''Hold On'' was the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard (magazine), Billboard's R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann, Bettye Swann's #1 R&B hit, "Make Me Yours", which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide review described as "better-than-the-original." Unfortunately, High Inergy's version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68.

Track listing

The following is the track listing from the original vinyl LP. ;Side One: #"I Just Can't Help Myself" (Donnell Jones, Anthony Mason) - 4:29 #"Sweet Man" (Marvin Augustus, Patricia Scott) - 4:32 #"Make Me Yours" (Bettye Swann, Bettye J. Champion) - 3:30 #"Hold On to My Love" (Bobby DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge) - 5:03 (High Inergy & Switch (band), Switch) ;Side Two: #"If I Love You Tonight" (Eddie Coleman, Jr., Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Gwendolyn Fuller) - 3:53 #"Boomerang Love" (Angelo Bond, William Weatherspoon) - 3:30 #"I'm a Believer" (Narada Michael Walden) - 3:50 #"It Was You Babe" (McKinley Jackson, Angelo Bond, Barbara Mitchell) - 5:04

Production

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP. *Producers: Angelo Bond, Eddie Coleman, Jr., Bobby DeBarge, Gwen Gordy Fuqua (co-producer), Gambler's Productions, McKinley Jackson, Narada Michael Walden and William Weatherspoon *Executive Producer: Berry Gordy

Session musicians (partial list)

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP. * Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion * Ollie E. Brown - drums * Paulinho da Costa, Paulinho DaCosta - percussion * Bobby DeBarge - piano * Tommy DeBarge - bass * Quentin Dennard - drums * Nathan East - bass * Phillip Ingram - percussion * Paul Jackson, Jr., Paul M. Jackson, Jr. - guitar * Randy Jackson - bass * Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin - guitar * Narada Michael Walden - drums

References

1980 albums Gordy Records albums Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden High Inergy albums {{1980s-R&B-album-stub