Ridin' High (Martha and the Vandellas album)

For other uses of Ridin' High, see Riding High (disambiguation).

"Ridin' High" is a 1968 soul album released by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label. This album featured the last Top 40 pop hits scored by the group during their recording tenure, "Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone" and "Honey Chile". It was a series of firsts for the group: it was the first album without the help of since departed producers William "Mickey" Stevenson and Holland–Dozier–Holland, however, Motown included one HDH track on the album, "Leave It In The Hands Of Love." Also on Ridin' High is a cover version of Dionne Warwick's then recent hit "I Say a Little Prayer."

Ridin' High
Studio album by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Released	April 29, 1968
Recorded	1967 – 1968
Genre	Soul
Length	31:21
Label	Gordy
Producer	Richard Morris
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas chronology
Martha and the Vandellas Live! (1967) Ridin' High (1968) Sugar 'n' Spice (1969)
Singles from Ridin' High
"Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone / One Way Out" Released: August 3, 1967 "Honey Chile / Show Me the Way" Released: October 31, 1967 "I Promise to Wait My Love / Forget Me Not" Released: April 4, 1968 "(We've Got) Honey Love / I'm in Love (And I Know It)" Released: March 20, 1969

Professional ratings

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Allmusic

Bringing in Richard Morris and songwriter Sylvia Moy, the group managed to release two hit singles though this was the beginning of the end for the group as hitmakers on the pop charts. Like their label mates The Supremes and the Four Tops, they stalled without the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, although they continued to chart well on the R&B charts and in England until their 1972 disbanding. This was also the first album to include lead singer Martha Reeves's sister Lois Reeves, who was replacing Betty Kelly after Kelly was fired from the group in 1967 and also the first album where they were credited as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. It was also the last album to feature original member Rosalind Ashford, who would exit out of the group shortly a year after this album came out.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Promise to Wait My Love"	Billie-Jean Brown George Gordy Margaret Johnson Gordy Allen Story	2:05
2.	"Honey Chile"	Sylvia Moy Richard Morris	2:55
3.	"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	3:00
4.	"Leave It in the Hands of Love"	Holland–Dozier–Holland Debbie Dean	2:37
5.	"Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone"	Morris Moy	2:06
6.	"I'm in Love (And I Know It)"	Henry Cosby Dean Stevie Wonder William Weatherspoon	2:37

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"To Sir, with Love"	Don Black Mark London	2:53
2.	"Forget Me Not"	Morris Moy	2:55
3.	"(We've Got) Honey Love"	Morris Moy	2:27
4.	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Bacharach David	2:59
5.	"Without You"	Dean Deke Richards	2:09
6.	"Show Me the Way"	J. J. Barnes Morris Moy	2:38

Personnel

• Martha Reeves - lead vocals
• Rosalind Ashford - backing vocals (side 1, tracks 1, 2, and 5; side 2, track 6)
• Lois Reeves - backing vocals (side 1, tracks 1 and 2; side 2, track 6)
• Betty Kelly - backing vocals (side 1, track 5)
• The Andantes - backing vocals (side 1, tracks 3, 4, and 6; side 2, tracks 1-5)
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation