Black Magic (album)

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Black Magic
Studio album by Martha and the Vandellas
Released	February 1972
Recorded	1971
Genre	Soul
Length	mm:ss
Label	Gordy G958
Producer(s)	The Corporation; Ashford & Simpson; George Gordy
Martha and the Vandellas chronology
Natural Resources (1970)	Black Magic (1972)	Anthology (1974)

Black Magic is a soul album released by Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label in 1972. It is the last studio album issued by the group after ten years with the label. The album is significant for featuring the group's biggest hit of the decade with the Jackson 5-esque "Bless You". The track returned the Vandellas to chart success in the US reaching number fifty-three pop, number twenty-nine R&B and reaching number thirty-three on the UK pop singles chart. It was also a top twenty hit in Canada reaching number sixteen on the chart. Two other subsequent singles, "In And Out of My Life" and "Tear It On Down", were the trio's last Billboard charted hits reaching the top 40 on the R&B charts. After this album, the trio later disbanded that December ending the group's ten year tenure together.

[edit] Track listing

1. "People Got to Be Free"
2. "No One There"
3. "Your Love Makes It All Worthwhile"
4. "Benjamin"
5. "Tear It On Down"
6. "I've Given You the Best of My Life"
7. "Bless You"
8. "I Want You Back"
9. "In & Out of My Life"
10. "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
11. "Hope I Don't Get My Heart Broke"