Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel - United (1967)
United was the first of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's three LPs, and quite possibly the best of the lot. Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol handled the productions and gave the photogenic duo a slightly harder edge than subsequent productions by Valerie Simpson and Nicholas Ashford. Three blockbusters "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "If I Could Build My World Around You," and "Your Precious Love" propelled the album to #29 on the pop charts, the highest rating of any of the duo's LPs. Plus, you had treats like "Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl," a remake of Loe and Joe's little-known release on Fuqua's Harvey Records in 1962. "Two Can Have a Party" grooves from start to finish and could have been the fourth hit, but Motown thought otherwise. I like the duo's rendition of "Hold Me Oh My Darling," a song Tammi first recorded on her solo album; the stuttering chorus and bass backing voice makes it unique. You won't find two better ballads than "Give a Little Love" or the often-recorded "If This World Were Mine"; written by Marvin Gaye, the starry-eyed proclamation has become an R&B standard, and rightfully so.
01 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
02 You Got What It Takes
03 If I Could Build My World Around You
04 Somethin' Stupid
05 Your Precious Love
06 Hold Me Oh My Darling
07 Two Can Have a Party
08 Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl
09 If This World Were Mine
10 Sad Wedding
11 Give a Little Love
12 Oh How I'd Miss You
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