Quote Originally Posted by RanRan79 View Post
Great vocal performance by Jean, as well as Mary and Lynda. This is actually one of my favorite Jean era songs. But it was probably a bad idea to go in that direction unless "I Guess" was the theme song to a movie. That's the only scenario where I see the public gravitating to it. Jim kind of touches on a truth regarding the Supremes: they really weren't known for ballads. Album cuts? Sure. But as singles, most of the Supremes singles were mid to up tempo songs. Of the hits, I think only "Love Is Here" and "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "Someday" are ballads, or ballad adjacent. They really never did anything as slow as "Touch" or "Guess", and it's possible that the public wasn't wild about the change in pace from them. I suspect a mid to up tempo cut in place of "Touch" and "Guess" proves a more successful single.
I'd add "Symphony" as a ballad?

To me, it's hard to describe ANY Supremes track as a ballad. I guess I just think of think of them as being up tempo or not.