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{{Infobox album
{{unreferenced|date=December 2007}}
| name = Reunion
{{Infobox album <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Reunion | type = studio
| Type = studio | artist = ]
| Longtype = | cover = Tempts-reunion.jpg
| Artist = ] | alt =
| released = April 7, ]
| Cover = Tempts-reunion.jpg
| Released = April 7, ] | recorded = 1982
| Recorded = 1982 | venue =
| studio =
| Genre = ]/]
| genre = ], ], ]
| Length = 45:37
| Label = ] | length = 45:37
| Producer = ], ], ], ], Iris Gordy | label = ]
| producer = ], ], ], ], ]
| prev_title = ]
| Reviews =
| prev_year = 1981
| Last album = '']''<br />(1981)
| next_title = ]
| This album = ''Reunion''<br />(1982)
| next_year = 1983
| Next album = '']''<br />(1983)
}} }}


{{Album ratings {{Music ratings
|rev1 = ] |rev1 = ]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref></ref> |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=reunion-mw0000118781|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
|rev2 = '']''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=the+temptations+rolling+stone+album+guide&pg=PA806|title = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|isbn = 9780743201698|last1 = Brackett|first1 = Nathan|last2 = Hoard|first2 = Christian David|year = 2004}}</ref>
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'''''Reunion''''' is a 1982 album by ] for ]. The album was released during the 1982 Temptations ''Reunion'' tour, which reunited ] and ] with the Temptations after a decade-long absence. The album also features then-current Temptations ], ], ], and founding members ] and ]. ''Reunion'' featured the hit single "Standing on the Top", produced by and featuring Motown funk star ], who had previously used the Temptations as the background vocalists for his 1981 hit "]". '''''Reunion''''' is a 1982 album by ] for ]. The album was released during the 1982 Temptations ''Reunion'' tour, which reunited ] and ] with the Temptations after a decade-long absence. The album also features then-current Temptations ], ], ], and founding members ] and ]. ''Reunion'' featured the single "]", produced by and featuring Motown funk star ], who had previously used the Temptations as the background vocalists for his 1981 hit "]". It was their first album to reach the top 40 since '']'' (1976).


The ''Reunion'' tour, which began in April 1982 was only partially successful. Ruffin, a ] addict, missed several shows, causing the group to be fined thousands of dollars for each performance he missed, and Eddie Kendricks' ] 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 ] 1982. The ''Reunion'' tour, which began in April 1982 was only partially successful. Ruffin, by then a full-blown ] addict, missed several shows, causing the group to be fined thousands of dollars for each performance he missed, and Eddie Kendricks' ] 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 in February of 1983 .


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
{{Track listing
#"Standing on the Top" - 9:48
| headline = Side one
#"You Better Beware" - 5:00
| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)
#"Lock It In The Pocket" - 4:30
| title1 = ] (arranged by Rick James)
#"]" - 5:57
| writer1 = ]
#"Backstage" - 4:31
| extra1 = Edwards, Ruffin, Kendricks, Street, Leonard, Franklin, James
#"More On The Inside" - 3:49
| length1 = 9:48
#"Money's Hard To Get" - 4:44
| title2 = You Better Beware (arranged by Rudy Robinson, Curtis Nolen and Raymond Crossley)
#"Like A Diamond In The Sky" - 3:06
| writer2 = ]
#"Don't Hold It In" - 4:12
| extra2 = Ruffin , Franklin , Leonard
| length2 = 5:00
| title3 = Lock It in the Pocket (arranged by Benjamin Wright, William Bickelhaupt and Kerry Gordy)
| writer3 = ], ]
| extra3 = Edwards, Leonard , Franklin
| length3 = 4:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)
| title4 = ] (arranged by Daniel Kane, Ken Hirsch and Ron Miller)
| writer4 = Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch
| extra4 = Edwards
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = Backstage (arranged by Paul Riser)
| writer5 = ]
| extra5 = Edwards, Street
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = More On the Inside (arranged by Paul Riser)
| writer6 = Robinson
| extra6 = Edwards
| length6 = 3:49
| title7 = Money's Hard to Get (arranged by Benjamin Wright, Kerry Gordy and William Bickelhaupt)
| writer7 = K. Gordy, Medina
| extra7 = Edwards
| length7 = 4:44
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD issue bonus tracks
| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)
| title8 = Like a Diamond in the Sky
| writer8 = Robinson
| extra8 = Edwards
| length8 = 3:06
| title9 = Don't Hold it In
| writer9 = Angelo Bond, ]., ] (arranged by Melvin Ragin)
| extra9 = Ruffin, Edwards, Kendricks
| length9 = 4:12
}}


==Personnel== ==Personnel==
'''Performers'''
* ]: vocals
* ]: vocals * ] – vocals (lead baritone)
* ]: vocals * ] – vocals (bass)
* ]: vocals * ] – vocals (first tenor)
* ]: vocals * ] – vocals (first tenor)
* ]: vocals * ] – vocals (barintenor)
* ]: vocals * ] – vocals (baritone)
* ]: vocals, producer * ] – vocals (second tenor)
* ] – guest vocals, producer
* ]: percussion
* ]: background vocals * ] – background vocals ("Standing on the Top")

'''Musicians'''
* Oscar Alston, ], Jervonny Collier, ], Eddie Watkins – bass guitar
* ], Gary Coleman, Nathan Hughes – percussion
* Bill Elliott – electric piano, synthesizer
* Kerry Ashby, Rudy Robinson, Erskine Williams, ] – keyboards
* ], Levi Ruffin – synthesizer
* ] – piano
* Chris Powell – saxophone
* Ken Scott, LaMorris Payne – trumpets
* ] – synthesizer, arranger
* ], ], Jerry Jones, Lanise Hughes, Quentin Dennard – drums
* Robert Bowles, Bruce Nazarian, Dennis Herring, Louis Russell, ], Tom McDermott – guitars
*
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Temptations-Reunion/release/2046543|title=The Temptations – Reunion (1982, Vinyl)|website=]|year=1982 }}</ref>

