Movin' in the Right Direction

{{Infobox album

| name = Movin' in the Right Direction

| type = Studio

| artist = Stephanie Mills

| cover = Movin' in the Right Direction.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 28, 1974

| recorded = 1974

| venue =

| studio = Mediasound, New York City

| genre = Soul

| length =

| label = ABC

| producer = Eddie Deane

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = For the First Time

| next_year = 1975

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000958438 |label=Movin' in the Right Direction review |first=Justin |last=Kantor |accessdate=2020-05-06}}

}}

Movin' in the Right Direction is the debut album by Stephanie Mills released in 1975 on the ABC Records label. It was arranged by Bert Keyes.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Movin' in the Right Direction

| writer1 = Eddie V. Deane, Bert Keyes

| length1 = 2:50

| title2 = Of All the Things

| writer2 = Pat Holley

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = I'll Never Love Nobody Else but You

| writer3 = Truman Thomas

| length3 = 2:42

| title4 = My Baby's Melody

| writer4 = Pat Holley

| length4 = 3:05

| title5 = Sweet Salvation

| writer5 = Pat Holley

| length5 = 2:50

| title6 = Home

| note6 = from the Broadway Musical The Wiz

| writer6 = Charles Smalls

| length6 = 2:32

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title7 = I Knew It Was Love

| writer7 = Bert Keyes, Pat Holley

| length7 = 3:03

| title8 = You Do It to Me

| writer8 = Francine Greshler Feldmann

| length8 = 3:05

| title9 = I Don't Want to Go Back

| writer9 = Bert Keyes, Richard Ahlert

| length9 = 2:40

| title10 = Danny Boy

| writer10 = Frederic Weatherly

| length10 = 3:32

| title11 = Somewhere Over the Rainbow

| writer11 = Harold Arlen, Edgar Y. Harburg

| length11 = 3:06

}}

Personnel

  • Stephanie Mills - vocals
  • Bob Rose, Jeff Mironov - guitar
  • Bob Kreinar - bass
  • Paul Griffin - keyboards
  • Bert Keyes - keyboards, arrangements
  • Herschel Dwellingham - drums
  • Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler, Elaine Clark, Hattie Campell, Joey Mills, Julia Stewart, Luther Vandross, Vandetta Jackson - backing vocals

References

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