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| Artist : The Temptations |
| Album : Reflections (Advance) |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
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| Label : New Door Records |
| Year : 2006 |
| Genre : Oldies |
| Rip date : Jan-20-2006 |
| Store date : Jan-31-2006 |
| Size : 92,4 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Can I Get A Witness 05:20 |
| 02 - Reflections 04:07 |
| 03 - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 03:37 |
| 04 - Don't Leave Me This Way 03:16 |
| 05 - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) 04:55 |
| 06 - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 04:10 |
| 07 - I Hear A Symphony 02:49 |
| 08 - Try It Baby 03:33 |
| 09 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 04:11 |
| 10 - OOO Baby Baby 03:46 |
| 11 - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted 04:03 |
| 12 - Never Can Say Goodbye 04:54 |
| 13 - I'll Be There 04:59 |
| 14 - Neither One Of Us 04:38 |
| 15 - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) 04:30 |
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| 62:48 min |
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| Thanks to their fine-tuned choreography ù and even finer harmonies ù the |
| Temptations became the definitive male vocal group of the 1960s; one of |
| Motown's most elastic acts, they tackled both lush pop and politically |
| charged funk with equal flair, and weathered a steady stream of changes |
| in personnel and consumer tastes with rare dignity and grace. The |
| Temptations' initial five-man lineup formed in Detroit in 1961 as a |
| merger of two local vocal groups, the Primes and the Distants. Baritone |
| Otis Williams, Elbridge (aka El, or Al) Bryant, and bass vocalist Melvin |
| Franklin were longtime veterans of the Detroit music scene when they |
| joined together in the Distants, who in 1959 recorded the single "Come |
| On" for the local Northern label. Around the same time, the Primes, a |
| trio comprised of tenor Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams (no relation to |
| Otis), and Kell Osborne, relocated to the Motor City from their native |
| Alabama; they quickly found success locally, and their manager even put |
| together a girl group counterpart dubbed the Primettes. (Later, three of |
| the Primettes ù Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard ù formed |
| the Supremes). |
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| In 1961, the Primes disbanded, but not before Otis Williams saw them |
| perform live, where he was impressed both by Kendricks' vocal prowess |
| and Paul Williams' choreography skills. Soon, Otis Williams, Paul |
| Williams, Bryant, Franklin, and Kendricks joined together as the Elgins; |
| after a name change to the Temptations, they signed to the Motown |
| subsidiary Miracle, where they released a handful of singles over the |
| ensuing months. Only one, the 1962 effort "Dream Come True," achieved |
| any commercial success, however, and in 1963, Bryant either resigned or |
| was fired after physically attacking Paul Williams. The Tempts' fortunes |
| changed dramatically in 1964 when they recruited tenor David Ruffin to |
| replace Bryant; after entering the studio with writer/producer Smokey |
| Robinson, they emerged with the pop smash "The Way You Do the Things You |
| Do," the first in a series of 37 career Top Ten hits. With Robinson |
| again at the helm, they returned in 1965 with their signature song, "My |
| Girl," a number one pop and R&B hit; other Top 20 hits that year |
| included "It's Growing," "Since I Lost My Baby," "Don't Look Back," and |
| "My Baby." |
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| In 1966, the Tempts recorded another Robinson hit, "Get Ready," before |
| forgoing his smooth popcraft for the harder-edged soul of producers |
| Norman Whitfield and Brian Holland. After spotlighting Kendricks on the |
| smash "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," the group allowed Ruffin to take control |
| over a string of hits including "Beauty's Only Skin Deep" and "(I Know) |
| I'm Losing You." Beginning around 1967, Whitfield assumed full |
| production control, and their records became ever rougher and more |
| muscular, as typified by the 1968 success "I Wish It Would Rain." After |
| Ruffin failed to appear at a 1968 live performance, the other four |
| Tempts fired him; he was replaced by ex-Contour Dennis Edwards, whose |
| less polished voice adapted perfectly to the psychedelic-influenced soul |
| period the group entered following the success of the single "Cloud |
| Nine." As the times changed, so did the group, and as the 1960s drew to |
| a close, the Temptations' music became overtly political; in the wake of |
| "Cloud Nine" ù its title a thinly veiled drug allegory ù came records |
| like "Run Away Child, Running Wild," "Psychedelic Shack," and "Ball of |
| Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)." |
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| After the chart-topping success of the gossamer ballad "Just My |
| Imagination (Running Away With Me)" in 1971, Kendricks exited for a solo |
| career. Soon, Paul Williams left the group as well; long plagued by |
| alcoholism and other personal demons, he was eventually discovered dead |
| from a self-inflected gunshot on August 17, 1973, at the age of 34. In |
| their stead the remaining trio recruited tenors Damon Harris and Richard |
| Street; after the 1971 hit "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You |
| Are)," they returned in 1972 with the brilliant number one single "Papa |
| Was a Rolling Stone." While the Tempts hit the charts regularly |
| throughout 1973 with "Masterpiece," "Let Your Hair Down," and "The |
| Plastic Man," their success as a pop act gradually dwindled as the 1970s |
| wore on. After Harris exited in 1975 (replaced by tenor Glenn Leonard), |
| the group cut 1976's The Temptations Do the Temptations, their final |
| album for Motown. With Louis Price taking over for Edwards, they signed |
| to Atlantic, and attempted to reach the disco market with the LPs Bare |
| Back and Hear to Tempt You. |
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| After Edwards returned to the fold (resulting in Price's hasty exit), |
| the Temptations re-entered the Motown stable, and scored a 1980 hit with |
| "Power." In 1982, Ruffin and Kendricks returned for Reunion, which also |
| included all five of the current Tempts; a tour followed, but problems |
| with Motown, as well as personal differences, cut Ruffin's and |
| Kendricks' tenures short. In the years that followed, the Temptations |
| continued touring and recording, although by the 1990s they were |
| essentially an oldies act; only Otis Williams, who published his |
| autobiography in 1988, remained from the original lineup. The |
| intervening years were marked by tragedy: after touring in the late '80s |
| with Kendricks and Edwards as a member of the "Tribute to the |
| Temptations" package tour, Ruffin died on June 1, 1991, after overdosing |
| on cocaine; he was 50 years old. On October 5, 1992, Kendricks died at |
| the age of 52 of lung cancer, and on February 23, 1995, 52-year-old |
| Franklin passed away after suffering a brain seizure. In 1998, the |
| Temptations returned with Phoenix Rising; that same year, their story |
| was also the subject of a well-received NBC television miniseries. Ear- |
| Resistable followed in the spring of 2000. |
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