Everybody Needs Love is the third studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips and their first album for Motown Records' Soul imprint. The LP, chiefly produced by Norman Whitfield, features the singles "Just Walk in My Shoes" (the 1966 group's Motown debut), "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", "Everybody Needs Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
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| Released | September 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1966–1967 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 34:12 | |||
| Label | Soul SS 706 | |||
| Producer | Norman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Smokey Robinson | |||
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| Singles from Everybody Needs Love | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
"Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, was Knight & the Pips first major Motown hit, but "Grapevine", which peaked at number 2, was a major success for the group and Motown. Selling over 2.5 million copies, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became Motown's best-selling single to that point.[3] Its success would be overshadowed by Marvin Gaye's version of the song, which would be issued on Motown's Tamla label a year after Knight & the Pips' recording.
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everybody Needs Love" | Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr. | 2:57 |
| 2. | "I'll Be Standing By" | Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford | 2:22 |
| 3. | "Since I've Lost You" | Whitfield, Barrett Strong | 2:34 |
| 4. | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Whitfield, Strong | 2:58 |
| 5. | "You Don't Love Me No More" | Whitfield, Strong, Roger Penzabene | 2:28 |
| 6. | "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" | Whitfield, Sylvia Moy, Cornelius Grant | 2:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" | Strong, Penzabene, Grant | 2:54 |
| 8. | "He's My Kind of Fella" | Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Yes, I'm Ready" | Barbara Mason | 3:00 |
| 10. | "My Bed of Thorns" | William "Smokey" Robinson | 2:52 |
| 11. | "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" | Bristol, Fuqua, Vernon Bullock, Gladys Knight | 2:59 |
| 12. | "Just Walk in My Shoes" | Helen Lewis Mastor, Kay Lewis Miller | 2:26 |
Charts edit
| Chart (1967) | Peak [4] |
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| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 60 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B LPs | 12 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
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| US | US R&B |
UK[5] | ||
| 1966 | "Just Walk in My Shoes" | 129 | — | 35 |
| 1967 | "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" | 98 | — | 13 |
| "Everybody Needs Love" | 39 | 3 | — | |
| "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | 2 | 1 | 47 | |
Personnel edit
- Gladys Knight - lead vocals
- Merald "Bubba" Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten - backing vocals
- The Andantes - backing vocals on "Just Walk in My Shoes"
- The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
References edit
- ^ Lowe, John. Everybody Needs Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 405.
- ^ George, Nelson (1985, rev. 2003). Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-9511-6.
- ^ a b "US Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "UK Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-16.