Real Friends (The Friends of Distinction album)

Real Friends is the third studio album by R&B group The Friends of Distinction, released in 1970 on the RCA Victor label.

Real Friends
Studio album by The Friends of Distinction
Released	1970
Studio	RCA's Music Center of the World (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Soul
Label	RCA Victor[1]
Producer	Ray Cork, Jr.
The Friends of Distinction chronology
Highly Distinct (1969) Real Friends (1970) Whatever (1970)

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 9 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single "Love or Let Me Be Lonely", which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love or Let Me Be Lonely"	Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters, Anita Poree[3]	3:23
2.	"Lady Mae"	Anita Poree, Greg Poree, Jerry Peters	4:55
3.	"It Don't Matter to Me"	David Gates[4]	3:22
4.	"My Mind Is a Camera"	Anita Poree, Jerry Peters	3:55
5.	"Out in the Country"	Jerry Peters	4:50

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Any Way You Want Me"	James Griffin, Robb Royer	3:15
7.	"Crazy Mary"	Anita Poree, Jerry Peters	4:59
8.	"Just a Little Lovin'"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	3:31
9.	"Long Time Comin' My Way"	Harry Elston, Terry Evans	2:40
10.	"On & On"	Anita Poree, Jerry Peters	3:50

Personnel

• Jessica Cleaves, Charlene Gibson, Harry Elston, Floyd Butler – vocals

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs[2]	68
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs[2]	9

Singles

Year	Single	Peak
		US [2]	US R&B [2]	US A/C [2]
1970	"Love or Let Me Be Lonely"	6	13	9