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

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Sugar 'n' Spice
Sugar 'n' Spice cover
Studio album by Martha and the Vandellas
Released October 1969
Recorded 1968-1969
Genre Soul
Length mm:ss
Label Gordy
G944
Producer George Gordy
Martha and the Vandellas chronology
Ridin' High
(1968)		 Sugar 'n' Spice
(1969)		 Natural Resources
(1970)

"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, "Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)" is featured on this album, which was the first album for new member and former Velvelettes member Sandra Tilley with additional vocals accompanied by The Andantes and Syreeta Wright.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)"
  2. "Shoe Leather Expressway"
  3. "You're the Loser Now"
  4. "I'm a Winner"
  5. "What Now My Love"
  6. "Soul Appeal"
  7. "Loneliness Is a Lonely Feelin'"
  8. "I Love the Man"
  9. "It Ain't like That"
  10. "I Can't Get Along Without You"
  11. "Heartless"
  12. "I Hope That You Have Better Luck Than I Did"

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