“You've given me a true love and ev'ry day I thank you love, For a feeling that's so new, so inviting, so exciting, Whenever you are near, I hear a symphony” - The Supremes
Title: I Hear A Symphony
Artist: The Supremes
Release Year: 1966
Genre: R&B
Status: Platinum (About 1 million sold)
Number of Tracks: 12 ( 6 Side One, 6 Side Two)
Record Label: Motown
Number Album Released: 8th
What I Think
This is one of the Supremes’ iconic albums. This is a must have for Supremes fans, Motown fans, R&B fans, and Jazz fans. My favorite song on the album is “I Hear A Symphony”. The 1st track is “Stranger in Paradise”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat complicated beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a person being a stranger in a new place which they consider a paradise. The 2nd track is “Yesterday”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a person who wants the past to come back and wants their significant other back. The 3rd track is “I Hear A Symphony”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo with a saxophone solo. The message is about a girl who feels a certain way when she is around a certain guy. The 4th track is “Unchained Melody”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a girl who misses her guy and needs his love. The 5th track is “With a Song in my Heart”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a girl expressing her love for a guy and how it makes her feel. The 6th track is “Without a Song”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about how a person feels without purpose or love in their life. The 7th track is “My World is Empty Without You”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a girl saying her world feels empty without her guy. The 8th track is “A Lover’s Concerto”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a fast tempo. The message is about a girl telling a guy she belongs to him now. The 9th track is “Any Girl in Love”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about explaining how a girl is in love. The 10th track is “Wonderful, Wonderful”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a simple beat and rhythm at a slow tempo. The message is about a couple spending the day together and how it makes the girl feel. The 11th track is “Everything is Good About You”. The group’s singing is smooth. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a mid tempo. The message is about a girl expressing all the good things about her guy to him. The 12th track is “He’s All I Got”. The group’s singing is smooth and strong. The band is playing a somewhat simple beat and rhythm at a fast tempo. The message is about a girl saying that her guy is all she has and if he leaves her she will have nothing.
Samples/Covers contained in the album
- Track 1: “Stranger in Paradise” by Tony Bennett
- Track 2 : “Yesterday” by The Beatles
- Track 4 : “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers
- Track 5: “With a Song in my Heart” by Doris Day
- Track 6: “Without a Song” by Billy Eckstine
- Track 8: “A Lover’s Concerto” by The Toys
- Track 10: “Wonderful, Wonderful” by Johnny Mathis
Scoring (Out of 10)
- How well the album did (Diamond 10/10, Platinum 8/10, Gold 6/10): 8/10
- How well is the singing: 8/10
- How well is the band: 5/10
- How impactful the messages of the songs are: 6.5/10
- How appealing is the cover: 7.5/10
- How creative is the cover: 8/10
- How relevant is the album after 10+ years since release: 5/10
- How much did it revolutionize its genre of music: 3/10
- How creative are the instruments: 2.5/10
- How creative are the lyrics: 8/10
Total Score: 6.15/10
Percentage: 61.5%
My Favorite Songs
- I Hear A Symphony
- My World is Empty Without You
- Yesterday
- Everything is Good About You
- Wonderful, Wonderful
- Any Girl in Love
- He’s All I Got
- A Lover’s Concerto
- Without A Song
- Unchained Melody
- Stranger in Paradise
- With a Song in my Heart
Videos of The Supremes performing songs from the album
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T9SEY8eLyk “the supremes i hear a symphony”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztsg548CMz0 “The Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a356XM6f4lc “Wonderful Wonderful- Everything is good about you- 1966”
Comment what you think of this album and if you agree with me or not and stay tuned for my next record review which will be “Golden Hits” by Chuck Berry.
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