I agree 100 percent Sup. I have a feeling that Jimmy may have been attracted to working with the Supremes because of his love for Jean's voice. Fans have commented for years that the JW album feels more like a Jean solo project than a Supremes one, and I can understand why. He may have known exactly what he wanted to do with Jean, but found fitting in the other Supremes a challenge. And in this instance he should have bowed out and found another project and let the Supremes go on their merry way to do what they do best. [[I can only assume that Mary was given a lead to maybe make the project seem less obvious that JW's focus was Jean.) In the end I still feel that the JW album was the point where the public completely abandoned the Supremes. Could an entire Stevie produced album have brought the public back? I always like believing so, but the more I think about it, the less sure I am. The JW album was such a radical departure of sound for the group. Frank, Smokey, Stevie, all were able to keep the "Supremes" in their work with the group. Three very different producers, but still on brand. JW was a bad fit- not that it didn't sometimes produce some beautiful music- but brand wise, it was off. It would've been like the Supremes in 1966 suddenly going from "Love Is Like An Itching" to "Wang Dang Doodle". People would've been like "What the...?"
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