==Production==
*Executive Producer: Berry Gordy
*Tracks 3, 7 and 9 produced by Berry Gordy; track 9 co-produced by Melvin Ragin. Recording and mix by Barney Perkins, Bob Robitalle, Bobby Brooks, Fred Law, Glen Jordan, Jane Clark, ].
*Track 1 produced by Rick James. Recording and mix by Tom Flye, Ann Fry and Michael Johnson.
*Track 2 produced by Iris Gordy and Barrett Strong. Recording and mix by Warren Woods.
*Track 4 produced by Ron Miller. Recording and mix by Barney Perkins, Bob Robitalle, Russ Terrana, Fred Law, Kevin Sorrells, Michael Johnson.
*Tracks 5, 6 and 8 produced by Smokey Robinson. Recording and mix by Howard Wolen and Louis Russell.


== Charts == == Charts ==
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album ! rowspan="2"| Album
! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic charts">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000569685/awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Temptations US albums/singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2012-07-11}}</ref> ! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic charts">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000569685/awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Temptations US albums/singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=2012-07-11}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;" |- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| ] ! width="40"| ]
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|- |-
| rowspan="2" | 1982 | rowspan="2" | 1982
| align="left"| "Standing On the Top - Pt. 1" <br><small>''(featuring Rick James)''</small> | align="left"| "Standing On the Top – Pt. 1" <br><small>''(featuring Rick James)''</small>
| 66 | 66
| 6 | 6
| &mdash; | —
| 53 | 53
|- |-
| align="left"| "More On the Inside" | align="left"| "More On the Inside"
| &mdash; | —
| 82 | 82
| &mdash; | —
| &mdash; | —
|- |-
|align="center" colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart |align="center" colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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== External links == == External links ==
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Latest revision as of 15:09, 16 December 2024

1982 studio album by The Temptations
Reunion
Studio album by The Temptations
ReleasedApril 7, 1982
Recorded1982
GenreR&B, Soul, Funk
Length45:37
LabelGordy
ProducerBerry Gordy, Rick James, Smokey Robinson, Barrett Strong, Iris Gordy
The Temptations chronology
The Temptations
(1981) 		Reunion
(1982) 		Surface Thrills
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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 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". It was their first album to reach the top 40 since Wings of Love (1976).

The Reunion tour, which began in April 1982 was only partially successful. Ruffin, by then a full-blown 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 in February of 1983 .

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalist(s)Length
1."Standing on the Top (arranged by Rick James)"Rick JamesEdwards, Ruffin, Kendricks, Street, Leonard, Franklin, James9:48
2."You Better Beware (arranged by Rudy Robinson, Curtis Nolen and Raymond Crossley)"Barrett StrongRuffin , Franklin , Leonard5:00
3."Lock It in the Pocket (arranged by Benjamin Wright, William Bickelhaupt and Kerry Gordy)"Kerry Gordy, Benny MedinaEdwards, Leonard , Franklin4:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalist(s)Length
4."I've Never Been to Me (arranged by Daniel Kane, Ken Hirsch and Ron Miller)"Ron Miller, Ken HirschEdwards5:57
5."Backstage (arranged by Paul Riser)"Smokey RobinsonEdwards, Street4:31
6."More On the Inside (arranged by Paul Riser)"RobinsonEdwards3:49
7."Money's Hard to Get (arranged by Benjamin Wright, Kerry Gordy and William Bickelhaupt)"K. Gordy, MedinaEdwards4:44
CD issue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalist(s)Length
8."Like a Diamond in the Sky"RobinsonEdwards3:06
9."Don't Hold it In"Angelo Bond, Berry Gordy, Jr., Melvin Ragin (arranged by Melvin Ragin)Ruffin, Edwards, Kendricks4:12

Personnel

Performers

Musicians

Production

  • Executive Producer: Berry Gordy
  • Tracks 3, 7 and 9 produced by Berry Gordy; track 9 co-produced by Melvin Ragin. Recording and mix by Barney Perkins, Bob Robitalle, Bobby Brooks, Fred Law, Glen Jordan, Jane Clark, Russ Terrana.
  • Track 1 produced by Rick James. Recording and mix by Tom Flye, Ann Fry and Michael Johnson.
  • Track 2 produced by Iris Gordy and Barrett Strong. Recording and mix by Warren Woods.
  • Track 4 produced by Ron Miller. Recording and mix by Barney Perkins, Bob Robitalle, Russ Terrana, Fred Law, Kevin Sorrells, Michael Johnson.
  • Tracks 5, 6 and 8 produced by Smokey Robinson. Recording and mix by Howard Wolen and Louis Russell.

Charts

Year Album Chart positions
US US
R&B
1982 Reunion 37 2

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US US
R&B 		US
AC 		UK
1982 "Standing On the Top – Pt. 1"
(featuring Rick James) 		66 6 — 53
"More On the Inside" — 82 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/reunion-mw0000118781
  2. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. ISBN 9780743201698.
  3. "The Temptations – Reunion (1982, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1982.
  4. ^ "The Temptations US albums/singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-07-11.

External links

The Temptations
Studio albums
Cover albums
Live albums
Other albums
Compilations
Singles
(US/UK Top 10)
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