The Supremes - This Is the Story: The '70s Albums, Vol. 1 1970-1973: The Jean Terrell Years (CD)

All Music Guide

The 68 selections on this tripledisc title represent the most comprehensive overview ever to be assembled of the Supremes' early'70s back catalog. In addition to the studio albums Right On (1970), New Ways But Love Stays (1970), Touch (1971), Supremes Arranged and Produced by Jimmy Webb (1972), and Floy Joy (1973), there are plenty of rarities too. Primarily, a baker's dozen taken from the shelved Promises Kept project circa 1971/1972 and a few oneoff songs that appeared on vintage vinyl anthologies. This Is the Story: The '70s Albums, Vol. 1 19701973: The Jean Terrell Years (2007) begins once Diana Ross had left the group to pursue a solo career. Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong resumed their international success with Jean Terrell sister of heavyweight boxing champ Ernie Terrell quickly picking right back up where they had left off with Ross. "Up the Ladder to the Roof" and "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" from Right On became hits and instant classics. New Ways But Love Stays fou...nd the first ladies of Motown topping themselves with the followup "Stoned Love," which became a number one crossover pop and RB smash. The album is likewise worth checking out for the covers of Simon Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," the Beatles' "Come Together," and Steam's anthemic "Na, Na, Hey, Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." Touch supplied the trio with the songbook staple "Nathan Jones," while Floy Joy followed with the title track which became the vocalists' last Top 20 single after eight consecutive years. Read more Less