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Reunion (The Temptations album)

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Released
  
April 7, 1982

Length
  
45:37

Artist
  
The Temptations

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Recorded
  
1982

Reunion (1982)
  
Surface Thrills (1983)

Release date
  
7 April 1982

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Funk

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Producers
  
Berry Gordy, Rick James, Smokey Robinson, Barrett Strong, Iris Gordy

Similar
  
The Temptations albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Reunion is a 1982 album by The Temptations for Gordy Records. The album was released during the 1982 Temptations Reunion tour, which reunited David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks with the Temptations after a decade-long absence. The album also features then-current Temptations Dennis Edwards, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, and founding members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin. Reunion featured the hit single "Standing on the Top", produced by and featuring Motown funk star Rick James, who had previously used the Temptations as the background vocalists for his 1981 hit "Super Freak".

Contents

The Reunion tour, which began in April 1982 was only partially successful. Ruffin, a cocaine addict, missed several shows, causing the group to be fined thousands of dollars for each performance he missed, and Eddie Kendricks' falsetto voice had weakened due to constant smoking. Group leader Otis Williams decided that the reunion would not be a permanent thing, and fired Ruffin and Kendricks shortly after Christmas 1982.

Personnel

Performers

  • Dennis Edwards: vocals
  • Melvin Franklin: vocals
  • Eddie Kendricks: vocals
  • Glenn Leonard: vocals
  • David Ruffin: vocals
  • Richard Street: vocals
  • Otis Williams: vocals
  • Rick James: guest vocals, producer
  • Mary Jane Girls: background vocals ("Standing on the Top")

    • Musicians

  • Oscar Alston, Freddie Washington, Jervonny Collier, Nathan Watts, Eddie Watkins: bass guitar
  • Paulinho da Costa, Gary Coleman, Nathan Hughes: percussion
  • Bill Elliott: electric piano, synthesizer
  • Kerry Ashby, Rudy Robinson, Erskine Williams, Clarence McDonald: keyboards
  • Bobby Nunn, Levi Ruffin: synthesizer
  • Ken Hirsch: piano
  • Chris Powell: saxophone
  • Ken Scott, LaMorris Payne: trumpets
  • Benjamin Wright: synthesizer, arranger
  • Ndugu Chancler, Ed Greene, Jerry Jones, Lanise Hughes, Quentin Dennard: drums
  • Robert Bowles, Bruce Nazarian, Dennis Herring, Louis Russell, Wah Wah Watson, Tom McDermott: guitars

    • Producers

  • Berry Gordy: "Lock It In the Pocket", "Money's Hard to Get", "Don't Hold it In"
  • Iris Gordy and Barrett Strong: "You Better Beware"
  • Suzee Ikeda and Melvin Ragin: "Don't Hold it In"
  • Rick James: "Standing on the Top"
  • Ron Miller: "I've Never Been to Me"
  • Smokey Robinson: "Backstage", "More on the Inside", "Like a Diamond in the Sky"

    • Songs

    1Standing on the Top9:51
    2You Better Beware5:02
    3Lock It in the Pocket4:33

    References

    Reunion (The Temptations album) Wikipedia
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