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The TemptationsEmperors Of Soul

Genre:

Rock, Funk / Soul

Style:

Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Soul

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Tracklist

Otis Williams & The DistantsCome On2:19
The TemptationsOh, Mother Of Mine2:22
The TemptationsRomance Without Finance2:50
The TemptationsCheck Yourself2:46
The TemptationsDream Come True3:16
The Pirates (5)Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)3:04
The Pirates (5)I'll Love You 'Til I Die2:52
The TemptationsParadise2:51
The TemptationsSlow Down Heart2:44
The TemptationsI Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To2:43
The TemptationsWitchcraft (For Your Love)2:33
The TemptationsI Want A Love I Can See2:33
The TemptationsThe Further You Look, The Less You See2:21
The TemptationsFarewell My Love2:42
The TemptationsA Tear From A Woman's Eyes2:40
The TemptationsThe Way You Do The Things You Do2:42
The TemptationsI'll Be In Trouble3:20
The TemptationsThe Girl's Alright With Me2:59
The TemptationsGirl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)2:18
The TemptationsBaby, Baby I Need You2:42
The TemptationsMy Girl2:59
The Temptations(Talking 'Bout) Nobody But My Baby2:49
The TemptationsIt's Growing3:00
The TemptationsYou'll Lose A Precious Love2:29
The TemptationsSince I Lost My Baby2:52
The TemptationsYou've Got To Earn It2:41
The TemptationsMy Baby3:01
The TemptationsDon't Look Back2:53
The TemptationsGet Ready2:40
The TemptationsFading Away2:40
The TemptationsAin't Too Proud To Beg2:35
The TemptationsToo Busy Thinking About My Baby2:43
The TemptationsWho You Gonna Run To3:08
The TemptationsBeauty Is Only Skin Deep2:24
The TemptationsI Got Heaven Right Here On Earth2:55
The Temptations(I Know) I'm Losing You2:30
The TemptationsAll I Need3:20
The TemptationsSorry Is A Sorry Word2:31
The TemptationsI'm Doing It All2:33
The TemptationsNo More Water In The Well3:05
The TemptationsYou're My Everything3:14
The TemptationsJust One Last Look2:47
The TemptationsAngel Doll2:31
The Temptations(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need2:40
The TemptationsDon't Send Me Away2:56
The TemptationsHello Young Lovers2:59
The TemptationsOl' Man River4:49
The TemptationsI Wish It Would Rain2:57
The TemptationsI Truly, Truly Believe2:47
The TemptationsI Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)3:41
The TemptationsPlease Return Your Love To Me2:25
The TemptationsHow Can I Forget1:48
The TemptationsFor Once In My Life (Live)4:00
The TemptationsMy Girl (Vocal Track Only)2:51
The TemptationsCloud Nine3:37
The TemptationsWhy Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go)3:12
Diana Ross & The Supremes* And The TemptationsI'm Gonna Make You Love Me3:09
Diana Ross & The Supremes* And The TemptationsI'll Try Something New2:27
The TemptationsRunaway Child, Running Wild4:50
The TemptationsDon't Let The Joneses Get You Down4:42
The TemptationsI Can't Get Next To You2:55
The TemptationsMessage From A Black Man6:07
The TemptationsWar3:15
The TemptationsPsychedelic Shack4:20
The TemptationsHum Along And Dance3:55
The TemptationsBall Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)4:04
The TemptationsUngena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World)4:15
The TemptationsJust My Imagination (Running Away With Me)3:55
The TemptationsTake A Look Around3:13
The TemptationsIt's Summer2:59
The TemptationsSuperstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)2:57
The TemptationsI Ain't Got Nothin'3:49
The TemptationsMother Nature3:14
The TemptationsPapa Was A Rollin' Stone6:57
The TemptationsMasterpiece (Single Edit)4:25
The TemptationsPlastic Man4:18
The TemptationsHey Girl (I Like Your Style)4:40
The TemptationsLaw Of The Land (Alt Mix)5:05
The TemptationsLet Your Hair Down2:43
The TemptationsHeavenly3:56
The TemptationsYou've Got My Soul On Fire3:55
The TemptationsHappy People3:40
The TemptationsShaky Ground4:06
The TemptationsGlasshouse3:59
The TemptationsSong For You4:49
The TemptationsMemories6:03
The TemptationsKeep Holding On3:17
The TemptationsDarling Stand By Me (Song For My Woman)3:48
The TemptationsWho Are You3:48
The TemptationsIn A Lifetime3:12
The TemptationsPower4:12
The TemptationsIsn't The Night Fantastic4:21
The TemptationsAiming At Your Heart3:32
The TemptationsStanding On The Top, Part 14:24
The TemptationsSail Away4:19
The TemptationsTreat Her Like A Lady4:19
The TemptationsMy Love Is True (Truly For You)6:11
The TemptationsDo You Really Love Your Baby4:12
The TemptationsMagic5:16
The TemptationsLady Soul4:36
The TemptationsI Wonder Who She's Seeing Now4:26
The TemptationsLook What You Started4:33
The TemptationsSoul To Soul4:22
The TemptationsSpecial4:29
The TemptationsMy Kind Of Woman4:10
The TemptationsHoops Of Fire4:22
The TemptationsError Of Our Ways5:20
The TemptationsGivin' U The Best4:54
The TemptationsElevator Eyes4:06
The TemptationsBlueprint For Love3:53

