Promises Kept (The Supremes album)


Promises Kept is an unreleased album by The Supremes, recorded during the latter half of 1971 with multiple producers. Ultimately, the project was shelved by Motown in favor of a different set, Floy Joy, produced entirely by Smokey Robinson the following year. The idea for the title came from Supreme Mary Wilson who said that "I'd heard the phrase and loved it. I wanted to use it on the next album."
Assigned the catalogue number M-746 and originally scheduled for a December 1971 release, no finished track listing is known to exist from the 19 songs recorded for the project. Five songs were released in 2002 on The '70s Anthology CD while another 13 appeared on the 2006 boxset .

Songs recorded

  1. "Oh My Poor Baby" - 2:48
  2. "Make It with You" - 3:19
  3. *Originally recorded by Bread.
  4. "I'll Let Him Know I Love Him" - 4:02
  5. "Never Can Say Goodbye" - 3:18
  6. *Originally recorded by The Jackson 5.
  7. "Walk with Me, Talk with Me Darling" - 2:33
  8. * Tracks 1 - 5 Released on "The 70s Anthology"
  9. "Tears Left Over" - 3:37
  10. * Working title: "Bet I Can Wash Away"
  11. "Eleanor Rigby" - 2:30
  12. * Originally recorded by The Beatles
  13. "I Ain't Got the Love of the One I Love" - 3:19
  14. *Originally assigned to David Ruffin.
  15. "Can't Get You Out of My Mind" - 2:59
  16. "Take a Look Inside" - 3:36
  17. "Still Water " - 2:56 - lead by Mary Wilson
  18. *Originally recorded by The Four Tops.
  19. "Take Your Dreams Back" - 3:18
  20. *Working title: "Free to Be Lonely"
  21. "I Don't Want to Own You " - 2:55
  22. "Chained to Yesterday" - 3:08
  23. *Originally assigned to Diana Ross & The Supremes
  24. "If I Were Your Woman" - 2:46
  25. *Originally recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips.
  26. "I Ain't That Easy to Lose" - 3:51
  27. *Originally assigned to Gladys Knight & the Pips.
  28. "And I Thought You Loved Me" - 4:18
  29. "It's Too Late" - 4:27
  30. *Originally recorded by Carole King.
  31. * Tracks 6 - 18 Released on ""
  32. "All I Need"
  33. *Originally recorded by The Temptations.
  34. * Track 19 Released on "Motown Sings Motown Treasures"

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