We're a Winner (album)
| We're a Winner | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Chicago soul | |||
| Label | ABC Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Johnny Pate | |||
| The Impressions chronology | ||||
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| Singles from We're a Winner | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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.
- "We're a Winner" – 2:25
- "Moonlight Shadows" – 3:11
- "Let Me Tell the World" – 3:16
- "I'm Gettin Ready" (Mayfield, Phil Upchurch) – 2:31
- "Nothing Can Stop Me" – 3:16
- "No One to Love" – 2:31
- "Little Brown Boy" – 2:44
- "I Loved and I Lost" – 2:31
- "Romancing to the Folk Song" – 2:35
- "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:17
- "We're Rolling On, Part 1"
- "We're Rolling On, Part 2"
Personnel
- The Impressions
- Curtis Mayfield - lead vocals, guitar
- Fred Cash - backing vocals
- Sam Gooden - backing vocals
- The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
- Johnny Pate - conductor, arranger
Charts
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Black Albums | 4 |
| Pop Albums | 35[7] |
References
- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4402-2916-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ We're a Winner at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 464.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 240.
- ^ Pruter, Robert (May 8, 1992). Chicago Soul. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06259-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Impressions | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 402.