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    Reviews

    • isaacmusicman's avatar
      isaacmusicman
      Edited 2 months ago
      In my NEW quest of reviews, for some reason I am in the mood to review those Compilations and Box Sets that are WORTHY of it...There are only 2 by "The Greatest Vocal Group Of All Time", and "The Temptations – Emperors Of Soul" is one of them!!!!!

      Now, I had both the 5 "Cassette" and 5 "CD" sets....Again, as ALWAYS, WIRED DIFFERENTLY!!!!

      "Streetmouse" HIT this on the HEAD!!!!! This is one of the MOST complete put together Collections ever put out!!!!! This came out at a time in the '90's when Record Companies FINALLY got SMART in putting Collections together...In my opinion, it took them LONG ENOUGH!!!!!

      What I like about this Collection in particular is, instead of starting where they usually start with "The Temps" first HIT, "The Way You Do The Things You Do", they started from the start of the groups Career....And I mean the VERY START, like with the "Otis Williams & The Distants" joint, "Come One"...Then it goes with the first installment of "The Temps" ("Otis Williams", "Melvin Franklin", "Eddie Kendricks", "Paul Williams" and "Elbridge "Al" Bryant", who was gone by 1963) with songs like, "Oh, Mother Of Mine", "Paradise" and "Dream Come True"....

      Then the HITS started coming with the addition of the ONE and ONLY "Mr. David Ruffin"!!!! But even then it still had the "Edddie Kendricks" led "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "I'll Be In Trouble" and "The Girl's Alright With Me"...."David's" influence REALLY came in, when "Smokey Robinson" gave him his Theme song, in the form of the MASSIVE Classic, and HUMMUNGEST #1 HIT, "My Girl"!!!!!!

      After that, the gloves CAME OFF on this Collection with the ULTIMATE CLASSICS like, "Get Ready", "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", "(I Know) I'm Losing You", "I Wish It Would Rain" and the ULTIMATE "Eddie"/"David" Collaboration "You're My Everything".....

      Unfortunately for "David" (in him causing trouble), he was fired from the group....That's when the group got an AMAZING replacement in "Dennis Edwards"!!!!! With that, MY FAVORITE ERA of "The Temps" started with the "Norman Whitfield" led, "Psychedelic Soul" era with the DOCUMENTARIES, "Cloud Nine", "Runaway Child, Running Wild", "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down" and "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)"...In between these FANTASTIC joints you will find the GOOGUNGEST #1 HITS, "I Can't Get Next To You" and in my opinion, the BEST "Temptation" song EVER, "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"....

      Even though "Eddie Kendricks" and "Paul Williams" were no longer with the group after that (with "Paul" unfortunately Passing Away), the Collection continues to SHINE with joints like, "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)", "Masterpiece" and the MASTERFUL #1 HIT, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"....

