United (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album)

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United
United cover
Studio album by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Released April 12, 1967
Genre Soul
Length 32:11
Label Tamla
TS 277
Producer Harvey Fuqua
Johnny Bristol
Hal Davis
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Professional reviews
Marvin Gaye chronology
Take Two (with Kim Weston)
(1966)		 United (with Tammi Terrell)
(1967)		 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1967)
Tammi Terrell chronology
United (with Marvin Gaye)
(1967)		 You're All I Need (with Marvin Gaye)
(1968)

United was the first of three albums by Motown soul music duo Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell. Released in 1967, the album yielded four Top 40 hits, including the two Top 10 singles "Your Precious Love" and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You". Also included is what is today considered Gaye and Terrell's most notable duet record, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". United peaked at #69 on the Billboard pop album chart and #7 on the R&B album chart upon its release.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
  2. "You Got What It Takes" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo)
  3. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock)
  4. "Somethin' Stupid" (C. Carson Parks)
  5. "Your Precious Love" (Ashford, Simpson)
  6. "Hold Me Oh My Darling" (Fuqua)

[edit] Side two

  1. "Two Can Have a Party" (Bristol, Fuqua, Thomas Kemp)
  2. "Little Ole Boy Little Ole Girl" (Fuqua, Etta James, Brook Benton)
  3. "If This World Were Mine" (Marvin Gaye)
  4. "Sad Wedding" (Bristol, Jackey Beavers)
  5. "Give a Little Love" (Bristol, Fuqua, Clyde Wilson)
  6. "Oh How I'd Miss You" (Hal Davis, Frank Wilson, Vance Wilson)

[edit] Production notes

Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol produced all of the tracks on the album, save for "You Got What It Takes" (produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr.) and "Oh How I'd Miss You" (produced by Hal Davis). [1] Fuqua and Bristol produced "Hold Me Oh My Darling" and "Two Can Have a Party" as Tammi Terrell solo tracks in 1965 and 1966, and had Gaye overdub his vocals to them to create duet versions. [1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Chin, Brian (2001). Liner notes for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: The Complete Duets. New York: Motown Records/UMG Recordings.
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Marvin Gaye
Studio albums
Duet albums
Together (1964)  · Take Two (1966)  · United (1967)  · You're All I Need (1968)  · Easy (1969)  · Diana & Marvin (1973)
Live albums
Soundtrack albums
Posthumous albums
Dream of a Lifetime (1985)  · Romantically Yours (1986)  · Vulnerable (1997)
Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)
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