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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 hits. Granted, there are several in print that are passable but by no means thorough surveys. And aside from the onslaught of midrange budget-line compilations currently in print, there are also the gigantic box sets and single discs with such titles as Emperors of Soul, Ultimate Collection, and 20th Century Masters to create additional confusion. Equally as baffling is the title of this compilation, simply called Gold. While it covers the bases and includes many of the group's finest moments ("My Girl," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "I Wish It Would Rain," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"), it also overlooks some of their more obscure and mildly popular numbers of the '60s (including their duets with longtime friends and labelmates the Supremes) in deference to including easily forgettable songs from the '80s and '90s, which more often than not do not have original members in the lineup. With insightful and enjoyable liner notes from original Temp Otis Williams, it's a solid look at the history of the group but by no means a definitive one.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Otis Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Kendricks, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Ruffin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Franklin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Kendricks, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Ruffin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Franklin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - Eddie Kendricks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - David Ruffin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Franklin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cornelius Grant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - R. Dean Taylor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist - Cornelius Grant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - The Temptations, MainArtist - JERRY ROSS, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - Diana Ross & The Supremes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Damon Harris, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Edwards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Street, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Griffith, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Franklin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, MainArtist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Hazel, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - Jeffrey Bowen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Al Boyd, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Otis Williams, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Coleman, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Angelo Bond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Washington, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - McKinley Jackson, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Reginald Burke, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David T. Walker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Nathan Watts, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim May, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Butler, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Van Dyke, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Edwards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Street, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Mayer, ComposerLyricist - John Arnold, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Franklin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Leonard, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Quentin Dennard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul M. Jackson Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bongo Brown, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Travaglini, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick James, Producer, Recording Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, Baritone, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - Ron Tyson, Tenor, Falsettist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Street, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ali-Ollie Woodson, Synthesizer, Baritone, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Albert Phillip McKay, Producer - Melvin Franklin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ralph Randolph Johnson, Producer
℗ 1984 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, Producer - Ray Hayden, Producer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Alton "Wokie" Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Zack Vaz, Producer - Bob Jones, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Perry, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - ROB CHIARELLI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Temptations, MainArtist - Bob Tucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isaias Gamboa, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1995 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Narada Michael Walden, Producer, Drums, Tambourine, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - DAVID "FRAZEMAN" FRAZER, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Urquhart, ComposerLyricist - James Fischer, ComposerLyricist - Jimi "The Sweet" Fischer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimi Fischer, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Katrina Willis, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - Mark Taylor, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe, Producer - Colin Morrison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, Producer - Tom Hammer, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - C. Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - S. St. Victor, ComposerLyricist - Dwayne Jones, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Arthur "Buster" Marbury, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Programmer, Mix Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David McMurry, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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 hits. Granted, there are several in print that are passable but by no means thorough surveys. And aside from the onslaught of midrange budget-line compilations currently in print, there are also the gigantic box sets and single discs with such titles as Emperors of Soul, Ultimate Collection, and 20th Century Masters to create additional confusion. Equally as baffling is the title of this compilation, simply called Gold. While it covers the bases and includes many of the group's finest moments ("My Girl," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "I Wish It Would Rain," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"), it also overlooks some of their more obscure and mildly popular numbers of the '60s (including their duets with longtime friends and labelmates the Supremes) in deference to including easily forgettable songs from the '80s and '90s, which more often than not do not have original members in the lineup. With insightful and enjoyable liner notes from original Temp Otis Williams, it's a solid look at the history of the group but by no means a definitive one.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 02:11:24
- Main artists: The Temptations
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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