Anthology (The Temptations album)
Anthology | |
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Greatest hits album by | |
Released | August 23, 1973 (version 1) 1986 (version 2) May 23, 1995 (version 3) |
Recorded | 1964 - 1995 |
Genre | |
Length | 153:51 |
Nick Ashford, Berry Gordy, Clarence Paul, Rick James, Albert Philip McKay, Ralph Johnson, Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff | |
Alternative covers | |
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Tom Hull | A− (1995 CD)[2] |
Anthology: The Temptations is one of three
the 500 greatest albums of all time;[4] the list's 2012 edition had it ranked 400th,[5] while on the 2020 edition it was ranked at number 371.[6]
1973 LP track listing
Side 1
- The Way You Do the Things You Do (Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers)
- I'll Be in Trouble (Robinson)
- The Girl's Alright with Me (Norman Whitfield, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland)
- Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Whitfield, Holland)
- My Girl (Robinson, Ronnie White)
- It's Growing (Robinson, Pete Moore)
- Since I Lost My Baby (Robinson, Moore)
Side 2
- My Baby (Robinson, Moore, Rogers)
- Don't Look Back (Robinson, White)
- Get Ready (Robinson)
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg (Whitfield, Holland)
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep (Whitfield, Holland)
- (I Know) I'm Losing You (Cornelius Grant, Whitfield, Holland)
- All I Need (Frank Wilson, Holland, R. Dean Taylor)
Side 3
- Roger Penzabene, Whitfield, Grant)
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need (Whitfield, Holland)
- I Wish It Would Rain (Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Penzabene)
- I Truly, Truly Believe (George Gordy, Margaret Gordy, Allen Story)
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) (Whitfield, Strong, Penzabene)
- Please Return Your Love to Me (Whitfield, Strong, Barbara Neely)
- Cloud Nine (Whitfield, Strong)
Side 4
- Runaway Child, Running Wild (Whitfield, Strong)
- Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down (Whitfield, Strong)
- I Can't Get Next to You (Whitfield, Strong)
- Psychedelic Shack (Whitfield, Strong)
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (Whitfield, Strong)
Side 5
- Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On (Whitfield, Strong)
- I Ain't Got Nothin' (C. Maurice King, Evans King)
- Ol' Man River (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Try To Remember (Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones)
- The Impossible Dream (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh)
- Leon Huff, Jerry Ross)
Side 6
- Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (Whitfield, Strong)
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (Whitfield, Strong)
- Mother Nature (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris)
- Love Woke Me Up This Morning (Valerie Simpson)
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Whitfield, Strong)
1986 track listing
Disc 1
- "The Way You Do The Things You Do"
- "I'll Be In Trouble"
- "The Girl's Alright With Me"
- "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)"
- "My Girl"
- "It's Growing"
- "Since I Lost My Baby"
- "My Baby"
- "Don't Look Back"
- "Get Ready"
- "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
- "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
- "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
- "All I Need"
- "You're My Everything"
- "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"
- "I Wish It Would Rain"
- "I Truly, Truly Believe"
- "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)"
- "Runaway Child, Running Wild"
- "Ol' Man River"
- "Try To Remember"
- "The Impossible Dream"
Disc 2
- "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
- "Please Return Your Love To Me"
- "Cloud Nine"
- "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down"
- "I Can't Get Next To You"
- "Psychedelic Shack"
- "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)"
- "Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On"
- "I Ain't Got Nothin'"
- "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"
- "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)"
- "Mother Nature"
- "Love Woke Me Up This Morning"
- "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"
- "Masterpiece" (Whitfield)
- "Shakey Ground" (Eddie Hazel, Al Boyd, Jeffrey Bowen)
- "Power" (Angelo Bond, Berry Gordy Jr., Jean Mayer-Dailey)
- "Sail Away" (Whitfield)
- "Treat Her Like A Lady" (Otis Williams, Ali-Ollie Woodson)
1995 track listing
Disc 1
- "The Way You Do The Things You Do"
- "I'll Be In Trouble"
- "The Girl's Alright With Me"
- "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)"
- "My Girl"
- "It's Growing"
- "What Love Has Joined Together"
- "Who's Lovin' You"
- "Since I Lost My Baby"
- "You've Got to Earn It" (Robinson, Grant)
- "Nobody But You" (Clarence Paul)
- "My Baby"
- "Don't Look Back"
- "Ol' Man River" [live]
- "Get Ready"
- "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
- "You'll Lose A Precious Love"
- "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
- "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
- "All I Need"
- "You're My Everything"
- "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"
- "I Wish It Would Rain"
- "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)"
- "Please Return Your Love To Me"
- "Lullaby Of Love" (Beatrice Verdi)
- "The Impossible Dream"
Disc 2
- "Cloud Nine"
- "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
- "Runaway Child, Running Wild"
- "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down"
- "I Can't Get Next To You"
- "Psychedelic Shack"
- "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)"
- "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"
- "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)"
- "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"
- "Masterpiece"
- "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" (Whitfield)
- "Let Your Hair Down" (Whitfield)
- "Shakey Ground"
- "A Song for You" (Leon Russell)
- "Power"
- "Standing On The Top" (Rick James)
- "Treat Her Like a Lady"
- "Lady Soul" (Mark Holden)
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "The Temptations - the Best of the Temptations". Discogs.
- ^ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2008-09-10.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.