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Pam Moffett)

Side two

  1. "Now the Bitter, Now the Sweet" (Robinson, Cecil Franklin)
  2. "Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson)
  3. "The Wisdom of Time" (Robinson, Moffett, Clifford Burston)
  4. "Oh Be My Love" (Robinson, Warren Moore)

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 859.
  4. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 684.
  5. ↑ "Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, ISBN 0-85112-429-1
  6. ↑ "Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, ISBN 0-85112-429-1
  7. ↑ "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "THE ALBUM CHART: Week of July 8, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 8, 1972. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  10. ↑ "THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 22, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 22, 1972. p. 256. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Top Soul Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 30, 1972. p. TA-26. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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