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United (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album)

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Released
  
August 29, 1967

Length
  
33:36

Label
  
Tamla

Recorded
  
1967

Release date
  
29 August 1967

Genre
  
Soul music

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Artists
  
Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell

Producers
  
Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Hal Davis, Berry Gordy

Similar
  
Tammi Terrell albums, Soul music albums

United is a studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released August 29, 1967 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol produced all of the tracks on the album, with the exception of "You Got What It Takes" (produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr.) and "Oh How I'd Miss You" (produced by Hal Davis). Fuqua and Bristol produced "Hold Me Oh My Darling" and "Two Can Have a Party" as Tammi Terrell solo tracks in 1965 and 1966, and had Gaye overdub his vocals to them in order to create duet versions of the songs.

Contents

United yielded four Top 100 Billboard chart hits, including the two Top 10 singles "Your Precious Love," "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," the Top 20 single, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "If This World Were Mine". United peaked at #69 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and #7 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart upon its release. The album was the first of three collaborative albums by Gaye and Terrell.

Track listing

  1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:32
  2. "You Got What It Takes" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo) - 2:59
  3. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock) - 2:26
  4. "Somethin' Stupid" (C. Carson Parks) - 2:46
  5. "Your Precious Love" (Ashford, Simpson) - 3:07
  6. "Hold Me Oh My Darling" (Harvey Fuqua) - 2:50
  7. "Two Can Have a Party" (Johnny Bristol, Fuqua, Thomas Kemp) - 2:19
  8. "Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl" (Fuqua, Etta James, Brook Benton) - 2:46
  9. "If This World Were Mine" (Marvin Gaye) - 2:46
  10. "Sad Wedding" (Bristol, Jackey Beavers) - 3:27
  11. "Give a Little Love" (Bristol, Fuqua, Clyde Wilson) - 3:01
  12. "Oh How I'd Miss You" (Hal Davis, Frank Wilson, Vance Wilson) - 2:37

Chart history

Billboard (North America) – United

Personnel

  • Lead vocals: Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
  • Background vocals: Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, The Originals, The Andantes, The Spinners
  • Production: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Hal Davis, Berry Gordy, Jr.
  • Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers (uncredited)

    • Songs

    1Ain't No Mountain High Enough Duet With Tammi Terrell2:28
    2You Got What It Takes2:59
    3If I Could Build My World Around You2:26

    References

    United (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album) Wikipedia
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