All the Time (The Temptations album)

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All the Time
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)
Studio
Genre Soul
Length46:55
LanguageEnglish
Label UMe
Producer Dave Darling
The Temptations chronology
Still Here
(2010)
All the Time
(2018)
Temptations 60
(2022)

All the Time is a 2018 studio album by American soul group The Temptations made up of cover versions of contemporary R&B songs. This is the group's only album to feature Larry Braggs and received mixed reviews and modest Billboard chart success.

Contents

Reception

Editors of AllMusic Guide scored this album 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andy Kellman opining that the choice of contemporary songs to cover ends with "mixed results", noting highlights from several individual tracks. [1] Writing for the Associated Press, Mark Kennedy praises the differing musical tones on the album and calls the original compositions "terrific". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Stay with Me" (Jeff Lynne, James Napier, Tom Petty, William Phillips, and Sam Smith, originally by Sam Smith) – 3:42
  2. "Earned It" (Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville, and Abel Tesfaye, originally by The Weeknd) – 4:52
  3. "Pretty Wings" (Hod David and Maxwell, originally by Maxwell) – 4:11
  4. "Thinking Out Loud" (Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge, originally by Ed Sheeran) – 5:10
  5. "Waitin' On You" (Marc Alonzo, Dennis Nelson, and Otis Williams, an original composition) – 4:01
  6. "Remember the Time" (Bernard Belle, Michael Jackson, and Teddy Riley, originally by Michael Jackson) – 3:35
  7. "Be My Wife" (Patrick Dean and Brian Allen Scott, an original composition) – 3:58
  8. "Still Feel Like Your Man" (John Mayer, originally by John Mayer) – 3:48
  9. "When I Was Your Man" (Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, and Andrew Wyatt, originally by Bruno Mars) – 3:30
  10. "Move Them Britches" (Larry Ladell Braggs and Dwight Hunter, an original composition) – 3:23
  11. "Stay with Me" (Gospel Mix) – 3:19
  12. "Move Them Britches" (Heathens Remix) – 3:29

The final two tracks are not present on all releases.

Personnel

The Temptations

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Still Here spent one week on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, placing 82 on May 19, 2018. [3]

See also

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References

  1. Kellman, Andy. "The Temptations – All the Time". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. Kennedy, Mark (April 30, 2018). "Review: The Temptations find musical magic in modern covers". Associated Press . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  3. "The Temptations". Billboard . Retrieved May 6, 2023.