The temptations the definitive collection zip

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Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017

Item came fast but when open packaged the case was broken

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2022

What's not to love about this old school mix? Wouldn't take a million dollars for my music collection.
Well,.... Maybe, but I doubt it. Classic and we need more of this kind of music in our times today.
Geeze come on people, introduce your family , especially the children to this beautiful, innocent and heart and soul music.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 11, 2022

WE love them,and will be back,but the delivery key,just threw the bag on the porch,didn't even knock on door.I will be reaching out to delivery...But we are loving our items,I pray nothing gets broke in the future

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2022

I had almost forgotten how great this group was. I love their music.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2022

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 1, 2015

I have to agree with reviewer Vicki’s opinion that, as nice a collection as this is of the R&R Hall Of Fame (1989) vocal group The Temptations, it’s hardly definitive. How could it be with just 18 sides when all they did was post 58 singles on aspects of the lucrative Billboard Pop Hot 100 from 1964 to 1991, with 87 registering on the R&B listings, 6 of which also made it to the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts. Regarding those R&B charts, it’s important to remember too that they were shelved by Billboard from late 1963, throughout 1964 and to the end of Jan 1965, and that any results you see today for that span are exactly the same as the Hot 100 results, added later for “historical purposes” and are not a true reflection of how a song ranked in that market.

Yes you do get many of their huge # 1 R&B hits among the 16 but almost as many are also omitted from this collection compiled and produced by Harry Weinger, who also writes the 3 pages of liner notes (sprinkled with a couple of nice “in action” shots of the famous quintet , and the sound reproduction by Kevin Reeves at Universal Music Studios East is first rate. A re-listing of the contents in the insert provides writer and producer details as well as backing orchestra and other such details where applicable, but not a true discography showing chart performances/label information so I have provided those in the Comments below. As for what’s missing - and which would fit into any truly “definitive” collection - consider these gems:

Dream Come True - their very first hit and a # 22 R&B in May 1962 - Gordy 7001;
My Baby - # 4 R&B/# 13 Hot 100 Oct-Dec 1965 - Gordy 7047 (but they DO include the flipside, the # 15 R&B/# 83 Hot 100 Don’t Look Back!);
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - # 1 R&B for 5 weeks/# 3 Hot 100 Aug-Oct 1966 - Gordy 7055;
All I Need - # 2 R&B/# 8 Hot 100 May-July 1967 - Gordy 7061;
(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It’s You That I Love - # 2 R&B/# 14 Hot 100 Oct-Dec 1967 - Gordy 7065;
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) # 1 R&B/# 13 Hot 100 May-July 1968 - Gordy 7072;
Don’t Let The Joneses Get You Down - # 2 R&B/# 20 Hot 100 May-July 1969 - Gordy 7086;
Psychedelic Shack - # 2 R&B/# 7 Hot 100 Jan-March 1970 - Gordy 7096;
Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - # 8 R&B/# 18 Hot 100 Nov-D ec 1971 - Gordy 7111;
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) - # 8 R&B/# 33 Hot 100 Oct-Nov 1970 - Gordy 7102;
Let Your Hair Down - # 1 R&B/# 27 Hot 100 Dec 1973-Jan 1974 - Gordy 7133;
Happy People - # 1 R&B/# 40 Hot 100 Dec 1974-Feb 1975 - Gordy 7138.

They also had some huge hits in that span in conjunction with The Supremes on Motown, but since this is a “definitive” collection of their solo music at Gordy that is understandable. Under any other title I would rate it 5 stars, but a truly definitive collection would require two discs and at least 40 songs.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2022

I love everything about this CD, great old music that lives on forever!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2022

Thank You for the speedy delivery. The cd is awesome !

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 26, 2022

Enjoyable music for a reasonable price.