Black Magic (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Black Magic
Type = Album
Artist = Martha and the Vandellas


Released = March 3, 1972
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Soul
Length = mm:ss
Label = Gordy
G958
Producer = The Corporation; Ashford & Simpson; George Gordy
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/marthaandthevandellas/albums/album/215433/review/5945640/black_magic link]
Last album = "Natural Resources"
(1970)
This album = "Black Magic"
(1972)
Next album = "Anthology"
(1974) | Misc = Singles
Name = Black Magic
Type = studio
single 1 = Bless You / Hope I Don't Get My Heart Broke
single 1 date = September 14, 1971
single 2 = In and Out of My Life / Your Love Makes It All Worthwhile
single 2 date = December 16, 1971
single 3 = Tear It On Down / Benjamin
single 3 date = May 23, 1972

"Black Magic" is a soul album released by Martha Reeves 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 briefly 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.

Track listing

#"No One There"
#"Your Love Makes It All Worthwhile"
#"Something" (Same track that is on the groups' previous album Natural Resources)
#"Benjamin"
#"Tear It On Down"
#"I've Given You the Best of My Life"
#"Bless You"
#"I Want You Back"
#"In & Out of My Life"
#"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
#"Hope I Don't Get My Heart Broke"

Credits

*Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
*Background vocals by Lois Reeves and Sandra Tilley
*Additional vocals by The Andantes
*Produced by The Corporation and Ashford & Simpson
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and assorted Los Angeles musicians