Natural Resources


Natural Resources is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas in 1970 on the Gordy label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow jam, "Love Guess Who". The album marked a return from lead singer Martha Reeves, recovering from a time in a mental institution after an addiction to painkillers nearly wrecked her. This was the next-to-last album for the Vandellas, whose success had peaked in the mid-1960s.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Something"
  2. "Easily Persuaded"
  3. "Didn't We"
  4. "I'm in Love"
  5. "Love, Guess Who"
  6. "Everybody's Talkin'"

    Side 2

  7. "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
  8. "The Hurt Is Over "
  9. "Take a Look"
  10. "Won't It Be So Wonderful"
  11. "I Should Be Proud"
  12. "People Got to Be Free"

    Personnel