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	\| ~~Released~~ = September 11, ]		\| released = September 11, ]
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	\| ~~Label~~ = ]<br><small>6246</small>		\| label = ]<br><small>6246</small>
	\| ~~Producer~~ = ], ], Russ Regan <small>(])</small>		\| producer = ], ], Russ Regan <small>(])</small>
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	'''''Together Again''''' is an album by the American R&B vocal group ], released on ] in 1987. It is the group's thirty-fourth studio album, and the first released under the Motown imprint. All of Motown Records' previous Temptations releases were made on the Gordy label, which was discontinued and whose artist roster and back catalog was consolidated into the main Motown label in 1987.		'''''Together Again''''' is an album by the American R&B vocal group ], released on ] in 1987. It is the group's thirty-fourth studio album, and the first released under the Motown imprint. All of Motown Records' previous Temptations releases were made on the Gordy label, which was discontinued and whose artist roster and back catalog was consolidated into the main Motown label in 1987.

			== Overview ==
	The album's title was inspired by the return of ] to the group, following an absence of nearly four years. Edwards rejoined the Temptations prior to the recording of the album, replacing ] as primary lead singer. By the end of 1988, Edwards had departed (for a third and final time), and Woodson returned.		The album's title was inspired by the return of ] to the group, following an absence of nearly four years. Edwards rejoined the Temptations prior to the recording of the album, replacing ] as primary lead singer. By the end of 1988, Edwards had departed (for a third and final time), and Woodson returned.

	The LP includes the singles "Look What You Started" and "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now", making it the group's only album to produce multiple Top 10 R&B releases in the 1980s. The music video to "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" featured ] and ].		The LP includes the singles "Look What You Started" and "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now", making it the group's only album to produce multiple Top 10 R&B releases in the 1980s. The album also included the modest R&B hit "Do You Wanna Go With Me" which was co-written by group members Otis Williams and Ron Tyson alongside Victor Carstarphen; the trio also co-wrote the album track "10 X 10" and both tracks were co-produced by The Temptations. The music video to "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" featured ] and ].

	~~Other~~ noteworthy ~~facts~~ about this album ~~are~~ that it features the five longest tenured members of the group.		A noteworthy fact about this album is that it features the five longest-tenured members of the group.

	==Track listing==		==Track listing==
			''All tracks produced by Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff; tracks 3 and 4 are co-produced by the Temptations.''
	''Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) ], (b) ], (c) ], (d) ], (e) ]''.

			{{Track listing
	''All tracks produced by Peter Bunetta and Rich Chudacoff except where noted.''
			\| headline = Side one

			\| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)
	===Side one===
			\| title1 = Look What You Started
	#"Look What You Started" <small>(Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Mark Holden)</small> – 5:09 <sup>a, b</sup>
			\| writer1 = Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Mark Holden
	#"I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" <small>(Lou Pardini, Jimmy George)</small> – 5:03 <sup>a</sup>
			\| extra1 = Edwards, Tyson
	#"10 X 10" <small>(Otis Williams, Ronald Tyson, Victor Carstarphen)</small> – 4:52 <sup>a, b, c, d, e</sup><br>(co-produced by the Temptations)
			\| length1 = 5:09
	#"Do You Wanna Go with Me" <small>(Williams, Tyson, Carstarphen)</small> – 5:28 <sup>a</sup><br>(co-produced by the Temptations)
			\| title2 = I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now

			\| writer2 = ], ]
	===Side two===
			\| extra2 = Edwards, Franklin
	#"Little Things" <small>(Billy Barber)</small> – 4:07 <sup>a, b, c, d</sup>
			\| length2 = 5:03
	#"I Got Your Number" <small>(Sharon Robinson, Hamish Stuart)</small> – 4:21 <sup>a, d</sup>
			\| title3 = 10 X 10
	#"Every Time I Close My Eyes" <small>(Ken Cummings, Chuck Servola, Frank Pagano)</small> – 4:25 <sup>c</sup>
			\| writer3 = Otis Williams, Ronald Tyson, Victor Carstarphen
	#"Lucky" <small>(Dana Merino)</small> – 3:20 <sup>b</sup>
			\| extra3 = All
	#"Put Your Foot Down" <small>(Richard Darbyshire, Bunetta, Joe Ericksen)</small> – 3:56 <sup>a, b, c, d</sup>
			\| length3 = 4:52
			\| title4 = Do You Wanna Go with Me
			\| writer4 = Williams, Tyson, Carstarphen
			\| extra4 = Edwards
			\| length4 = 5:28
			}}
			{{Track listing
			\| headline = Side two
			\| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)
			\| title5 = Little Things
			\| writer5 = Billy Barber
			\| extra5 = Edwards, Tyson, Street, Franklin
			\| length5 = 4:07
			\| title6 = I Got Your Number
			\| writer6 = ], ]
			\| extra6 = Edwards, Franklin
			\| length6 = 4:21
			\| title7 = Every Time I Close My Eyes
			\| writer7 = Ken Cummings, Carmine Feravola, Frank Pagano
			\| extra7 = Street, Franklin
			\| length7 = 4:25
			\| title8 = Lucky
			\| writer8 = Dana Merino
			\| extra8 = Tyson, Franklin, Edwards
			\| length8 = 3:20
			\| title9 = Put Your Foot Down
			\| writer9 = Bunetta, ], Joe Ericksen
			\| extra9 = Edwards, Tyson, Street, Franklin
			\| length9 = 3:56
			}}

