Dance Party
by Martha And The Vandellas

Dance Party by Martha And The Vandellas
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-04-12
Overall rank: 7,293rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (57th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (544th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,293rd)

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Martha And The Vandellas bestography

The best album by Martha Reeves is Dance Party which is ranked number 7293 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 177.

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Dance Party track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Dance Party rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,293rd | 1960s rank: 544th | 1965 rank: 57th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 55 votes)
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The best Martha Reeves record contains the hit singles Dancing In The Street, Nowhere To Run, Motoring & Wild One. There are, as with most 60's Motown albums, a few fillers but overall a good album.
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Dancing in the Street, Nowhere to Run, and Mickey's Monkey are the hits on the record. There's some serious awesome bass tone on this record. I also liked Mobile Lil The Dancing Witch and Nobody'll Care.
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A beautiful motown classic.
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Classic 60s girl group motown topped off with Martha Reeves amazing voice! Truly beautiful..
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