Truly for You

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Truly for You
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Studio album by
the Temptations
ReleasedOctober 15, 1984
RecordedApril–August 1984
Genre
Length39:02
Label Gordy
Producer
The Temptations chronology
Back to Basics
(1983)		Truly for You
(1984)		 Touch Me
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Boston Globe (favourable) [2]
Gannett (favourable) [3]
The Morning Call (favourable) [4]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Truly for You is an album by American R&B vocal group the Temptations, released on October 15, 1984, by Gordy Records. The album reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 25 on the New Zealand Pop Albums chart. [7]

Contents

Overview

This was the first full Temptations album to feature Ali-Ollie Woodson (credited simply as "Ollie Woodson"), who joined the group in 1984, replacing Dennis Edwards. The album was produced by Al McKay and Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind & Fire. Included on the album are the R&B hit singles "Treat Her Like a Lady", "My Love Is True (Truly For You)", and "How Can You Say That It's Over".

Track listing

Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) Ali-Ollie Woodson, (b) Ron Tyson, (c) Richard Street, (d) Melvin Franklin, (e) Otis Williams . All selections produced, arranged, and conducted by Al McKay and Ralph Johnson.

Side one

  1. "Running" (Phillip Ingram, Zane Giles, Tony Haynes) – 3:28 a
  2. "Treat Her Like a Lady" (Otis Williams, Ali-Ollie Woodson) – 4:40 a
  3. "How Can You Say That It's Over" (Tom Keane, Mike Himelstein) – 6:05 b, a
  4. "My Love is True (Truly for You)" (Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Victor Carstarphen) – 6:08 b, e

Side two

  1. "Memories" (Don Freeman, David Batteau) – 4:39 a
  2. "Just to Keep You in My Life" (William Durham, Lorrin Bates) – 4:23 b
  3. "Set Your Love Right" (Ron Tyson, Victor Carstarphen) – 5:09 a
  4. "I'll Keep My Light in My Window" (Terri McFaddin, Leonard Caston) – 4:30 c

Personnel

Performers

Musicians

Charts

Album

Chart (1984)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 25
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums [7] 3
US Billboard 200 [7] 55
UK Pop Albums [9] 75
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA) [10] 1

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [7]
US US
R&B 		US
AC 		UK
1984"Treat Her Like a Lady"482—12 [11]
1985"My Love is True (Truly for You)"—14—84
"How Can You Say That it's Over"—81——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Craig. "The Temptations: Truly for You". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Wolff, Carlo (January 3, 1985). "The Temptations: Truly For You". Boston Globe . p. 70.
  3. ↑ Gerds, Warren (March 9, 1985). "Albums in Review". Tucson Citizen . Gannett. p. 39.
  4. ↑ White, Bill (January 25, 1985). "The Temptations: Truly for You, Ashford & Simpson: Solid". The Morning Call . p. 101.
  5. ↑ Lloyd, Jack (November 2, 1984). "The Temptations: Truly for You". Philadelphia Inquirer . p. 115.
  6. ↑ Cordery, Mark (December 8, 1984). "The Temptations: Truly For You". Record Mirror . Vol. 31, no. 50. p. 18.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "The Temptations". billboard.com. Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Charts.nz – The Temptations – Truly for You". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ "The Temptations -Truly for You". officialcharts.com. Official Charts.
  10. ↑
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  11. ↑ "Temptations - Treat Her Like a Lady". officialcharts.com. Official Charts.



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