Quote Originally Posted by 144man View Post
To this day, I don't think any producer has managed to capture the excellence of her voice on record. To me the closest is "Ooh Child" as a soloist and "I Don't Want to Lose You" as a Supreme.
Vocally she was good on "Ooh Child" but that arrangement sucked and it didn't compliment her voice at all, IMO. Had the Supremes covered this back in the 70s I bet Mary would have gotten the lead and she would have killed it. I so much prefer Phyllis Hymen's version of "I Don't Want to Lose You" that all the others, including the Supremes version, pales in comparison. Again, Mary is good on it but it doesn't do much for me.

If I were to pick the two studio songs that best showcase just how good Mary is, I would choose "Love Talk" as a soloist and maybe "You Are the Heart of Me" as a Supreme.