| Contact | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Freda Payne |
| Cover: | Contact (Freda Payne album) cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Genre: | Pop, R&B |
| Label: | Invictus |
| Producer: | Greg Perry, William Weatherspoon, Ronald Dunbar |
| Prev Title: | Band of Gold |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | The Best of Freda Payne |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Contact is Freda Payne's fourth American released album and her second for Invictus Records. The majority of the material on this album contains sad themes, with the exception of "You Brought the Joy." The album begins with a dramatic 11-minute medley of "I'm Not Getting Any Better" and "Suddenly It's Yesterday," both of which were written by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. Some people thought that Holland and Dozier were trying to compete with Diana Ross's hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" as both songs contain spoken segments and dramatic musical arrangements. The only cover song is "He's in My Life", which was an album track by The Glass House featuring Freda's sister Scherrie Payne. It was written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (under their common pseudonym "Edythe Wayne" to avoid copyright claims by their former employer Motown), jointly with Ron Dunbar.
Ron Wynn of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stating "She found her niche in the early '70s, doing silky, sophisticated pop/soul with excellent production, arrangements, and material supplied by the Holland/Dozier/Holland team."
The lead-off track, "Bring the Boys Home", was the album's most popular hit, going to No. 3 and selling a million copies.[1]
Adapted from liner notes.[2]
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Pop Albums | 76[3] |
| Black Albums | 12 |
| Single | Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| "Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You)" | Black Singles | 11[4] [5] |
| Pop Singles | 44 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 46 | |
| "Bring the Boys Home" | Black Singles | 3 |
| Pop Singles | 12 | |
| "You Brought the Joy" | Black Singles | 21 |
| Pop Singles | 52 |