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Law of the Land (album)

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Released
  
1973

Length
  
42:11

Producer
  
Genres
  
Soul music, Funk

Recorded
  
1973

Law of the Land(1973)
  
Release date
  
1973

Label
  
Tamla Motown

Similar
  
The Undisputed Truth, Method to the Madness, Face to Face with the Truth, Cosmic Truth

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Law of the Land is the third album by the Norman Whitfield's Motown group The Undisputed Truth.

Contents

The undisputed truth law of the land


Details

Law of the Land was the last Undisputed Truth album recorded by the group's original line-up, as founding members Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce Evans would leave shortly after its release. Joe Harris would then be joined by four new members, Virginia "V" McDonald, Tyrone "Big Ty" Douglas, Tyrone "Lil Ty" Barkeley and Calvin "Dhaak" Stephenson, all of whom had been part of The Magictones, a local Detroit soul group.

Like many early Undisputed Truth albums, Law of the Land mostly contains songs that had already been recorded by other artists. The album features covers of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song", The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" and Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By". Law of the Land also contains the original version of "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (US #63, US R&B #24), which Norman Whitfield rerecorded into a huge hit for his other group, The Temptations. The album's title track was also recorded by both The Temptations and The Undisputed Truth; The Tempts' version was released as a UK-only single in 1973, and just missed out on the UK Top 40, reaching #41, while The Undisputed Truth's version was a minor R&B hit in America, peaking at #40. The album also includes two other minor R&B hits, "Girl, You're Alright" (#43) and "Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)" (#46).

Track listing

  1. "Law of the Land" (Norman Whitfield) 4:26
  2. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) 3:28
  3. "Girl You're Alright" (Clay McMurray, Pam Sawyer) 2:58
  4. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) 4:52
  5. "Just My Imagination" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) 3:44
  6. "This Child Needs Its Father" (Dino Fekaris) 3:27
  7. "Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)" (Norman Whitfield) 3:33
  8. "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) 4:55
  9. "Love and Happiness" (Al Green, Mabon Hodges) 3:15
  10. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Paul McCartney, John Lennon) 4:25
  11. "If I Die" (Peter Rivera) 3:15
  12. "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 3:57

Personnel

  • Billy Cooper, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, Melvin Ragin, Paul Warren, Robert Ward, Robert White - Guitar
  • Aaron Smith, Andrew Smith, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Uriel Jones - Drums
  • Earl Van Dyke - Piano
  • Bob Babbitt - Bass
  • Johnny Griffith - Organ
  • Eddie "Bongo" Brown - Congas
  • Jack Ashford, Jack Brokensha - Percussion
  • Paul Riser - Conductor and Arranger
  • Songs

    1Law of the Land4:24
    2Papa Was a Rollin' Stone3:25
    3Girl You're Alright2:54

    References

    Law of the Land (album) Wikipedia


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