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| Released | August 29, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 33:36 | |||
| Label | Tamla TS-277 | |||
| Producer | Harvey Fuqua Johnny Bristol Hal Davis Berry Gordy, Jr. | |||
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United is a studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released August 29, 1967 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.[2] Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol produced all of the tracks on the album, with the exception of "You Got What It Takes" (produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr.) and "Oh How I'd Miss You" (produced by Hal Davis).[3] Fuqua and Bristol produced "Hold Me Oh My Darling" and "Two Can Have a Party" as Tammi Terrell solo tracks in 1965 and 1966, and had Gaye overdub his vocals to them in order to create duet versions of the songs.[3]
United was the duo’s as well as Marvin Gaye’s most successful album of the 1960’s with sales almost reaching one million copies, it yielded four Top 100 Billboard chart hits, including the two Top 10 singles "Your Precious Love," "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," the Top 20 single, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "If This World Were Mine". United peaked at #69 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and #7 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart upon its release.[2] The album was the first of three collaborative albums by Gaye and Terrell.
