I Miss You (album)

I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in August 1972. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

For the Girl's Day EP, see I Miss You (EP).
I Miss You
Studio album by
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
ReleasedAugust 1972
RecordedSigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
GenreR&B
Length36:43
LabelPhiladelphia International
KZ 31648
ProducerKenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology
I Miss You
(1972)		 Black & Blue
(1973)
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Reissue title and cover.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Mojo(favorable) [3]

The album title was changed from I Miss You to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and given a new cover after the success of the single "If You Don't Know Me by Now". The group's roster for this album is Lloyd Parks, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin, Lawrence Brown and Bernie Wilson. The album was arranged by Bobby Martin,[4] Norman Harris and Thom Bell.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

The single "I Miss You" was featured in the film Dead Presidents.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Miss You" 8:31
2."Ebony Woman"Morris Bailey3:37
3."Yesterday I Had the Blues" 7:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."If You Don't Know Me by Now" 3:27
5."Be for Real"Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert, Kenneth Gamble7:31
6."Let Me into Your World"Kenneth Gamble, Norman Harris, Allan Felder2:40
7."Let It Be You" 3:32
2010 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
8."I Miss You" (Part I - Single Version)3:20
9."Yesterday I Had the Blues" (Single Version)3:54
10."Be for Real" (Single Version)3:24
11."If You Don't Know Me by Now" (Live in San Francisco, 1973)4:08

Personnel

The Blue Notes

Other personnel

Charts
Chart performance for I Miss You
Chart (1972) Peak[5]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 53
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 4
Chart performance of singles from I Miss You
Year Single Peak chart positions
US[5] US R&B[5] UK[6]
1972 "I Miss You (Part 1)" 58 7 —
"If You Don't Know Me by Now" 3 1 9
1973 "Yesterday I Had the Blues" 63 12 —

References
  1. Hamilton, Andrew. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Brown, Geoff. "Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes review". Mojo. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  4. Chris Rizik, "R.I.P. Legendary soul music producer Bobby Martin", Soul Tracks, September 2013.
  5. "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  6. "UK Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
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