Together Again (The Temptations album)

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Together Again
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 1987
Recorded1987
Studio
Motown
6246
Producer
  • Peter Bunetta
  • Rick Chudacoff
The Temptations chronology
To Be Continued...

(1986)
Together Again
(1987)
Special
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Together Again is an album by the American R&B vocal group

Motown Records
in 1987. It is the group's thirty-fourth studio album, and the first released under the Motown imprint. All of Motown Records' previous Temptations releases were made on the Gordy label, which was discontinued and whose artist roster and back catalog was consolidated into the main Motown label in 1987.

Overview

The album's title was inspired by the return of Dennis Edwards to the group, following an absence of nearly four years. Edwards rejoined the Temptations prior to the recording of the album, replacing Ali-Ollie Woodson as primary lead singer. By the end of 1988, Edwards had departed (for a third and final time), and Woodson returned.

The LP includes the singles "Look What You Started" and "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now", making it the group's only album to produce multiple Top 10 R&B releases in the 1980s. The album also included the modest R&B hit "Do You Wanna Go With Me" which was co-written by group members Otis Williams and Ron Tyson alongside Victor Carstarphen; the trio also co-wrote the album track "10 X 10" and both tracks were co-produced by The Temptations. The music video to "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" featured Billy Dee Williams and Fred Berry.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff; tracks 3 and 4 are co-produced by the Temptations.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalist(s)Length
1."Look What You Started"Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Mark HoldenEdwards, Tyson5:09
2."I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now"Lou Pardini, Jimmy GeorgeEdwards, Franklin5:03
3."10 X 10"Otis Williams, Ronald Tyson, Victor CarstarphenAll4:52
4."Do You Wanna Go with Me"Williams, Tyson, CarstarphenEdwards5:28
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalist(s)Length
5."Little Things"Billy BarberEdwards, Tyson, Street, Franklin4:07
6."I Got Your Number"
Sharon Robinson, Hamish Stuart
Edwards, Franklin4:21
7."Every Time I Close My Eyes"Ken Cummings, Carmine Feravola, Frank PaganoStreet, Franklin4:25
8."Lucky"Dana MerinoTyson, Franklin, Edwards3:20
9."Put Your Foot Down"Bunetta, Richard Darbyshire, Joe EricksenEdwards, Tyson, Street, Franklin3:56

Personnel

The Temptations

Musicians

  • Rick Chudacoff
    – keyboards (1, 5), arrangements (1, 2, 4-6)
  • Aaron Zigman – keyboards (1, 3), drum programming (3), arrangements (3), synth horns (8)
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (2, 4-9), drum programming (9), arrangements (9)
  • David Williams – guitars (1, 3)
  • Dann Huff – guitars (2, 4-6, 9), acoustic guitar (7), electric guitar (7)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (6, 8)
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass (2, 4)
  • Freddie Washington – bass (6, 7)
  • Peter Bunetta
    – drum programming (1, 5), arrangements (1, 2, 4-6), drums (8)
  • John Robinson – drums (2-4, 6, 7), additional drums (9)
  • Paulinho da Costatimbales (1), percussion (5-7, 9)
  • steel drums
    (5)
  • Stevie Wonderharmonica solo (2)
  • Kim Hutchcraft – saxophones (2, 6, 8)
  • Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (5)
  • Jerry Peterson – tenor sax solo (6)
  • Lon Price – soprano sax solo (7)
  • Larry Hall – trumpet (2, 6, 8)
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet (2, 3, 5, 6, 8), flugelhorn (5), horn arrangements (5, 6, 8)
  • Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 5), flugelhorn (5)

Production

  • Russ Regan – executive producer
  • Peter Bunetta – producer
  • Rick Chudacoff – producer
  • Daren Klein – recording, mixing (1, 3, 8, 9)
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing (2-7)
  • Frank Wolf – additional recording
  • Bryant Arnett – assistant engineer
  • Ted Blaisdell – assistant engineer
  • Bob Loftus – assistant engineer
  • Marnie Riley – assistant engineer
  • Joe Schiff – assistant engineer
  • Gary Wagner – assistant engineer
  • Johnny Lee – art direction
  • Jeff Lancaster – design
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography
  • Carmé Tenuta – make-up
  • Avedon and Bertroni Men's Fashions – clothing

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
1987 Together Again 112 12

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
US
AC
UK
1987 "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" 3 36 90
"Look What You Started" 8 63
1988 "Do You Wanna Go with Me" 53

References