Bitter Sweet (The Main Ingredient album) - Composition

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Bitter Sweet is the fourth studio album by The Main Ingredient. Released in 1972 this is the first album to feature lead singer Cuba Gooding, Sr. Includes the top five pop and soul hit single "Everybody Plays the Fool". The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best R&B Song at the 1973 ceremony.

Bitter Sweet

Studio album by

The Main Ingredient

Released

1972

Recorded

1972

Studio

RCA's Studio C, New York City, New York

Genre

Soul

Label

RCA

Producer

Tony Silvester, Luther Simmons

The Main Ingredient chronology

Black Seeds
(1971)

Bitter Sweet
(1972)

Afrodisiac
(1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Traveling"	Lucille Jackson	2:59
2.	"Where Are You?"	Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh	3:15
3.	"You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)"	Ed Townsend	3:28
4.	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	Rudy Clark, J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams	3:23
5.	"Whirl-Wind"	William Salter, Ralph MacDonald	3:24

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Fly Baby Fly"	Bill Robey	3:23
7.	"I Can't See Me Without You"	Rudy Clark, J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams	3:46
8.	"Where Do Broken Hearted Lovers Go?"	Rudy Clark, J. R. Bailey, Ken Williams	2:53
9.	"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"	Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	4:48
10.	"No Tears (In the End)"	William Salter, Ralph MacDonald	3:57

Personnel

Bert De Coteaux - arranger, conductor
Buzz Willis - production supervisor
Acy Lehman - art direction
Nick Sangiamo - photography

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak [2]
Billboard Pop Albums	79
Billboard Top Soul Albums	10

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US [2]	US R&B [2]
1972	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	3	2
1972	"You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)"	46	18

References

Hamilton, Andrew. The Main Ingredient: Bitter Sweet > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
The Main Ingredient > US Charts at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-04.

External links

Bitter Sweet at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e The Main Ingredient
Jerome Jackson Stanley Alston Cuba Gooding Sr. Donald McPherson Tony Silvester Luther Simmons Carl Tompkins Larry Moore Carlton Blount George Staley, Sr.
Studio albums	Black Seeds (1971) Bitter Sweet (1972) Afrodisiac (1973) Euphrates River (1974)
Singles	"Everybody Plays the Fool" "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"

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