| Happy and In Love | |
| Artist: | The Shirelles |
| Type: | Studio |
| Cover: | The Shirelles – Happy and In Love.jpeg |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Recorded: | 1969–1971, New York City |
| Label: | RCA Victor LSP-4581[1] [2] |
| Producer: | Randy Irwin |
| Prev Title: | Spontaneous Combustion |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | Shirelles |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Happy and In Love is the eleventh studio album by the Shirelles, released in 1971 on RCA Victor.
"Go Away and Find Yourself" was originally released in 1969 when the group was with Bell Records.[3] "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and "Dedicated to the One I Love" was released in 1970 under contract with United Artists Records.[3] "No Sugar Tonight" was released in October 1971.[3]
AllMusic editor Mark Deming stated "Happy and in Love revealed Alston (who takes the lead vocals on these albums), Harris, and Lee were all in fine voice, but seemingly caught between the youthful themes and approach of their best-known tunes and the richer, more mature sound of these women."
On September 25, 1971, Billboard wrote that:
Surprise, plus a little Magic of believing, returns us to the Sweet Shirelles, who have found the producer who can deliver them into a second-childhood of hits, hits, hits in Randy Irwin. Shirley, Micki, and Beverly dip into "No Sugar Tonight", "Go Away and Find Yourself", "Gonna Take a Miracle", and "Dedicated to the One I Love".[2]
Adapted from liner notes.[4]