Reach Out: The Motown Record
| Reach Out: The Motown Record | ||||
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| Label | Sony BMG, Columbia | |||
| Producer | Paul Wiltshire | |||
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Allmusic |    link |
Reach Out: The Motown Record is
I'll Be There" and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Produced by Paul Wiltshire for PLW Productions. Following an appearance on the New Zealand edition of Dancing with the Stars
, the album debuted at #4 on the New Zealand albums chart more than a year after its release, climbing to its peak of #2 the following week.
The album represented a major new musical direction for the group, which had previously performed boy-band style pop. The change re-invigorated their popularity, resulting in their best sales in a decade.
Track listing
| # | Title | Composer(s) | Original Artist |
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| 1. | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.
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Four Tops |
| 2. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Holland, Dozier, Holland | The Supremes |
| 3. | "Baby I Need Your Loving" | Holland, Dozier, Holland | Four Tops |
| 4. | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
| 5. | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong | Gladys Knight & the Pips/Marvin Gaye |
| 6. | "Twenty-Five Miles" | Edwin Starr, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol | Edwin Starr |
| 7. | " I'll Be There "
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Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch, Bob West | The Jackson 5 |
| 8. | "My Girl" | Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White | The Temptations |
| 9. | "I Want You Back" | The Corporation | The Jackson 5 |
| 10. | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | Holland, Dozier, Holland | The Supremes |
| 11. | "You Are Everything" | Thom Bell, Linda Creed | The Stylistics/Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross |
| 12. | "The Tracks of My Tears" | Marvin Tarplin, Robinson, Warren Moore
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The Miracles |
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
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Decade-end chart
Certifications
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See also
See also
References
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Human Nature – Reach Out: The Motown Record". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Human Nature – Reach Out: The Motown Record". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Human Nature Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Human Nature Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart".
- ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (2006). "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums". aria.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
- ^ "2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". ARIA. January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Human Nature – Reach Out: The Motown Record". Recorded Music NZ.
