Natural Resources
Studio album by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Released	September 8, 1970
Recorded	1969 – 1970
Genre	Soul
Length	33:10
Label	Gordy
Producer	Henry Cosby Clarence Paul
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas chronology
Sugar 'n' Spice (1969) Natural Resources (1970) Black Magic (1972)
Singles from Natural Resources
" I Should Be Proud" Released: February 12, 1970

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Natural Resources is a 1970 soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas on the Gordy ( Motown) 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 (though it still took her until 1977 to beat her addiction).^{[ citation needed]} 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

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