Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Women Hold Up Half the Sky
Studio album by Ruby Turner
Released	1986
Genre	Funk soul synthpop
Label	Jive
Producer	Bryan "Chuck" New Billy Ocean Monte Moir Jon Astrop Jolyon Skinner Jonathan Butler Pete Q. Harris Womack & Womack
Ruby Turner chronology
Women Hold Up Half the Sky (1986) Ruby Turner Live at Glastonbury (1986)

Women Hold Up Half the Sky is the solo debut studio album by Ruby Turner, released in 1986 by Jive Records. It includes a cover version of the Staple Singers song, "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", a duet with Jonathan Butler, and the Etta James standard "I'd Rather Go Blind".^[1][2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)"	Billy Ocean	4:27
2.	"In My Life (It's Better To Be In Love)"	Monte Moir	4:42
3.	"A Woman Left Lonely"	Jon Astrop	4:45
4.	"Bye Baby"	Jolyon Skinner Jonathan Butler	4:39
5.	"I'd Rather Go Blind"	Pete Q. Harris	6:34

Side two
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"I'm In Love"	Bryan "Chuck" New	4:29
7.	"The Story Of A Man And A Woman"	New	4:50
8.	"Only Women Bleed"	New	4:05
9.	"Still On My Mind"	Harris	3:39
10.	"He's Mine"	New	3:50
11.	"Hurting Inside"	Womack & Womack	5:27

Chart performance

Chart	Peak Position
UK Albums Chart[2]	47

References

1. Bruce Eder. "Ruby Turner | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 569. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

• Women Hold Up Half the Sky at Discogs (list of releases)