Everybody Needs Love (album)

Everybody Needs Love
Studio album by
Gladys Knight & the Pips
ReleasedSeptember 1967
Recorded1966–1967
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit
GenreSoul
Length34:12
LabelSoul
SS 706
ProducerNorman Whitfield, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Smokey Robinson
Gladys Knight & the Pips chronology
Gladys Knight and the Pips
(1965) 		Everybody Needs Love
(1967) 		Feelin' Bluesy
(1968)
Singles from Everybody Needs Love
  1. "Just Walk In My Shoes"
    Released: June 7, 1966
  2. "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"
    Released: March 16, 1967
  3. "Everybody Needs Love"
    Released: June 12, 1967
  4. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
    Released: September 28, 1967
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Everybody Needs Love is the third studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips and their first album for Motown Records' Soul imprint. The LP, chiefly produced by Norman Whitfield, features the singles "Just Walk in My Shoes" (the 1966 group's Motown debut), "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", "Everybody Needs Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

"Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, was Knight & the Pips first major Motown hit, but "Grapevine", which peaked at number 2, was a major success for the group and Motown. Selling over 2.5 million copies, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became Motown's best-selling single to that point.[3] Its success would be overshadowed by Marvin Gaye's version of the song, which would be issued on Motown's Tamla label a year after Knight & the Pips' recording.

  1. ^ Lowe, John. Everybody Needs Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 405.
  3. ^ George, Nelson (1985, rev. 2003). Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-9511-6.