| Equals Supreme | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Equals |
| Cover: | Equals Supreme.jpg |
| Released: | 1968 |
| Recorded: | 1968 |
| Genre: | Beat music |
| Label: | President Records |
| Producer: | Edward Kassner |
| Prev Title: | Sensational Equals |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Equals Strike Again |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
Equals Supreme is the fourth album by the Equals, released on President Records.[1]
Although the album did not chart, the single derived from it, "Softly Softly", did chart, and it reached position 48. It was the Equals' fourth single to enter the singles chart,[2] and the fourth Equals song written by Eddy Grant to chart in the UK Singles Chart.
The album is rated 3.19 on Rate Your Music.
Contemporary reviews of the album tend to be positive, as it tends to be considered as an overlooked example of British Invasion beat music; one such review considering Equals Supreme as "another collection of short, sharp songs combining West Indian and pop styles. The songs have the sunshine in them; Sunday Morning is a case in point".[3]
The album cover is a photograph of the band stood/kneeling/sat in an entirely yellow room. Lincoln Gordon is the only member stood up, Derv Gordon and Pat Lloyd are sat on the floor, John Hall is kneeling next to Lloyd, and Eddy Grant is sat on a chair. The cover personnel is (from left to right): Lincoln Gordon, Derv Gordon, Eddy Grant, Pat Lloyd, and John Hall.
The song "Green Light" has been covered at least three times by other artists, like Hickory (one of Phil Collins' early bands),[6] The Tonics (a beat group from Germany),[7] and the Detroit Cobras, on their album Tied & True, whose cover is the most well-known.[8]
"Softly Softly" was covered by Italian singer Rinaldo Ebasta in an Italian version of the song called "Soffro! Soffro!", released in 1969.[9]
"Christine" was covered by Gleaming Spires, appearing on the Party EP (aka the Funk for Children EP) (1984), and also as a bonus track on the album Walk on Well Lighted Streets, on the 2021 CD pressing.[10]
All song and personnel information gathered from the liner notes of the album Equals Supreme (Copyright © 1968 by President Records), as issued by President Records in the UK