| Just We Two | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Blinky and Edwin Starr |
| Cover: | Blinky and Edwin Starr - Just We Two.jpg |
| Alt: | Blinky and Edwin Starr seated on steps across from one another, turning to look toward the camera |
| Recorded: | 1969 |
| Genre: | Soul music |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Gordy |
| Producer: | Frank Wilson |
| Chronology: | Blinky |
| Next Title: | Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Just We Two is a 1969 album pairing soul music singers Blinky and Edwin Star, released on Gordy Records.
Edwin Star had achieved a modest success with "Twenty-Five Miles" earlier in 1969 and Motown rushed to pair him with Blinky, a vocalist who had only released the 1968 single "(I Wouldn't Change) The Man He Is", which had received positive critical success, but limited sales. The label sought to replicate the success of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's duets, as well as compete with Stax Records' singles, but once this album was released, "Oh How Happy"/"Ooo Baby Baby" did not live up to the hype it received in Billboard, entering the Hot 100 at 99 and peaking at 96 the next week before disappearing from the charts. The album received little support from Motown and its commercial failure led to three further Blinky albums being canceled. Starr returned to being a solo act, scoring his biggest hit with "War" the following year. Blinky became a backing vocalist and would not receive another album until the 2019 compilation Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology.
The album was re-released by Hip-O Select in 2004 on compact disc.
Editors of AllMusic Guide rated this album 3.5 out of five stars, with critic Lindsay Planer noting that the pairing of Bliny and Starr is not as strong as Marvin Gaye's many vocal duets but pointed out several tracks as highlights.
Additional personnel
Hip-O re-release