''Last Time I Saw Him'' is the sixth studio album by American singer

Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups ...

, released on December 6, 1973 by

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. It reached #52 in the USA (#12 R&B) and sold over 200,000 copies.The Supremes, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles... USA album sales
www.GreasyLake.org It also helped Ross win the 1974 American Music Award for Favorite R&B Female. The arrangements were by

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, Tom Baird, David Blumberg,

Bob Gaudio Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majori ...

, James Carmichael and

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. Harry Langdon was credited with the cover photography.

Reception

The album yielded the title track single " Last Time I Saw Him", a multi-format hit that reached #1 (for three weeks) on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary, #14 on the Hot 100, and #15 on the Hot Soul singles. It peaked at #9 Pop on the Top 100 lists for both Cashbox and Record World, as well as #10 in Radio & Records. It also reached #35 in the United Kingdom. "Sleepin'" was the second U.S. single, but despite a vocal performance that had shades of

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, only reached #70 Pop and #50 R&B. In the U.K., the chosen 2nd single was the ballad "Love Me" (#38), whose lyrics were replete with double entendres. " Behind Closed Doors" - previously a US #1 Country hit for

Charlie Rich Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel g ...

- was also released and became a Top 20 hit in South Africa, reaching number 14 as well as climbing as high as #2 on the singles chart in Zimbabwe. The album also included a cover version of the 60s hit " Turn Around" popularised by

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. " Last Time I Saw Him" was a bit of a musical departure for Ross, with a sound combining country with Dixieland jazz. Shortly after its release, the song was remade by country music star

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, who scored success with the single on the C&W charts, reaching #8. The album had a disappointing chart run, reaching #52, and would be the last studio album Ross issued in the next three years until the ''

'' album, released in 1976. An expanded 2-CD set was issued by

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in 2007, including previously unreleased tracks.

Track listing

Original album

#" Last Time I Saw Him" (

Michael Masser Michael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music. Early life Born to a Jewish family in Chicago to Ester Huff and William Masser, he attended the University of Illinois ...

Pam Sawyer Pamela Joan Sawyer (born 1938) is a British songwriter/lyricist, who started writing songs in the mid-1960s and whose credits as a co-writer at Motown included " Love Child", " If I Were Your Woman", "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left ...

) – 2:50 #"No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever” (Michael Masser, Pam Sawyer) – 3:24 #"Love Me" (Tom Baird, Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses) – 2:56 #"Sleepin'" (Terry Etlinger, Ron Miller) – 4:41 #"You" (Terry Etlinger, Ron Miller) – 4:19 #" Turn Around" (

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, Allan Greene,

Malvina Reynolds Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown ...

) – 2:28 #"When Will I Come Home to You" (

, Al Ruzicka,

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) – 3:14 #"I Heard a Love Song (But You Never Made a Sound)" (Bob Gaudio, Brit Gaudio) – 2:32 #"Stone Liberty" (Bob Gaudio, Kathy Wakefield) – 2:59 #" Behind Closed Doors" (

Kenny O'Dell Kenneth Guy Gist Jr. (June 21, 1944 – March 27, 2018), known as Kenny O'Dell, was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for writing the number-one country hits " Behind Closed Doors" (recorded by Charlie Rich, 1973) and ...

) – 2:46

CD re-issue, limited edition with bonus tracks

;Disc 1 #" Last Time I Saw Him" (unreleased longer version) (Masser, Sawyer) – 3:10 #"No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" (Masser, Sawyer) – 3:24 #"Love Me" (Baird, Fekaris, Zesses) – 2:56 #"Sleepin'" (Etlinger, Miller) – 4:41 #"You" (Etlinger, Miller) – 4:19 #" Turn Around" (Belafonte, Greene, Reynolds) – 2:28 #"When Will I Come Home to You" (Gaudio, Ruzicka, Wakefield) – 3:14 #"I Heard a Love Song (But You Never Made a Sound)" (Gaudio, Gaudio) – 2:32 #"Stone Liberty" (Gaudio, Wakefield) – 2:59 #" Behind Closed Doors" (O'Dell) – 2:46 #" Last Time I Saw Him" apanese Quad Edition(Masser, Sawyer) – 2:54 #"No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" apanese Quad Edition(Masser, Sawyer) – 3:34 #"Love Me" apanese Quad Edition(Baird, Fekaris, Zesses) – 2:57 #"Sleepin'" apanese Quad Edition(Etlinger, Miller) – 4:41 #"You" apanese Quad Edition(Etlinger, Miller) – 4:26 #" Turn Around " apanese Quad Edition(Belafonte, Greene, Reynolds) – 2:26 #"When Will I Come Home to You" apanese Quad Edition(Gaudio, Ruzicka, Wakefield) – 3:13 #"I Heard a Love Song (But You Never Made a Sound)" apanese Quad Edition(Gaudio, Gaudio) – 2:36 #"Stone Liberty" apanese Quad Edition(Gaudio, Wakefield) – 2:52 #" Behind Closed Doors" apanese Quad Edition(O'Dell) – 2:49 ;Disc 2 #"I'll Be Here (When You Get Home)" (Bristol, Brown, Jones) – 3:50 #"Why Play Games" ( Leonard Caston, Jr., Anita Poree) – 2:41 #"I Don't Care Where the Money Is" (Michael Randall) – 2:47 #"Get It All Together" (Poree, Sanders, Scarborough) – 4:01 #"Where Did We Go Wrong" ersion 1(Baird, Miller) – 3:52 #"Since I Don't Have You" (James Beaumont, Wally Lester,

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, Jackie Taylor, Joe VerScharen, Janet Vogel) – 3:23 #"Let Me Be the One" (Nichols, Williams) – 2:27 #"I Want to Go Back There Again" (Chris Clark,

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) – 3:03 #"Old Funky Rolls" lternate take(Etlinger, Miller) – 3:47 #" Last Time I Saw Him" riginal unedited version(Masser, Sawyer) – 3:39

Charts

References

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