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Sugar 'n' Spice (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas album)

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Released
  
September 16, 1969

Length
  
mm:ss

Artist
  
Martha and the Vandellas

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Recorded
  
1968-1969

Producer
  
George Gordy

Release date
  
16 September 1969

Genre
  
Soul music

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Sugar 'n' Spice is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label in 1969. The album was released during a troubling and downward time for the lead singer, Martha Reeves, who was now heavily addicted to painkillers. Often, the singer went into nervous breakdowns that led to a rare stint at an institution. Like many Motown albums of the late sixties, the album was produced by several in-house producers including Ashford and Simpson, Frank Wilson and Deke Richards. Two tracks were in the can from Holland Dozier Holland ("I Can't Get Along Without You", and "I Hope You Had Better Luck Than I Did"). The modest R&B hit (#44), "Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)" is featured on this album. Although new member and former Velvelettes member Sandra Tilley is featured on the album cover, her vocals do not appear on the album. Instead, tracks were used with Rosalind Ashford, Lois Reeves with additional vocals accompanied by The Andantes and Syreeta Wright.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)" (George Gordy, Allen Story)
  2. "Shoe Leather Expressway" (Frank Wilson, Sylvia Moy)
  3. "You're the Loser Now" (Clay McMurray)
  4. "I'm a Winner" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
  5. "What Now My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman)
  6. "Soul Appeal" (Raynard Miner)
  7. "Loneliness Is a Lonely Feelin'" (Deke Richards, Debbie Dean)
  8. "I Love the Man" (Raynard Miner, Janie Bradford)
  9. "It Ain't like That" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
  10. "I Can't Get Along Without You" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Barrett Strong)
  11. "Heartless" (Ivy Joe Hunter)
  12. "I Hope That You Have Better Luck Than I Did" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)

Personnel

  • Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
  • Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford, Lois Reeves, Syreeta Wright, Valerie Simpson, Nick Ashford, and The Andantes
  • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

    • Songs

    1I Promise to Wait My Love2:11
    2Honey Chile2:59
    3(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me3:07

    References

    Sugar 'n' Spice (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas album) Wikipedia
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