Quote Originally Posted by reese View Post
I would venture that Motown waited too long to release the album.

It might have done better if they had released it in 1967, around the time of the title track or IN AND OUT OF LOVE. But they waited to release it until March 1968, and on the heels of a less-than-successful single, FOREVER CAME TODAY. Interest that the hit singles would have garnered was most likely gone and also, a lot of fans were probably still grabbing the GREATEST HITS collection.

But #18 on the charts and a 28-week chart span isn't really all that bad, is it? If anything, it shows that the girls' automatic hit machine had slowed down.
true - it's definitely relative. so the flop is based purely on the much stronger preceding albums

interesting point though about the timing. Greatest Hits was release shortly after Reflections [[the single) peaked. GH itself peaked in late October at #1 and claimed that spot for 5 weeks. the album was in the Top 10 for 24 weeks! it was such a powerful seller that i think the Reflections lp could have easily been released in late 67. maybe try to capture the holiday market. In and Out was released in late Oct and peaked in early Dec