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ARTiST.....: The Temptations
ALBUM......: Hear To Tempt You
LABEL......: Atlantic
GENRE......: R&B
SOURCE.....: Vinyl
TRACKS.....: 09
PLAYTiME...: 39:58
SiZE.......: 56,8 MB
ENCODER....: Lame 3.97 V2
BiTRATE....: VBRkbps
SCENE DATE.: 07/18/2007
STORE DATE.: 00/00/1977
Tracklist:
01. Think For Yourself 04:56
02. In A Lifetime 03:13
03. Can We Come And Share In Love 06:09
04. She's All I've Got 04:51
05. Snake In The Grass 05:26
06. It's Time For Love 04:28
07. Let's Live In Peace 04:14
08. Read Between The Lines 03:20
09. I Could Never Stop Loving You 03:21
Release Notes:
When The Temptations left Motown in 1977 the group weighed
offers from Warner Bros. and Philadelphia International before
settling for Atlantic. The album seemed doomed from the start.
Temptations lead Dennis Edwards had already left the group and
was replaced by Louis Price. This album was released in late
1977 and was a fixture of the cutout bins by the early '80s.
Ron Baker, Norman Harris, and Trammps member Earl Young,
collectively known as Baker-Harris-Young, produced this album.
They were known for their grittier variant of Philly
soul/disco but often they play it too safe here. The fact that
The Temptations did their vocals in New York rather than
Philadelphia does diminish the Philly credentials a bit. The
two singles from the album, "Think For Yourself" and the
bittersweet "In a Lifetime," are the best at mixing The
Temptations' with the Baker-Harris-Young production style. The
ballads led by the smooth baritone of Louis Price, "Can We
Come and Share in Love" and "Let's Live in Peace," also
display the rich harmonies in this particular lineup. Unlike
other efforts, Hear to Tempt You features all of the members
getting a lead vocal. "I Can Never Stop Loving You," with bass
Melvin Franklin, is a melodic ballad that gives Franklin a
rare romantic lyric. Hear to Tempt You was released shortly
before Baker-Harris-Young began to update their sound. This
effort lacks the confidence of late '70s like-minded albums
from The Trammps and Eddie Kendricks. Fans of both The
Temptations and the Philly sound may find this an imperfect
alliance.
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