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Hold On was the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard's R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann's #1 R&B hit, "Make Me Yours", which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide review described as "better-than-the-original." Unfortunately, High Inergy's version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68.[1]

Hold On
Studio album by High Inergy
Released	1980
Genre	R&B
Label	Gordy G7-996 M1
Producer	Numerous
High Inergy chronology
Frenzy (1979) Hold On (1980) High Inergy (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

The following is the track listing from the original vinyl LP.[2]

Side One

1. "I Just Can't Help Myself" (Donnell Jones, Anthony Mason) - 4:29
2. "Sweet Man" (Marvin Augustus, Patricia Scott) - 4:32
3. "Make Me Yours" (Bettye J. Champion) - 3:30
4. "Hold On to My Love" (Bobby DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge) - 5:03 (High Inergy & Switch)

Side Two

1. "If I Love You Tonight" (Eddie Coleman, Jr., Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Gwendolyn Fuller) - 3:53
2. "Boomerang Love" (Angelo Bond, William Weatherspoon) - 3:30
3. "I'm a Believer" (Narada Michael Walden) - 3:50
4. "It Was You Babe" (McKinley Jackson, Angelo Bond, Barbara Mitchell) - 5:04

Production

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP.[2]

• Producers: Angelo Bond, Eddie Coleman, Jr., Bobby DeBarge, Gwen Gordy Fuqua (co-producer), Gambler's Productions, McKinley Jackson, Narada Michael Walden and William Weatherspoon
• Executive Producer: Berry Gordy

Session musicians (partial list)

The following information comes from the original vinyl LP.[2]

• Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion
• Ollie E. Brown - drums
• Paulinho DaCosta - percussion
• Bobby DeBarge - piano
• Tommy DeBarge - bass
• Quentin Dennard - drums
• Nathan East - bass
• Phillip Ingram - percussion
• Paul M. Jackson, Jr. - guitar
• Randy Jackson - bass
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin - guitar
• Narada Michael Walden - drums

References

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