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

Infobox Album | Name = Sugar 'n' Spice
Type = Album
Artist = Martha and the Vandellas


Released = September 16, 1969
Recorded = 1968-1969
Genre = Soul
Length = mm:ss
Label = Gordy
G944
Producer = George Gordy
Reviews =
Last album = "Ridin' High"
(1968)
This album = "Sugar 'n' Spice"
(1969)
Next album = "Natural Resources"
(1970) | Misc = Singles
Name = Sugar 'n' Spice
Type = studio
single 1 = Taking My Love (And Leaving Me) / Heartless
single 1 date = August 14, 1969

"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.

Track listing

#"Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)"
#"Shoe Leather Expressway"
#"You're the Loser Now"
#"I'm a Winner"
#"What Now My Love"
#"Soul Appeal"
#"Loneliness Is a Lonely Feelin'"
#"I Love the Man"
#"It Ain't like That"
#"I Can't Get Along Without You"
#"Heartless"
#"I Hope That You Have Better Luck Than I Did"

Credits

*Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
*Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford, Lois Reeves, Sandra Tilley, & The Andantes
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers