Hold On (High Inergy album)
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Hold On was the fifth album by High Inergy
High Inergy
High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for their hit, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".-History:...

. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard's
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 R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann's
Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann is an American soul music singer, best known for her 1967 hit song "Make Me Yours".-Career:...

 #1 R&B hit, Make Me Yours
Make Me Yours
"Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by Bettye Swann and produced by Arthur Wright,"Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by Bettye Swann and produced by Arthur Wright,...

, which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide
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 review described as "better-than-the-original." Unfortunately, High Inergy's version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68.

Track listing

The following is the track listing from the original vinyl LP.
Side One:
  1. "I Just Can't Help Myself" (Donnell Jones/Anthony Mason) - 4:29
  2. "Sweet Man" (Marvin Augustus/P. Scott) - 4:32
  3. "Make Me Yours
    Make Me Yours
    "Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by Bettye Swann and produced by Arthur Wright,"Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by Bettye Swann and produced by Arthur Wright,...

    " (Bettye J. Champion
    Bettye Swann
    Bettye Swann is an American soul music singer, best known for her 1967 hit song "Make Me Yours".-Career:...

    ) - 3:30
  4. "Hold On to My Love" (Bobby DeBarge
    Bobby DeBarge
    Robert Louis "Bobby" DeBarge Jr. was an American musician and the lead singer of the 1970s Motown R&B group Switch. He was also the mentor behind his younger siblings who formed the musical group DeBarge and was the biggest influence among its members, most prominently El DeBarge...

    /Bunny DeBarge
    Bunny Debarge
    Etterlene "Bunny" DeBarge is an American soul singer-songwriter, best known as the lone female sibling of the Motown family group DeBarge...

    ) - 5:03 (High Inergy
    High Inergy
    High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for their hit, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".-History:...

     & Switch
    Switch (band)
    Switch was an R&B/funk band that found fame recording for the Gordy label in the late 1970s releasing hit songs such as "There'll Never Be", "I Call Your Name" and "The Best Beat in Town" and influenced bands such as DeBarge, which featured members Bobby and Tommy's siblings.-Early years:Formed in...

    )


Side Two:
  1. "If I Love You Tonight" (Eddie Coleman, Jr./Gwen Gordy Fuqua
    Gwen Gordy Fuqua
    Gwen Gordy Fuqua was the elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, sister of Motown songwriters Anna Gordy Gaye, Robert Gordy and George Gordy, sister of Motown Museum founder Esther Gordy Edwards, sister of Fuller Gordy and also Loucye Gordy, and the former wife of Harvey Fuqua...

    /Gwendolyn Fuller) - 3:53
  2. "Boomerang Love" (Angelo Bond/William Weatherspoon) - 3:30
  3. "I'm a Believer" (Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...

    ) - 3:50
  4. "It Was You Babe" (McKinley Jackson/Angelo Bond/Barbara Mitchell) - 5:04

Production

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP.
  • Producers: Angelo Bond, Eddie Coleman, Jr., Bobby DeBarge
    Bobby DeBarge
    Robert Louis "Bobby" DeBarge Jr. was an American musician and the lead singer of the 1970s Motown R&B group Switch. He was also the mentor behind his younger siblings who formed the musical group DeBarge and was the biggest influence among its members, most prominently El DeBarge...

    , Gwen Gordy Fuqua
    Gwen Gordy Fuqua
    Gwen Gordy Fuqua was the elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, sister of Motown songwriters Anna Gordy Gaye, Robert Gordy and George Gordy, sister of Motown Museum founder Esther Gordy Edwards, sister of Fuller Gordy and also Loucye Gordy, and the former wife of Harvey Fuqua...

     (co-producer), Gambler's Productions, McKinley Jackson, Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...

     and William Weatherspoon

  • Executive Producer: Berry Gordy
    Berry Gordy
    Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...


Session musicians (partial list)

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP.
  • Eddie "Bongo" Brown, percussion
  • Ollie E. Brown
    Ollie E. Brown
    Ollie E. Brown is an American drummer, percussionist and record producer. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Brown was also half of the American dance-pop duo Ollie & Jerry, which had a Top 10 hit with "Breakin'.....

    , drums
  • Paulinho DaCosta
    Paulinho Da Costa
    Paulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...

    , percussion
  • Bobby DeBarge
    Bobby DeBarge
    Robert Louis "Bobby" DeBarge Jr. was an American musician and the lead singer of the 1970s Motown R&B group Switch. He was also the mentor behind his younger siblings who formed the musical group DeBarge and was the biggest influence among its members, most prominently El DeBarge...

    , piano
  • Tommy DeBarge, bass
  • Quentin Dennard, drums
  • Nathan East
    Nathan East
    Nathan Harrell East is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego...

    , bass
  • Phillip Ingram
    Phillip Ingram
    Phillip Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musical family with six brothers and sisters who all sang and played instruments but only Phillip and his brother, James Ingram, pursued a musical career....

    , percussion
  • Paul M. Jackson, Jr.
    Paul Jackson, Jr.
    Paul Jackson, Jr. is a fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musician...

    , guitar
  • Randy Jackson
    Randy Jackson
    Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...

    , bass
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, guitar
  • Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...

    , drums
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