We're a Winner (album)

We're a Winner
Studio album by
The Impressions
Released1968
GenreChicago soul
LabelABC Records[1]
ProducerJohnny Pate
The Impressions chronology
The Fabulous Impressions
(1967) 		We're a Winner
(1968) 		This Is My Country
(1968)
Singles from We're a Winner
  1. "We're a Winner"
    Released: December 1967
  2. "I Loved and I Lost"
    Released: June 1968
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]

We're a Winner is an album by the American soul music group the Impressions, released in 1968.[5] It was the group's last album for ABC Records; they moved on to Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records.[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield; except where indicated. "We're Rolling On" Parts 1 and 2 are bonus tracks added for the 1994 and 2007 CD reissues of this album.

  1. "We're a Winner" – 2:25
  2. "Moonlight Shadows" – 3:11
  3. "Let Me Tell the World" – 3:16
  4. "I'm Gettin Ready" (Mayfield, Phil Upchurch) – 2:31
  5. "Nothing Can Stop Me" – 3:16
  6. "No One to Love" – 2:31
  7. "Little Brown Boy" – 2:44
  8. "I Loved and I Lost" – 2:31
  9. "Romancing to the Folk Song" – 2:35
  10. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:17
  11. "We're Rolling On, Part 1"
  12. "We're Rolling On, Part 2"

Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Peak Position
1968 Black Albums 4
Pop Albums 35[7]

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  2. ^ We're a Winner at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 464.
  4. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 240.
  5. ^ Pruter, Robert (May 8, 1992). "Chicago Soul". University of Illinois Press – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The Impressions | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 402.