I Miss You (album)

I Miss You
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1972
Recorded1971–1972
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreR&B
Length36:43
LabelPhiladelphia International
ProducerKenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology
I Miss You
(1972)
Black & Blue
(1973)
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Reissue title and cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Mojo(favorable)[3]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]
Pitchfork8.0/10[5]

I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, released on Philadelphia International in August 25, 1972. Produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, the album was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.[6]

The album title was changed from I Miss You to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and given a new cover after the success of the single "If You Don't Know Me by Now". The group's roster for this album is Lloyd Parks, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin, Lawrence Brown and Bernie Wilson. The album was arranged by Bobby Martin,[7] Norman Harris and Thom Bell.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Brown, Geoff. "Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes review". Mojo. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  4. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 329.
  5. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (June 2, 2021). "Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: I Miss You Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  6. ^ Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco, United States: Chronicle Books. pp. 151–163. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
  7. ^ Chris Rizik, "R.I.P. Legendary soul music producer Bobby Martin", Soul Tracks, September 2013.