Name: Back To Basics by The Temptations
Brand: The Temptations
SKU: 602547323071
Price: 7.92 USD
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Miss Busy Body (Get Our Body Busy) View on Youtube

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Sail Away View on Youtube

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Outlaw View on Youtube

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Stop The World Right Here (I Wanna Get Off) View on Youtube

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The Battle Song (I'm The One) View on Youtube

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Hollywood View on Youtube

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Isn't The Night Fantastic View on Youtube

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Make Me Believe In Love Again View on Youtube

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Although Reunion was a chart topper, the group's 1983 Surface Thrills barely made a dent. Changes were in order. Back to Basics marks the Temptations reuniting with producer Norman Whitfield for the first time since 1973. At his best, Whitfield could draw hard-edged and earthy performances from the Temptations, especially lead singer Dennis Edwards. That's certainly true of the first track. The underrated "Miss Busy Body" finds Whitfield's production style suitably updated and has Dennis Edwards in great voice, shouting the immortal line, "Girl button up that lip/And get on up and shake them hips." The aerial ballad "Sail Away" features a vocal from new falsetto lead Ron Tyson. As Edwards took a powder during the sessions, the always engaging Ali-Ollie Woodson filled his role. The hard-edged "Stop the World Right Here" is Woodson's debut and immediately displayed a voice that merged the best parts of David Ruffin and Edwards. The track was Woodson's only appearance here. As Whitfield produced five of the ten tracks, the rest of Back to Basics is pretty much standard issue fare. The biggest flop here is "The Battle Song," which is an excruciating, bravado-filled session featuring the Four Tops. The jaunty "Hollywood" has Edwards exhibiting his penchant for howling over Tyson. It works though. The group's 1980 classic, "Isn't the Night Fantastic," which came from Power shows up here and gets a smooth, atmospheric Whitfield-styled remix, although his name did not appear on the credits. Although Back to Basics wasn't a full-fledged album filled with Whitfield's tracks, what's here is worth listening to. ~ Jason Elias

1. Miss Busy Body (Get Our Body Busy)

by The Temptations

Primary Artist: The Temptations; Main Performer
Composer: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Producer: Norman Whitfield; Production
Composer Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Other

2. Sail Away

by The Temptations

Primary Artist: The Temptations; Main Performer
Composer: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Producer: Norman Whitfield; Production
Composer Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Other

3. Outlaw

by The Temptations

Primary Artist: The Temptations; Main Performer
Composer: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Producer: Norman Whitfield; Production
Composer Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Other

4. Stop The World Right Here (I Wanna Get Off)

by The Temptations

Primary Artist: The Temptations; Main Performer
Composer: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Composer
Producer: Norman Whitfield; Production
Composer Lyricist: Angelo Bond
Norman Whitfield; Other

5. The Battle Song (I'm The One)

by The Temptations, Four Tops

Primary Artist: The Temptations
Four Tops; Main Performer
Composer: Willie Hutchinson
Berry Gordy; Composer
Lyricist: Willie Hutchinson
Berry Gordy; Composer
Producer: Willie Hutch; Production
Composer Lyricist: Willie Hutchinson
Berry Gordy; Other

6. Hollywood

by The Temptations

Primary Artist: The Temptations; Main Performer
Composer: Otis Williams
Ron Tyson
David English
Victor Castarphen; Composer
Lyricist: Otis Williams
Ron Tyson
David English
Victor Castarphen; Composer
Producer: Norman Whitfield; Production
Composer Lyricist: Otis Williams
Ron Tyson
David English
Victor Castarphen; Other

7. Isn't The Night Fantastic

by The Temptations

Primary Artist: The Temptations; Main Performer
Composer: Dennis Edwards
Glenn Leonard
Richard Street
Otis Williams
David English; Composer
Lyricist: Dennis Edwards
Glenn Leonard
Richard Street
Otis Williams
David English; Composer
Producer: Norman Whitfield; Production
Composer Lyricist: Otis Williams
Dennis Edwards
Richard Street
David English
Glenn Leonard; Other