The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul

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The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul
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Studio album by
The Temptations
ReleasedJuly 17, 1967
RecordedMarch 1966 – February 1967
Studio Hitsville USA, Detroit
Genre Soul
Length34:52
Label Gordy
GS 922
Producer
The Temptations chronology
Temptations Live!
(1967)		The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul
(1967)		 The Temptations in a Mellow Mood
(1967)
Singles from The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul
  1. "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
    Released: November 2, 1966
  2. "All I Need"
    Released: April 13, 1967
  3. "You're My Everything"
    Released: June 13, 1967
  4. "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"
    Released: September 26, 1967
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The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul is the fifth studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1967. Featuring four hit singles, With a Lot o' Soul is the most successful Temptations album from their "classic 5" era, during which David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams constituted the Temptations' lineup.

Contents

Track listing

All lead vocals by David Ruffin except where noted

Side one

  1. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Cornelius Grant, Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield) 2:26
  2. "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" (Grant, Sylvia Moy, Whitfield) 2:59
  3. "All I Need" (Frank Wilson, E. Holland, R. Dean Taylor) 3:07
  4. "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need" (E. Holland, Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin; last verse vocals: Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams) 2:35
  5. "No More Water in the Well" (Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers) (lead singer: Paul Williams; adlibs: David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams) 2:59
  6. "Save My Love for a Rainy Day" (Roger Penzabene, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 2:56

Side two

  1. "Just One Last Look" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 2:43
  2. "Sorry is a Sorry Word" (E. Holland, Ivy Jo Hunter) 2:27
  3. "You're My Everything" (Grant, Penzabene, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks; bridge vocals: David Ruffin) 2:57
  4. "Now That You've Won Me" (Robinson) 3:09
  5. "Two Sides to Love" (Moy, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 2:46
  6. "Don't Send Me Away" (Eddie Kendricks, Robinson) (lead singers: Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin) 2:56

Known outtakes

The following outtakes were included on the Temptations box set Emperors of Soul in 1994.

The following outtakes were included on the Temptations CD set Lost and Found: You've Got to Earn It (1962–1968) in 1999.

Personnel

The Temptations

with:

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 19
US Billboard 200 [7] 7

Singles

"(I Know) I'm Losing You"U.S. Billboard Pop Singles8
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"U.S. Billboard R&B Singles1
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"U.K. Singles Chart19
"All I Need"U.S. Billboard Pop Singles8
"All I Need"U.S. Billboard R&B Singles2
"You're My Everything"U.S. Billboard Pop Singles6
"You're My Everything"U.S. Billboard R&B Singles3
"You're My Everything"U.K. Singles Chart26
"(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"U.S. Billboard Pop Singles14
"(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"U.S. Billboard R&B Singles3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone, Vol. 1, No. 3, December 14, 1967, p. 17
  3. ↑ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6: 1966 [liner notes]. New York: Hip O-Select/Motown/Universal Records
  4. ↑ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
  5. ↑ Sounes, Howard (2006). Seventies: the sights and ideas of a brilliant decade. Simon & Schuster. p. 134. ISBN   0-7432-6859-8. "...such as Bobbye Hall whose insistent bongos can be heard..."
  6. ↑ "The Temptations Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Temptations US Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2017.
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