Here is the Human Nature Reach Out: The Motown Record track-list along with photos and video. The album is a compilation of previous Motown albums from the Australia vocal group which were originally released in their native land; including a 2005 album of the same title and Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II .

The quartet is comprised of Toby Allen, Phil Burton, and brothers Andrew Tierney and Michael Tierney who have performed together for nearly twenty years, originally as 4Trax Brothers. The new album just released in the U.S. exclusively via Barnes & Noble, features Motown legend Smokey Robinson on two of the tracks: “Get Ready” which he wrote from The Temptations and as well as on one of his signature hits “Tears of a Clown” which he originally recorded as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.

The group is presently performing in a year-long headliner residency at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The show is entitled ‘Australia’s Human Nature-The Ultimate Celebration of the Motown Sound presented by Smokey Robinson,’ as seen in the picture above. With the resurgence of interest in Motown upon the 50th anniversary year of the legendary record company founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, the residency is quite timely.

Originally opening in May 2009, the new show, their first in Las Vegas, follows upon the success of their Motown albums which have been multi-platinum selling in Australia. While the group has long had critical acclaim and chart success in their native land, starting with their triple-platinum selling 1996 debut album, Telling Everybody, they are not as well known in the U.S. Thus the show and the album are their first major venture into the U.S.

In an interview, Smokey Robinson revealed his enthusiasm over working with group, recording the classic songs as well as lending his name to the group’s show.

“When I see them and hear them, it’s a manner of pride for me,” he says. “I want everyone to see and hear them.”

Noting that the group has been together nearly 20 years, he contrasted their longevity with that of “manufactured” music groups.

“But the groups that start out with guys as friends — ‘Let’s sing some songs in the bathroom because it sounds good’ — those are the groups that normally last.

“These guys entertain you,” he adds. “They’re the total package. A lot of people can sing, but they can’t entertain you.”

Source: Smokey Robinson throws support behind Australia’s Human Nature

Photos courtesy of Sideways Media

Here is the Reach Out: The Motown Record Track-listing. A video is below.

1 Reach out I’ll Be There
2 You Keep Me Hangin’ On
3 Baby I Need Your Loving
4 I Heard It Through the Grapevine
5 Get Ready
6 The Way You Do the Things You Do
7 My Girl
8 Stop! In the Name of Love
9 ABC
10 You Are Everything
11 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
12 Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
13 Twenty-Five Miles
14 Dancing in the Street
15 Ooh Baby Baby
16 River Deep Mountain High

Human Nature Video People Get Ready (featuring the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)

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Human Nature Reach Out The Motown Record Track-List