Ridin' High (The Impressions album) explained

Ridin' High
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Impressions
Cover:	Ridinhighimpressions.jpg
Released:	1966
Genre:	Chicago soul
Label:	ABC-Paramount^[1]
Producer:	Johnny Pate
Prev Title:	One by One
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The Fabulous Impressions
Next Year:	1967

Ridin' High is an album by the American soul music group the Impressions, released in 1966.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Curtis Mayfield unless noted. "I Need To Belong To Someone" was recorded by the group three times: first, when they backed Jerry Butler on 1963 solo single (titled "Need to Belong"); second on this LP; and third on the Times Have Changed LP in 1972 featuring LeRoy Hutson (spoken intro) and Sam Gooden (lead).

Side One

1. "Ridin’ High" 2:25
2. "No One Else" 2:37
3. "Gotta Get Away" 2:28
4. "I Need to Belong to Someone" 3:25 (Curtis and Sam lead)
5. "Right on Time" 2:43
6. "I Need a Love" 2:25

Side Two

1. "Too Slow", 2:44
2. "Man’s Temptation" 4:45
3. "That’s What Mama Say" 2:34
4. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Mann Curtis) 3:02
5. "I’m a Telling You" 2:41

Personnel

The Impressions

• Curtis Mayfield - lead vocals, guitar
• Fred Cash - tenor vocals
• Sam Gooden - bass vocals

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
1966	Black Albums	4
	Pop Albums	79^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Martin. Popoff. September 8, 2009. Penguin. Google Books.
2. Web site: Chicago Soul. Robert. Pruter. May 7, 1992. University of Illinois Press. Google Books.
3. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001 . 2001 . Record Research . 402.