The Originals Discography -
Ringing Harmonies
For ex-Motown backups whose legacy as stars doesn't match that of other male groups, the Originals discography is a pretty good size.
Marvin Gaye's reverence for lush '50s doo-wop harmonies prompted him to write and produce Originals jewels like "Baby I'm for Real," "The Bells," and "We Can Make It Baby." Romance sounds serene, snug, even fragrant with the tight, overlapping voices and multiperson leads.
When the pop tide turned toward disco, the Originals followed suit. Even in a throbbing let's-dance number like "Down to Love Town," their vocals' natural poignancy lights up the record.
There's a surprising amount of track info out there for
Originals albums.
So to show it all off, this Originals discography runs from their Motown soul oldies to their post-disco projects.
Goodnight Irene (1966; single)
We've Got a Way Out Love (1969; single)
Baby I'm for Real (July 4, 1969; a single by Gaye/Gaye)
Green Grow the Lilacs (1969; aka Baby I'm for Real)
1. We've Got a Way Out Love
2. Green Grow the Lilacs
3. Baby I'm for Real (Gaye/Gaye)
4. I've Never Begged Before (Bullock)
5. Red Sails in the Sunset (Kennedy/Williams)
6. One Life We Live
7. Moment of Truth
8. Why When Love is Gone (Hunter)
9. When Will We Learn
10. You're the One (Gaye/Gaye/Hunter/Stover)
11. Love is a Wonder
12. You Mysterious You
The Bells (Gaye/Gaye/Gordy/Stover)/I'll Wait for You (Jan. 9, 1970; single)
We Can Make It Baby (Gaye/Nyx)/I Like Your Style (1970; single)
Portrait of the Originals (1970)
1. The Bells (Gaye/Gaye/Gordy/Stover)
2. I Like Your Style
3. There's a Place We'd Like to Know
4. You May Not Like the Change
5. Don't Stop Now
6. Since I Fell for You
7. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (Macdermot/Rado/Ragni)
8. You Want Hearts and Flowers
9. Just Another Morning
10. Wichita Lineman
11. I'll Wait for You
12. My Way
Naturally Together (1970)
1. We Can Make It Baby (Gaye/Nyx)
2. I Wake Up Crying
3. Once I Have You (I Will Never Let Go)
4. My World is Empty Without You (Dozier/Holland/Holland)
5. If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)
6. Let It Be
7. The Only Time You Love Me is When You're Losing Me (Coleman/McMurray/Sawyer)
8. God Bless Whoever Sent You
9. Give Yourself the Right (to Be Wrong About Me)
10. Rainy Night in Georgia (White)
11. A Man Without Love
12. You Were My Everything
God Bless Whoever Sent You (1971; single)
I'm Someone Who Cares (1972; single)
Def. I. Ni. Tions (1972)
1. The Exodus Song
2. The World Can't Stop Me (From Loving You)
3. The Rovin' Kind
4. Make It With You
5. I've Got a Need for You (Bristol/Peters)
6. Love is Life
7. I'm Someone Who Cares
8. Lie No. 2
9. Come Rain or Shine
10. Keep Me (Gordy)
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon)
Game Called Love (1974)
1. Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
2. She's My Old Lady
3. Game Called Love
4. Behind Closed Doors
5. I Remember When (Dedicated to Beverly)
6. You're My Only World
7. So Near (and Yet So Far)
8. Ooh You (Put a Crush on Me)
9. Be My Love
10. Supernatural Voodoo Woman, Pt. 1
California Sunset (1975)
1. Why'd You Lie
2. Don't Turn the Lights Off
3. It Could Never Happen
4. Good Lovin' is Just a Dime Away
5. California Sunset
6. Sweet Rhapsody
7. Fifty Years
8. Let Me Live in Your Life
9. Financial Affair
10. Nothing Can Take the Place (of Your Love)
Communique (1976)
1. Mr. Troublemaker
2. Count Me Out
3. Down to Love Town
4. Touch (Sawyer/Wilson)
5. Natural Loving Feeling
6. Everybody's Got to Do Something
7. Bring Me Together (Wakefield/Wilson)
8. Just to Be Closer to You
9. It's So Real
10. All I Wanna Do (is Spend My Life Loving You)
Down to Love Town (1976; single)
Down to Love Town (1977; last Motown album)
1. Hurry Up and Wait
2. Down to Love Town
3. You Are a Blessing to Me
4. Six Million Dollar Man
5. Mother Nature's Best
6. Sunrise
7. Been Decided
Another Time, Another Place (1978; first Fantasy album)
1. Fantasy Interlude
2. Don't Put Me On
3. I've Loved, I've Lost, I've Learned
4. Temporarily Out of Order
5. Ladies (We Need You)
6. Take This Love
7. It's Alright
Come Away With Me (1979)
1. Jezebel (You've Got Me Under Your Spell)
2. J-E-A-L-O-U-S (Means I Love You)
3. While the Cat's Away
4. Come Away With Me
5. Stay (With Me)
6. Blue Moon
Yesterday & Today (1981; Polydor album)
1. Baby I'm for Real (Gaye/Gaye)
2. I'm Your Man
3. The Magic is You
4. Waiting on a Letter/Mr. Postman
5. Share Your Love With Me
6. Let Me Dance
I Just Keep Falling in Love (1990; Motorcity single)
Back by Popular Demand (with the Supremes, 1992; single)
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