David Ruffin (album)

David Ruffin
Studio album by David Ruffin
Publication (s)	February 1973
Label (s)	Motown (M 762L)
Format (s)	LP
Title (number)	10
running time	34 min 33 s
occupation	David Ruffin ( vocals ) Andantes ( background vocals ) Eddie Kendricks ( background vocals for I Miss You )
production	Bobby Miller
Studio (s)	Motown Recording Studios (Detroit) (Studio A), Detroit , Michigan , USA Golden World (Studio B), Detroit , Michigan , USA
chronology Feelin 'Good (1969) David Ruffin Me and Rock N Roll Are Here to Stay (1974)

David Ruffin is an album by David Ruffin .

After his planned album David was not released by Motown because David Ruffin repeatedly angered his record company through indiscipline (drugs, non-compliance with deadlines), David Ruffin's third solo album was released in 1973, over three years after his predecessor. This time, in contrast to its predecessors, the album was only produced by one person: Bobby Miller , who also composed most of the songs.

The result is nevertheless a varied album, at its heart, the Gamble & Huff -Komposition I Miss You, Part I is. The inclusion of this title is likely to be one of the artistic highlights of Ruffin's career. The rest of the album ranges from ballads ( Common Man or Isaac Hayes - Cover (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Do not Want to Be Right ), early-1970s radio ( Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can) ) and a slight " easy listening of the 1960s" tendency ( There Will Always Be Another Song To Sing ). It is also worth mentioning that David Ruffin's A Day In The Life Of A Working Man contains one of Ruffin's rare original compositions (here in collaboration with Bobby Miller).

Track list

1. The Rovin 'Child (3:10)

   (Bobby Miller)

2. Common Man (3:12)

   (Bobby Miller)

3. I'm Just A Mortal Man (2:50)

   (Bobby Miller)

4. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right (4:31)

   ( Homer Banks / Raymond Jackson / Carl Hampton )

5. There Will Always Be Another Song To Sing (2:51)

   (Bobby Miller)

6. I Miss You, Part I (3:51)

   (Kenny Gamble / Leon Huff)

7. Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can) (5:51)

   (Bobby Miller)

8. A Little More Trust (3:08)

   (Bobby Miller)

9. Go On With Your Bad Self (2:33)

   (Bobby Miller)

10. A Day In The Life Of A Working Man (2:36)

    (David Ruffin / Bobby Miller)

Charts

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Pop: # 160
R&B: # 4

Published singles

A Little More Trust / A Day In The Life Of A Working Man

published June 8, 1972; no chart placement

Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can) / Go On With Your Bad Self

published February 27, 1973; no chart placement

Common Man / I'm Just A Mortal Man

published July 31, 1973; # 84 R&B

CD release

2005, Hip-O Select / Motown: The Great David Ruffin - The Motown Solo Albums, Volume 1