The Ultimate Collection
Motown - Motown
The Temptations
Release date: 1997-03-25
Audio CD
Early R&B, Motown, Oldies, Pop, Pop-Soul, Psychedelic Soul, R&B, Rock, Smooth Soul, Soul, Soul/R&B, Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues, United States of America
1. The Way You Do the Things You Do - The Temptations, Robinson, Smokey
2. My Girl - The Temptations, Robinson, Smokey
3. It's Growing - The Temptations, Moore, Warren
4. Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations, Moore, Warren
5. Don't Look Back - The Temptations, Robinson, Smokey
6. Get Ready - The Temptations, Robinson, Smokey
7. Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations, Holland, Eddie
8. (I Know) I'm Losing You - The Temptations, Holland, Eddie
9. All I Need - The Temptations, Holland, Eddie
10. You're My Everything - The Temptations, Whitfield, Norman
11. Angel Doll - The Temptations, Wonder, Stevie
12. I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations, Whitfield, Norman
13. Cloud Nine - The Temptations, Whitfield, Norman
14. I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations, Whitfield, Norman
15. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - The Temptations, Whitfield, Norman
16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations, Whitfield, Norman
17. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations, Strong, Barrett
18. Shakey Ground - The Temptations, Bowen, Jeffrey
19. Treat Her Like a Lady - The Temptations, Williams, Otis [Tem
20. Error of Our Ways - The Temptations, Williams, Otis [Tem
21. My Girl - The Temptations, Robinson, Smokey
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The Ultimate Collection
Date undefinedWhat a great collection!! The music is fun and uplifting, I enjoy the
vocals and the melody combination on this disc. Many of the songs are in
my record collection of days gone bye. My purchase was prompted when I
watched the movie about the Temptations. As I drive to work I listen to
the Cd everyday!!!! It is great way to start my day!!!!!
Linda Rozner
The Ultimate Collection
Date undefinedI love the CD, but it is inexcusable for not having "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" and "Psychedelic Shack" on it.
The Ultimate Collection
Date undefinedRecently, an Amazon friend reviewed this book. Since I gave up my old vinyl collection, I have not had any Temptations' CDs in my collection. That review just mentioned impelled me to begin adding some of the group's music to the set of CDs that I own.
Just got the CD and is it glorious! Obviously, one CD will not hold all of the best music of this group. However, what appears here is pretty terrific. From 1964, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" and "My Girl"; from 1972, "Just My Imagination (Running away with Me)" and, maybe, my all-time favorite work, "Pap Was a Rolling Stone"; from 1994, "Error of Our Ways."
A few examples of their work. . .
The sunny "My Girl." A cheerful instrumental introduction followed by opening lines such as:
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day;
When it's cold outside, I got the month of May."
Why? "My girl." A nice uptempo, upbeat tune, something that the Temptations could do so well.
Of course, more lugubrious feelings can be elicited as well. Take "Just My Imagination (Running away with Me)." The singer speaks of the joy of having a wonderful girl"
". . .I watch her as she passes by.
I say to myself, I'm such a lucky guy.
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true."
But the reality?
"It was just my imagination, running away with me."
Good instrumentals and fine vocal backing. One of the classics among all Temptations' songs. The Rolling Stones did a nice cover of this, but this version is the "real deal."
Then, my personal favorite of all their oeuvre, "Pap Was a Rolling Stone." A 2 minute introduction, as funky as one could wish, with wailing horns and an hypnotic beat before vocals come into play. The first lines:
"It was the third of September,
A day I'll always remember. . .
That was the day that my Daddy died."
This is the story of a person being apart from a father and hearing lots of bad things about him. Then asking his mom why. Her answer?
"Papa was a rolling stone,
Wherever he laid his hat was his home."
Song after song. These bring memories flooding back as I recalled hearing some of these songs for the first time when they were first released. Want to know something about this group? This is a good starting point.
