Dynamite (The Supremes and the Four Tops album)

Dynamite is the third and last collaborative album between labelmates The Supremes and The Four Tops, released on the Motown label in 1971. In the US, Dynamite peaked at the lower hundreds of the Billboard Top 200. The album fared better on the Billboard R&B charts, peaking at 21. It includes several covers of previous hits and a few Motown originals.

Track listing

Side One "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor "The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)" (Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson) Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor "Hello Stranger" (Barbara Lewis) Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor "Love the One You're With" (Stephen Stills) Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) Produced by Bobby Taylor

Side Two "Melodie" (Deke Richards, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson) Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor "If" (David Gates) Produced by Bobby Taylor "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock) Produced by Johnny Bristol "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) Produced by Joe Hinton "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" (Gladys Knight, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock) Produced by Johnny Bristol

Personnel The Supremes (Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong), The Four Tops (Levi Stubbs, Duke Fakir, Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton) – vocals David Van DePitte, Gene Page, H.B. Barnum, Robert White – arrangers Curtis McNair – art direction Warren Linn – illustration Tom Schlesinger – graphics Instruments:

Bass - Wilton Felder and Ron Brown Guitars - Louie Shelton, David T. Walker, Ben Benay and Don Peake Keyboards/Piano - Joe Sample, Clarence Macdonald and Don Randi Drums - Paul Humphrey, Gene Pello and Ed Greene Percussion - King Errison and Bobbye Hall-Porter Strings - Sidney Sharp and local Los Angeles area string players

Chart history Chart (1971) PeakpositionUS Cashbox Top 100134 US Record World R&B21

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