''Natural Resources'' is a 1970 soul album released by

Motown Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...

girl group

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also ...

on the Gordy (

) label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "

I Should Be Proud "I Should Be Proud" is a 1970 protest song written by Henry Cosby, Pam Sawyer and Joe Hinton and recorded by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas (credited as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas). Background The song was noted for being the firs ...

" 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 (though it still took her until 1977 to beat her addiction). This was the next-to-last album for the Vandellas, whose success had peaked in the mid-1960s.

Track listing

Personnel

* Martha Reeves - lead vocals; background vocals on "Everybody's Talking" * The Andantes - background vocals (side 1, tracks 2, 4, 5; side 2, tracks 2, 5 and 6) * Lois Reeves - backing vocals (side 1, track 1; side 2, track 5) * Sandra Tilley - background vocals (side 1, track 1; side 2, track 5) * Valerie Simpson - background vocals (side 2, track 4) *Nickolas Ashford - background vocals (side 2, track 4) * The Funk Brothers - instrumentation

References

{{Authority control 1970 albums Gordy Records albums Martha and the Vandellas albums Albums produced by Henry Cosby Albums produced by Clarence Paul