2nd Time Around
is a studio album
recorded by
American R&B group
released in
October 1970
on Motown's V.I.P. label
(their second overall).
This is their
only album with
G. C. Cameron
who replaced
Edgar Edwards
from the previous album
and was replaced by
Philippé Wynne
on their next album
This is also the group's
last album made
while they were
under contract with
Motown Records;
by the time of their
next album,
they had signed at
Atlantic Records.
History
The album includes
the first of the group's
string of 1970s' hits,
the Stevie Wonder
produced
"It's a Shame",
which was their first
U.S. pop top-twenty
(and third R&B top-ten) hit,
as well as most
of the group's singles
released between
1968 and 1971
the exception
being the
original version of
"Message from a Black Man"
and their second hit,
"We'll Have It Made",
which was their last hit
and last single
released while they
were under contract
with Motown
Also in 1973,
the label released a
second version of
"It's a Shame's
B-side,
"Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music",
which reached No. 91
on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The album
was the first of
fourteen straight
studio albums
to make the
Billboard pop
albums chart,
barely squeezing in
at No. 199
and their first
R&B albums charter,
entering the
top fifty at No. 46
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