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Longtime producer/writer Norman Whitfield left Motown in 1974 to start his own label at Warner Brothers, while his primary group, The Temptations, stayed behind. In his absence the group was desperately searching for a style and new producers. This 1975 set collects both so-so sessions from 1974 as well as cuts made to bide time between A Song for You and 1976's Wings of Love. Releasing an album of "leftovers" for a group of The Temptations stature is still a little silly, but Motown thought it was a good idea in case anyone would forget them in the course of a year. The 1974 songs are the lowlights: "It's Just a Matter of Time" and a cover of Bobby Womack's "Can't Stop a Man in Love" were dated by the time tracks were laid. The Steve Cropper produced tracks, "Johnny Porter" and "The Ways of a Grown up Man" attempts to attain the Whitfield production aesthetic with little success. This album's best tracks were recorded in 1975. The well-produced gaudy funk of Eddie Holland and Brian Holland's "Keep Holding On" gave lead singer Dennis Edwards plenty of room to wail. That track, along with the smooth "Darlin' Stand By Me (Song For My Woman)," landed on the groups 1994 Emperors of Soul box set. The album's best track, the ballad "If I Don't Love You This Way," is warm, early '70s Motown benefiting a strong lead from Richard Street. Despite the good tracks House Party is not one of the group's essential albums.
© Jason Elias /TiVo
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The Temptations, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clayton Ivey, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Terry Woodford, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Harrison Calloway Jr., Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Ted Stovall, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clayton Ivey, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - George Soule, ComposerLyricist - Terry Woodford, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harrison Calloway Jr., Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Stovall, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Cropper, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peggy Sandvig, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Artie Wayne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - Damon Harris, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer - Dennis Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Richard Street, ComposerLyricist - David English, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Cropper, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Charles Richard Cason, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Cuomo, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - H.B. BARNUM, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Temptations, MainArtist - Bobby Ray Appleberry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Otis Williams, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, Producer, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Richard Street, ComposerLyricist - David English, ComposerLyricist - Suzee Ikeda, Producer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pam Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, MainArtist - Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Producer - Suzee Ikeda, Producer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Longtime producer/writer Norman Whitfield left Motown in 1974 to start his own label at Warner Brothers, while his primary group, The Temptations, stayed behind. In his absence the group was desperately searching for a style and new producers. This 1975 set collects both so-so sessions from 1974 as well as cuts made to bide time between A Song for You and 1976's Wings of Love. Releasing an album of "leftovers" for a group of The Temptations stature is still a little silly, but Motown thought it was a good idea in case anyone would forget them in the course of a year. The 1974 songs are the lowlights: "It's Just a Matter of Time" and a cover of Bobby Womack's "Can't Stop a Man in Love" were dated by the time tracks were laid. The Steve Cropper produced tracks, "Johnny Porter" and "The Ways of a Grown up Man" attempts to attain the Whitfield production aesthetic with little success. This album's best tracks were recorded in 1975. The well-produced gaudy funk of Eddie Holland and Brian Holland's "Keep Holding On" gave lead singer Dennis Edwards plenty of room to wail. That track, along with the smooth "Darlin' Stand By Me (Song For My Woman)," landed on the groups 1994 Emperors of Soul box set. The album's best track, the ballad "If I Don't Love You This Way," is warm, early '70s Motown benefiting a strong lead from Richard Street. Despite the good tracks House Party is not one of the group's essential albums.
© Jason Elias /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:56
- Main artists: The Temptations
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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