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Temptations
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.6660
Temptations Album Rankings
1
If you've become interested in the music of the Temptations after watching the recent television miniseries about them, you no doubt have found that there are many greatest-hits packages to choose fro
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Best known for their silky soul vocals and smooth-stepping routines, the Temptations were firmly entrenched as the undisputed kings ofBarry Gordy's Motown stable when cutting-edge producerNorman Whitf
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3
The Temptations' first LP, released three years into the group's history with Motown, is also a great record, even though it wasn't really an album so much as a collection of their early singles, hook
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4
Released in 1994,Emperors of Soulis a five-CD anthology celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Temptations with 109 key tracks taken from their 40-plus album catalog.
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5
This was the Temptations' seventh hit album in a row, released as Gordy 922 in July of 1967. It shows them -- and the Motown Sound -- moving in a more modern direction.
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6
The marvelous title track alone, withEddie Kendricksgliding into the stratosphere, made this an instant winner.
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7
Within po-faced music cliques, any band that has the temerity to leave your actual playing of instruments and song writing duties to others, is instantly dismissed as manufactured.
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8
Much as the British invasion had earlier put a crimp in the careers of teen idols and surf bands, the late-Sixties wave of psychedelia knocked Motown's greatest acts a bit off-stride -- with one notab
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9
A definitive overview of the Temptations' career at Motown, Anthology was first released on LP in 1973, revamped in 1986, and updated once again for the CD era in 1995, with modern remastering techno
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10
With everything the Temptations released pretty much guaranteed to turn to gold, not to mention platinum for that matter, even their tripped-out forays into sweet '60s psychedelic experimentation wer
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11
A monster album, the one that put them back in the spotlight and signaled that Norman Whitfield had saved the day.
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13
This 18-track compilation contains Temptations B-sides, non-hit cuts and obscure sides recorded from 1963-1974.
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15
The album that preceded this one (Back to Basics) introduced the group's new falsetto lead, Ron Tyson, who is also a remarkable tenor.
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23
The '80s found the Temptations doing work that was often potent and relevant. Their fortunes took an upswing with key lineup shifts and a renewed sense of purpose.
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25
Among the several romantically themed Motown collections Universal compiled during the early 2000s, the Temptations' Love Songs is certainly one of the standout titles.
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27
This 1989 release marked the return of lead singer Ali "Ollie" Woodson after the third departure of Dennis Edwards.
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29
Tempted, but not sold... One need only revisit the pop charts of the '60s to get a sense of the musical juggernaut known as Motown.
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31
One of the most forgettable records in The Temptations' long and illustrious history.
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33
With an onslaught of greatest-hits compilations to their name, finding the ideal Temptations anthology can prove to be a daunting task for the die-hard fan as well as for those simply looking for the
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39
This two-album CD contains all of their Christmas hits, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Give Love at Christmas, " and "Silent Night." ~ David A.
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41
The Temptations moved into world of jazzy pre-rock pop, and showed that great singers can handle anything.
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44
Part of the new wave of British two-LPs-on-one-CD Motown releases, these two albums, issued almost exactly two and a half years apart, bookend the early-'70s successes of the Temptations.
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47
As one of the entries in Motown's Lost and Found series, this is a 20-track major find of largely unreleased Temptations material.
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49
These two albums are almost perfectly suited to each other, representating the peak of the Temptations' early- to mid-'70s output.
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51
This is one of the most classic R&B Christmas albums ever recorded; the Temptations come steppin' in prime form.
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53
This is another entry in the 21st century British two-on-one reissues of the Temptations' classic albums.
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54
This is the way to hear both of these albums. At the very end of 2000, Motown Records started a new round of two-on-one releases, confined (initially at least) to the U.K.
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55
Norman Whitfield was always the Motown producer who had the most daring creative vision for The Temptations; he was the man who helped them turn psychedelic (well, sort of) with "Cloud Nine" and "Psy
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56
Although it contained the super "Lady Soul," this was still far from a good Temptations album.
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61
Reunion is a very good Temptations album that could have been great.
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