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


Sugar 'n' Spice is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy 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. 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. The modest R&B hit, "Taking My Love " 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.

Track listing

  1. "Taking My Love "
  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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