Dynamite (The Supremes and the Four Tops album)

Dynamite is the third and last collaborative album between labelmates The Supremes and The Four Tops, released on the Motown label in 1971. In the US, Dynamite peaked at the lower hundreds of the Billboard Top 200. The album fared better on the Billboard R&B charts, peaking at 21. It includes several covers of previous hits and a few Motown originals.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Dynamite
Studio album by The Supremes and the Four Tops
Released	December 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Soul
Label	Motown
Producer	Johnny Bristol Joe Hinton Bobby Taylor Frank Wilson
The Supremes chronology
Touch (1971) Dynamite (1971) Floy Joy (1972)
The Four Tops chronology
The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971) Nature Planned It (1972)

Track listing

Side One

1. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne)
   • Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor
2. "The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)" (Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson)
   • Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor
3. "Hello Stranger" (Barbara Lewis)
   • Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor
4. "Love the One You're With" (Stephen Stills)
   • Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor
5. "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
   • Produced by Bobby Taylor

Side Two

1. "Melodie" (Deke Richards, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson)
   • Produced by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor
2. "If" (David Gates)
   • Produced by Bobby Taylor
3. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock)
   • Produced by Johnny Bristol
4. "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White)
   • Produced by Joe Hinton
5. "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" (Gladys Knight, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock)
   • Produced by Johnny Bristol

Personnel

• The Supremes (Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong), The Four Tops (Levi Stubbs, Duke Fakir, Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton) – vocals
• David Van DePitte, Gene Page, H.B. Barnum, Robert White – arrangers
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
• Curtis McNair – art direction
• Warren Linn – illustration
• Tom Schlesinger – graphics

Chart history

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	160
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	21
US Cashbox Top 100[5]	134
US Record World R&B[6]	21

References

1. Dynamite at AllMusic
2. Colin Larkin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1229. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
3. "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
4. "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
5. "TOP 100 Albums: 101 TO 150" (PDF). Cashbox. January 28, 1972. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
6. "THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of March 18, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. March 18, 1972. p. 36. Retrieved 29 January 2021.