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. It was released in 1972 on

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, followed by a single, "You Move Me" b/w "Dear Sir And Brother Mann," but neither the album or single made the Billboard charts. The band was disappointed with the album, claiming that RCA added "instrumental sweetening" without their consent.Wilson & Allroy's Record reviews
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in 2010 as part of a two-disc package that also included the band's 1973 unreleased second RCA album, their 1976

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debut, also titled ''Mother's Finest'', and the single edit of "Thank You for the Love" from their 1977 Epic release, ''

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''. Both the vinyl and CD editions are out-of-print. British label SoulMusic Records included "You Move Me" and "Dear Sir and Brother Mann" from the 1972 debut and "Monster People", "Bone Song", "Living Hero", "Middle of the Night", "Funky Mountain" and "Run Joe" from the unreleased second RCA album on their 2-disc ''Love Changes: The Anthology 1972 - 1983'' set, released in March 2017. "Doncha Wanna Love Me" and "My Baby", the 2 songs from the second unreleased RCA album left off ''Love Changes: The Anthology 1972 - 1983'', were re-recorded by the band and included on their 1976 eponymous debut album for Epic Records.

Track listing

#"Love Is All I Need (It's Too Hard to Carry On)" ''(Jerry Seay,

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)'' - 3:44 #"You Move Me" ''(Glenn Murdock, Mike Keck)'' - 4:01 #"You'll Like It 'Hear'" ''(Keck)'' 4:35 #"Dear Sir and Brother Mann" ''(Gary Moore, Murdock)'' - 3:39 #" Feelin' Alright" ''(

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)'' - 3:38 #"Sweeten the Air You Breath" ''(Keck)'' - 3:09 #"You Make Me Feel So Good" ''(Murdock, Kennedy)'' - 4:03 #"

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Personnel

;Mother's Finest * Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy – lead & backing vocals, percussion *Glenn Murdock – lead & backing vocals, percussion *Mike Keck – keyboards, background vocals *Jerry "Wiz" Seay – bass *Gary "Mo" Moore – guitars *Donny Vosburgh - drums ;Production *Produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell *Recorded at Century Sound, New York *Engineered by Bill Radice and thanks to Tom Coleman

Notes

"It's What You Do with What You Got" was re-worked by the band and turned into the controversial "Niggizz Can't Sang Rock & Roll", found on Mother's Finest self-titled 1976 debut album for Epic Records.

References

External links

Discogs page

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