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One of the great party albums of the 1960s, Dance Party was, oddly enough, the work of a Motown act that wasn't known for delivering great albums. Martha & the Vandellas had enjoyed some serious hits from 1964 onward, but hadn't quite measured up in the LP department until the release of Dance Party in the spring of 1965. Made up of material from singles that went back to the previous summer, the album benefited from the presence of the group's biggest single, "Dancing in the Street," its follow-up, the hypnotically pounding, driving, soaring "Wild One," and the classic "Nowhere to Run," surrounded by a trio of well-above-average B-sides and covers of such Motown dance standards as "Mickey's Monkey" and "Hitch Hike." Even the rest was hardly filler, however, with Martha Reeves turning in a gloriously impassioned performance on the ballad "There He Is (At My Door)" and the group acquitting itself beautifully on "Motoring." Each side was always good for at least two plays at any self-respecting teen party of the '60s, and it all still holds up today.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Paul Riser, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Cosby, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Jack Ashford, Percussion, Tambourine, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Bohannon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Willis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Jo Hunter, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert White, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Conway, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas "Beans" Bowles, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Williams, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Messina, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Betty Kelly, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Freddie Gorman, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Phillip Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
One of the great party albums of the 1960s, Dance Party was, oddly enough, the work of a Motown act that wasn't known for delivering great albums. Martha & the Vandellas had enjoyed some serious hits from 1964 onward, but hadn't quite measured up in the LP department until the release of Dance Party in the spring of 1965. Made up of material from singles that went back to the previous summer, the album benefited from the presence of the group's biggest single, "Dancing in the Street," its follow-up, the hypnotically pounding, driving, soaring "Wild One," and the classic "Nowhere to Run," surrounded by a trio of well-above-average B-sides and covers of such Motown dance standards as "Mickey's Monkey" and "Hitch Hike." Even the rest was hardly filler, however, with Martha Reeves turning in a gloriously impassioned performance on the ballad "There He Is (At My Door)" and the group acquitting itself beautifully on "Motoring." Each side was always good for at least two plays at any self-respecting teen party of the '60s, and it all still holds up today.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:41
- Main artists: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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