	== Personnel ==		== Personnel ==
	'''~~Performers~~'''		'''The Temptations'''
	*]: ~~vocals~~ (]/])		*] – primary ], ]/] vocals
	*]: ~~vocals~~ (])		*] – ] vocals
	*]: ~~vocals~~ (tenor/baritone)		*] – tenor/baritone vocals, lead on "Everytime I Close My Eyes"
	*]: ~~vocals~~ (tenor/])		*Ron Tyson – first tenor/] vocals, lead on "Lucky"
	*]: ~~vocals~~ (tenor/baritone)		*] – second tenor/baritone vocals
			'''Additional Musicians'''

			*Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, arranger
	'''Musicians'''
			*] – drum programming
	*Robbie Buchanan: keyboards, arranger
	*]: ~~drum~~ ~~programming~~		*] – keyboards
			*] – timbales
	*]: keyboards
			*] – steel drums
	*]: timbales
			*Larry Hall, ] – trumpets
	*Robert Greenridge: steel drums
			*Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone
	*Larry Hall, Jerry Hey: trumpets
			*], ], ] – guitars
	*Dan Higgins: tenor saxophone
			*Kim Hutchcraft – saxophone
	*Dann Huff, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., David Williams: guitars
			*Jerry Peterson – tenor saxophone soloist ("I Got Your Number")
	*Kim Hutchcraft: saxophone
	*~~Jerry~~ ~~Peterson:~~ ~~tenor~~ saxophone soloist ("I ~~Got~~ ~~Your~~ ~~Number~~")		*Lon Price – soprano saxophone soloist ("Every Time I Close My Eyes")
			*] – drums
	*Lon Price: soprano saxophone soloist ("Every Time I Close My Eyes")
			*], ] – bass guitar
	*]: drums
			*] – harmonica soloist ("I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now")
	*Neil Stubenhaus, Freddie Washington: bass guitar
			*Aaron Zigman – keyboards, drum programming, arranger
	*]: harmonica soloist ("I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now")
	*Aaron Zigman: keyboards, drum programming, arranger

	== Charts ==		== Charts ==
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	! 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\|accessdate=2012-07-11}}</ref>
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	! rowspan="2"\| Year		! rowspan="2"\| Year
	! rowspan="2"\| Single		! rowspan="2"\| Single
	! colspan="4"\| 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="4"\| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic charts"/>
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1987 studio album by The Temptations

Together Again

Studio album by The Temptations

Released

September 11, 1987

Recorded

1987

Genre

Soul, pop

Length

40:41

Label

Motown
6246

Producer

Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Russ Regan (Exec.)

The Temptations chronology

To Be Continued...
(1986)

Together Again
(1987)

Special
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Together Again is an album by the American R&B vocal group the Temptations, released on Motown Records in 1987. It is the group's thirty-fourth studio album, and the first released under the Motown imprint. All of Motown Records' previous Temptations releases were made on the Gordy label, which was discontinued and whose artist roster and back catalog was consolidated into the main Motown label in 1987.

Overview

The album's title was inspired by the return of Dennis Edwards to the group, following an absence of nearly four years. Edwards rejoined the Temptations prior to the recording of the album, replacing Ali-Ollie Woodson as primary lead singer. By the end of 1988, Edwards had departed (for a third and final time), and Woodson returned.

The LP includes the singles "Look What You Started" and "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now", making it the group's only album to produce multiple Top 10 R&B releases in the 1980s. The album also included the modest R&B hit "Do You Wanna Go With Me" which was co-written by group members Otis Williams and Ron Tyson alongside Victor Carstarphen; the trio also co-wrote the album track "10 X 10" and both tracks were co-produced by The Temptations. The music video to "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" featured Billy Dee Williams and Fred Berry.

