- soul
- 32 min
- 12 tracks
- Tamla
Sophisticated Soul is the eighth album issued by Motown girl-group the Marvelettes. It is the first album to feature Ann Bogan who replaced Gladys Horton in 1967, and most of the lead vocals are by Wanda Young. Like many Motown albums produced in the late 1960s, Sophisticated Soul featured backing from the Andantes, Motown's premier backing group, on certain tracks, others feature Bogan and Katherine Anderson.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1My Baby Must Be a Magician2:30
- A2Destination: Anywhere2:35
- A3I'm Gonna Hold on Long as I Can2:42
- A4Here I Am Baby2:43
- A5You're the One for Me Bobby2:29
- A6Reachin' for Something I Can't Have2:44
- B1Your Love Can Save Me2:34
- B2You're the One2:47
- B3Don't Make Hurting Me a Habit2:52
- B4What's Easy for Two Is Hard for One2:39
- B5The Stranger2:56
- B6Someway, Somehow2:27
12 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Marvelettes
- Label
- Tamla
- Released
- 1968
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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