Watchout!

Watchout! is the fourth studio album and fifth album overall by Martha and the Vandellas, released on the Gordy (Motown) label in 1966. The album included the top 10 hit singles, "I'm Ready for Love" and "Jimmy Mack" and the ballad single, "What Am I Gonna Do Without Your Love?". This was one of the last albums by the group with songs by Holland–Dozier–Holland who, the following year, left Motown, and with William "Mickey" Stevenson, who helped put the group on the musical map. The title of the album was derived from a song on the B-side of their hit single "My Baby Loves Me" (released earlier in 1966) entitled "Never Leave Your Baby's Side" (never released on an album). That song's chorus warned to "Watchout!" for "other girls" who could steal your man. The album became the group's highest charting studio album at number 116, reaching the peak on January 11, 1967, staying on the charts for eight weeks.

Personnel

• Martha Reeves – lead vocals
• Rosalind Ashford – backing vocals (except on "Let This Day Be")
• Betty Kelly – backing vocals (except "Let This Day Be" and "Jimmy Mack")
• Annette Beard – backing vocals on "Jimmy Mack"
• The Andantes – backing vocals on "Let This Day Be", "Happiness is Guaranteed", and "Go Ahead and Laugh"; additional background vocals on "Jimmy Mack", "I'm Ready for Love", "What Am I Going to Do Without Your Love?", and "Tell Me I'll Never Be Alone"
• The Spinners – backing vocals on "I'll Follow You"
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

External links

• Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) album review by Bruce Eder, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) album to be listened on Spotify
• Martha and the Vandellas - Watchout! (1966) album to be listened on YouTube