Reach Out: The Motown Record

Reach Out: The Motown Record
Studio album by Human Nature
Released 6 November 2005
Recorded Australia, United States
Genre Pop, R&B
Label Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Producer Paul Wiltshire
Human Nature chronology
Walk the Tightrope
(2004)		 Reach Out: The Motown Record
(2005)		 Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II
(2006)
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Reach Out: The Motown Record is Human Nature's fifth album released in 6 November 2005 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. It won the 2006 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album. It debuted at number #6 on the Australian ARIA Album Chart but worked its way up to #1. On the album, the band perform their own renditions of eleven soul music classics. The tracks include renditions of The Four Tops' "Reach Out I'll Be There", The Temptations' "My Girl", The Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love", The Jackson 5's "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
1. "Reach Out I'll Be There" Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr. 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" 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 The Miracles

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[1] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[1] 2

Year-end charts

Australia Position
2005 [2] 29
2006 [3] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] 6× Platinum 420,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[5] Gold 7,500^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "charts.org.nz - Human Nature - Reach Out - The Motown Record". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2005.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm
  4. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Human Nature – Reach Out: The Motown Record". Recorded Music NZ.
Preceded by
Curtain Call: The Hits by Eminem		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
19 December 2005 - 1 January 2006
15 May – 21 May 2006 		Succeeded by
State of Emergency by The Living End
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