      "Norman Whitfield" may have thrown a monkey wrench in the works by leaving "Motown" but the next few years of material was still married with highlights like, "Shaky Ground", "Power", and "Standing On The Top, Part 1", Produced and featuring "Mr. Punk Funk" himself "Rick James"...."Norman" even came back to Produce the Classic, "Sail Away"....

      After "Dennis" left for a Solo Career, the group recruited an OUTSTANDING Singer in "Ali-Ollie Woodson"....With that, this Collection is BLESSED with more HITS in the form of "Treat Her Like A Lady" and "Lady Soul"...Then the Collection ends with some '90's joints in the form of "Hoops Of Fire" and the ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC THOUGHT PROVOKING "Error Of Our Ways".....

      It is also somber to think that in the mist of putting this Collection together, the MOST BELOVED "Temptation" of ALL, "Melvin", Passed Away....It is just a reminder how having ALL of these Classics and their counterparts together could REALLY SATISFY, even the most casual "Temp" fan....

      Well, I know this was LENGTHY, but I REALLY wanted to make sure that I PURELY covered as much as I could...Like I asked before, could You Guys imagine this MASTERFUL Collection being on VINYL?????? BOY, I WISHED IT WAS!!!!!!!!
      • streetmouse's avatar
        streetmouse
        When it comes to anthologies and greatest hits collections, there’s not a person walking the planet who doesn’t think they, including me, could do a better job at compiling essential hit material, with most anthologies not actually being complete anthologies. Greatest hits are subjective, and there are around 85 of those gems out there regarding the music and times of The Temptations. Anthologies on the other hand are considered to be a huge body of work by an artist or band, though that concept is still subjective and far from complete.

        With The Temptations being chart topping hit masters, and a band who’ve been at the pinnacle of their trade for nearly fifty years, certainly greatest hits collections are easy to achieve, though Emperors Of Soul is the only comprehensive anthology out there, beginning at the beginning with The Distance, The Pirates, through the various incarnations of The Temps, along with their hit material duets, mono versions and some live numbers. That being said, The Temps laid down twenty-nine formal albums, albums that for the most part were built around one or two good songs, then laced with rather forgettable uninspired material, making the concept of a true anthology, a collection of ‘all’ their material, album by album, simply impossible for a boxed set.

        Hence, we have this five disc collection, one that’s been delivered in a stunning purple long-box (with the long-box being something I dislike as they’re impossible to store alphabetically, not easy to use, with the books being easily damaged and not easily read, as one seems to be reading them while looking around a corner in order that they not get bent) befitting the band, contains 110 essential tracks, making this the most definitive collection on the market today.

        What’s lacking are their covers of other people’s material, such as that of The Beatles. Though what’s sincerely absent for me is the aspect that none of the material has been remastered, tweaked or brought up to date using the current technology available, with that being something I would love to hear. Of course no one is going to sit down and remaster all of twenty-nine formal releases (well, perhaps someone would), though the singles, now that is a doable achievement, with the singles being what nearly all fans wish, and a project that’s not that far out of the realm of possibility.

        As good and complete as this collection is, I still managed to trim it down to twenty-two songs that ride best in my back pocket, songs that have swirled in my head for it seems forever. Frankly, there is much material here, especially from the mid 70’s forward that bespeaks of later incarnations of The Temps, along with material that’s just too sappy for my ears as they aged and were less able to find their way into my soul, material that lacks youthful exuberance and lusciousness from a time when it was all about the smile and not a job some thirty or more years into their career.

        So yes, at this moment in time, Emperors Of Soul is the definitive collection, the one you should be availing yourself of if you’re a fan or at all interested in the music and times of The Temptations, where you can secure the material that floats best though your ears, letting the rest drift off for someone else to capture.

        What would I have wished for? If I had my druthers, I would have assembled a relentless collection of the essential singles only, have had those fully remastered, and all packaged in a quad-box with a smaller booklet. Until that day, I’ll keep this purple gem close at hand.

        Review by Jenell Kesler

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