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lead singer

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, on the A&M label. The album was completed five years after she left the Supremes. Shortly after its release, promotion was stopped completely because of Terrell's religious beliefs that prevented her from promoting the album in a way that she did not favor. In 2006, an independent label re-released the album in CD format. The title track is also available on the Motown compilation CD ''The Supremes: Greatest Hits and Rare Classics, 70's''.

Track listing

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) - (4:13) #"No One Like My Baby" (Fred Bliffert) - (3:45) #"Rising Cost of Love" ( Bobby Martin, Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:34) #"Change Up" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (5:00) #"How Can You Live (Without Love)" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:21) #"I Had to Fall in Love" ( Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle) - (4:16) #"That's the Way Love Grows" (Frank McDonald, Chris Rae,

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) - (3:30) #"You've Been So Good for Me" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (4:23) #"No Limit" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:19)

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.

Singers

* Jean Terrell – lead vocals *

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– backing vocals

Musicians

* Scotty Harris, Melvin Webb,

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– drums * Danny Whatley, Harry E. Davis, Tony Newton – bass guitar * Benorce Blackman, Paul Flaherty, Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Johnny McGhee – guitar * Leo Ron Hanks – keyboards, acoustic piano * Jimmie Davis, Billy Osborne – keyboards *

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– percussion *

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– Fender Rhodes piano * Fred Jackson – alto saxophone

Production credits

* Produced by Bobby Martin for Bobby Martin Productions * Recorded and Mixed at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood * Douglas Greaves – engineering *

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– photography

References

{{Authority control 1978 debut albums Albums produced by Bobby Martin Albums arranged by Bobby Martin A&M Records albums Albums recorded at Total Experience Recording Studios