Martha Reeves

Martha Reeves: R&B Soul

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Martha Reeves: R&B Soul Review

by Andy Kellman

A "collectors' only" form of album from Martha Reeves, released by the regularly unreliable Direct Source label in 2006, this inexplicably-self-titled disc is a poor collection of "new recordings" that contains performances of hits from across the singer's career: "Dancing in the Street," "Heatwave," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Come See About Me," and the like. Though Reeves sounds fine in most cases, these versions falter with cheap (and sometimes downright chintzy) backings; none of them come close to matching the originals. Direct Source pumps out discs like this by the dozens, and there's really no reason to pay attention to any of them.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Dancing in the Street	Martha Reeves	02:39	Amazon
2	Heat Wave	Martha Reeves	02:43	Amazon
3	Jimmy Mack	Martha Reeves	02:55	Amazon
4	Nowhere to Run	Martha Reeves	03:05	Amazon
5	Quicksand	Martha Reeves	02:43	Amazon
6	I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Martha Reeves	03:24	Amazon
7	Get Ready	Martha Reeves	03:10	Amazon
8	Come See About Me	Martha Reeves	02:48	Amazon
9	I Say a Little Prayer	Martha Reeves	03:28	Amazon
10	In the Midnight Hour	Martha Reeves	02:23	Amazon