Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Dream Come True
2. I Want a Love I Can See
3. Way You Do the Things You Do, The
4. My Girl
5. It's Growing
6. Since I Lost My Baby
7. Don't Look Back
8. Get Ready
9. Ain't Too Proud to Beg
10. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
11. I'm Losing You, (I Know)
12. All I Need
13. You're My Everything
14. I Wish It Would Rain
15. I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
16. Cloud Nine
17. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - (with Diana Ross & The Supremes)
18. Runaway Child, Running Wild
19. I Can't Get Next to You
DISC 2:
1. Psychedelic Shack
2. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
3. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
4. Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
5. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
6. Masterpiece
7. Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
8. Let Your Hair Down
9. Shakey Ground
10. Power
11. Standing on the Top Pt. 1 - (with Rick James)
12. Treat Her Like a Lady
13. Jones', The - (12" Surgery mix)
14. Some Enchanted Evening - (Fiji Island mix)
15. Stay
16. I'm Here - (Metro mix)
17. Lady
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dennis Coffey, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Narada Michael Walden, Rick James, Rose Royce | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Temptations include: David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Dennis Edwards, Glenn Leonard, Damon Harris, Elbridge "Al" Bryant, Barrington "Bo" Henderson, Theo Peoples, Terry Weeks, Louis Price, Ron Tyson, Ali-Ollie Woodson, Harry McGilberry.
Additional personnel includes: Diana Ross & The Supremes, Rick James, Narada Michael Walden, Dennis Coffey, Rose Royce, Eddie "Bongo" Brown, The Andantes.
Producers include: Berry Gordy, William "Smokey" Robinson, Norman Whitfield, Frank Wilson, Nickolas Ashford.
Compilation producers: Harry Weinger, Jeff Moskow.
Recorded between 1962 & 2001. Includes liner notes by Otis Williams.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
MY GIRL: THE VERY BEST OF THE TEMPTATIONS is a 2-CD, career-spanning compilation that kicks off with the group's first commercial success, 1962's "Dream Come True" and wraps up with the forlorn "Lady," taken from 2001's AWESOME. In-between, there's a wealth of pop and soul milestones that have become indelibly imprinted upon the lexicon of American music. Wrapped in the Temps' trademark harmonies, the '60s hits that rolled off the band's tongues starting with 1964's "The Way You Do The Things You Do" are mind-boggling: "My Girl," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "I Wish It Would Rain" and "I Can't Get Next To You."
Not surprisingly, The Temptations' talents influenced a wide range of artists to cover their handiwork including The Rolling Stones ("Ain't Too Proud To Beg"), Love And Rockets ("Ball Of Confusion [That's What The World Is Today]"), Peter Tosh ("Don't Look Back") and Etta James ("Shakey Ground"). Equally impressive are the Temps' forays into the world of rock-fueled, psychedelic soul ("Cloud Nine," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"), slicker, '80s era R&B ("Power") and muscular Rick James-produced fare ("Standing On The Top Pt. 1").
Editorial Reviews
...Follows Detroit's favorite sons from the spine-chilling 'Dream Come True'...through their '60s classics...the Norman Whitfield-produced funk era...right up to today...
Living Blues (07/01/2002)
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