Temptations (The) (View Discography)

Release Info

The Temptations were the greatest of the Motown groups, and for a label that also had the Four Tops and the Supremes, that’s really saying something. Blessed with a succession of great singers like Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, and Dennis Edwards, any of whom could have easily fronted their own group, the Temptations racked up countless hits between 1961 and 1971, helped immeasurably by Motown's astounding songwriting stable. Songs like “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Pround to Beg,” “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” “I Wish It Would Rain,” “Cloud Nine,” “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Psychedelic Shack,” and “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” are enduring classics that still sound fresh and vital all these years later. This lavish box set, released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Temptations' first single in 1961, collects all of the group’s singles from Motown Records between then and 1971 on three discs, and it’s an amazing legacy, with classic song after classic song rolling by one after the other, the essential playlist of one of the greatest singing groups in the history of pop. ~ Steve Leggett

Tracks

1. Oh, Mother of Mine
2. Romance Without Finance
3. Check Yourself
4. Your Wonderful Love
5. (You're My) Dream Come True
6. Isn't She Pretty
7. Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)
8. I'll Love You 'Til I Die
9. Paradise
10. Slow Down Heart
11. I Want a Love I Can See
12. The Further You Look, the Less You See
13. Farewell My Love
14. May I Have This Dance
15. Way You Do the Things You Do
16. Just Let Me Know
17. I'll Be in Trouble
18. The Girl's Alright with Me
19. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
20. Baby, Baby I Need You
21. My Girl
22. (TalkinBout) Nobody But My Baby
23. It's Growing
24. What Love Has Joined Together
25. Since I Lost My Baby
26. You've Got to Earn It
27. My Baby
28. Don't Look Back

1. Get Ready
2. Fading Away
3. Ain't Too Proud to Beg
4. You'll Lose a Precious Love
5. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
6. You're Not an Ordinary Girl
7. (I Know) I'm Losing You
8. I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
9. All I Need
10. Sorry Is a Sorry Word
11. You're My Everything
12. I've Been Good to You
13. (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
14. Don't Send Me Away
15. I Wish It Would Rain
16. I Truly, Truly Believe
17. I Truly, Truly Believe (Alternate Vocal/Alternate Take)
18. I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
19. Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
20. Please Return Your Love to Me
21. How Can I Forget
22. Cloud Nine
23. Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)
24. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
25. A Place in the Sun
26. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
27. Silent Night, Holy Night

1. Runaway Child, Running Wild
2. I Need Your Lovin'
3. I'll Try Something New
4. The Way You Do the Things You Do
5. Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
6. Since I've Lost You
7. I Can't Get Next to You
8. Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)
9. The Weight
10. For Better or Worse
11. Psychedelic Shack
12. That's the Way Love Is
13. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
14. It's Summer
15. Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)
16. Hum Along and Dance
17. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
18. You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
19. It's Summer
20. I'm the Exception to the Rule
21. Mein Girl (My Girl/Version)
22. Blue Bird
23. Solamente Lei (My Girl/Bonus Track)
24. Sei Solo Tu (The Way You Do the Things You Do/Version)