Supernatural High

RELEASE
1978
LABEL
Capitol
GENRES
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Pop-Soul, Smooth Soul, Vocal Jazz

Album Review

Skip Scarborough (Earth, Wind & Fire, Con Funk Shun, Patti Labelle) produced this pleasant collection of disco songs (many of which were club hits), ballads, and mid-tempo tracks from singer Freda Payne. There's a rousing melody that makes good use of the standard "Happy Days Are Here Again." Other highlights are the stimulating "Pullin' Back," the playful "Tell Me Please," a chugging clavinet-filled "Livin' for the Beat" (co-written by her then-husband Gregory Abbott), the soft "Just the Thought of You" (co-written by Thom Bell), and the jazzy string/sax-woven slow jam "Falling in Love," co-written by Deniece Williams. Payne's sister Scherrie Payne wrote the dynamic "Storybook Romance" and later redid it as half of Scherrie & Susaye on the 1979 Motown LP Partners.
Ed Hogan, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Happy Days Are Here Again/Happy Music (Dance the Night Away)
  2. Pullin' Back
  3. Tell Me Please
  4. Just the Thought of You (Supernatural High)
  5. Livin' for the Beat
  6. Falling in Love
  7. I'll Do Anything for You
  8. Storybook Romance