Real Friends (The Friends of Distinction album)

Real Friends
Studio album by
The Friends of Distinction
Released1970
StudioRCA's Music Center of the World
(Hollywood, California)
GenreSoul
LabelRCA Victor[1]
ProducerRay Cork, Jr.
The Friends of Distinction chronology
Highly Distinct
(1969) 		Real Friends
(1970) 		Whatever
(1970)

Real Friends is the third studio album by R&B group The Friends of Distinction, released in 1970 on the RCA Victor label.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 9 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single "Love or Let Me Be Lonely", which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love or Let Me Be Lonely"Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters, Anita Poree[3]3:23
2."Lady Mae"Anita Poree, Greg Poree, Jerry Peters4:55
3."It Don't Matter to Me"David Gates[4]3:22
4."My Mind Is a Camera"Anita Poree, Jerry Peters3:55
5."Out in the Country"Jerry Peters4:50
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Any Way You Want Me"James Griffin, Robb Royer3:15
7."Crazy Mary"Anita Poree, Jerry Peters4:59
8."Just a Little Lovin'"Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil3:31
9."Long Time Comin' My Way"Harry Elston, Terry Evans2:40
10."On & On"Anita Poree, Jerry Peters3:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs[2] 68
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs[2] 9
Singles
Year Single Peak
US
[2] 		US
R&B
[2] 		US
A/C
[2]
1970 "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" 6 13 9

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "US Charts > The Friends of Distinction". Billboard. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. ^ Simmons, Rick (July 30, 2018). Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia. McFarland. ISBN 9781476667676 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Searles, Malcolm C. (September 24, 2019). Bread: A Sweet Surrender: The Musical Journey of David Gates, James Griffin & Co. Post Hill Press. ISBN 9781642933253 – via Google Books.


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