A noteworthy fact about this album is that it features the five longest-tenured members of the group.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff; tracks 3 and 4 are co-produced by the Temptations.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocalist(s)	Length
1.	"Look What You Started"	Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Mark Holden	Edwards, Tyson	5:09
2.	"I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now"	Lou Pardini, Jimmy George	Edwards, Franklin	5:03
3.	"10 X 10"	Otis Williams, Ronald Tyson, Victor Carstarphen	All	4:52
4.	"Do You Wanna Go with Me"	Williams, Tyson, Carstarphen	Edwards	5:28

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocalist(s)	Length
5.	"Little Things"	Billy Barber	Edwards, Tyson, Street, Franklin	4:07
6.	"I Got Your Number"	Sharon Robinson, Hamish Stuart	Edwards, Franklin	4:21
7.	"Every Time I Close My Eyes"	Ken Cummings, Carmine Feravola, Frank Pagano	Street, Franklin	4:25
8.	"Lucky"	Dana Merino	Tyson, Franklin, Edwards	3:20
9.	"Put Your Foot Down"	Bunetta, Richard Darbyshire, Joe Ericksen	Edwards, Tyson, Street, Franklin	3:56

Personnel

The Temptations

Dennis Edwards – primary lead, baritone/tenor vocals
Melvin Franklin – bass vocals
Richard Street – tenor/baritone vocals, lead on "Everytime I Close My Eyes"
Ron Tyson – first tenor/falsetto vocals, lead on "Lucky"
Otis Williams – second tenor/baritone vocals

Additional Musicians

Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, arranger
Peter Bunetta – drum programming
Rick Chudacoff – keyboards
Paulinho da Costa – timbales
Robert Greenidge – steel drums
Larry Hall, Jerry Hey – trumpets
Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone
Dann Huff, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., David Williams – guitars
Kim Hutchcraft – saxophone
Jerry Peterson – tenor saxophone soloist ("I Got Your Number")
Lon Price – soprano saxophone soloist ("Every Time I Close My Eyes")
John Robinson – drums
Neil Stubenhaus, Freddie Washington – bass guitar
Stevie Wonder – harmonica soloist ("I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now")
Aaron Zigman – keyboards, drum programming, arranger

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
Year	Album	US	US R&B
1987	Together Again	112	12

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
Year	Single	US	US R&B	US AC	UK
1987	"I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now"	—	3	36	90
1987	"Look What You Started"	—	8	—	63
1988	"Do You Wanna Go with Me"	—	53	—	—

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/together-again-mw0000197737
Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. ISBN 9780743201698.
^ "The Temptations US albums/singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-07-11.

External links

Together Again at Discogs
Together Again at Rate Your Music

v t e The Temptations
Otis Williams Ron Tyson Terry Weeks Tony Grant Jawan Jackson Melvin Franklin Eddie Kendricks Paul Williams Elbridge Bryant David Ruffin Dennis Edwards Ricky Owens Richard Street Damon Harris Glenn Leonard Louis Price Ali-Ollie Woodson Theo Peoples Harry McGilberry Barrington "Bo" Henderson Ray Davis G. C. Cameron Joe Herndon Bruce Williamson Larry Braggs Willie Green Mario Corbino
Studio albums	Meet the Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey The Temptin' Temptations Gettin' Ready The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul The Temptations Wish It Would Rain Cloud Nine Puzzle People Psychedelic Shack Sky's the Limit Solid Rock All Directions Masterpiece 1990 A Song for You House Party Wings of Love The Temptations Do the Temptations Hear to Tempt You Bare Back Power The Temptations Reunion Surface Thrills Back to Basics Truly for You Touch Me To Be Continued... Together Again Special Milestone Phoenix Rising Ear-Resistible Awesome Legacy Still Here Temptations 60
Cover albums	The Temptations in a Mellow Mood For Lovers Only Reflections Back to Front All the Time
Live albums	Temptations Live! Live at the Copa Live at London's Talk of the Town The Temptations in Japan
Other albums	Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations TCB The Temptations Show Together On Broadway The Temptations Christmas Card Give Love at Christmas Lost and Found: You've Got to Earn It (1962–1968)
Compilations	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits II Anthology Emperors of Soul The Ultimate Collection My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations Psychedelic Soul
Singles (US/UK Top 10)	"My Girl" "Get Ready" "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" "(I Know) I'm Losing You" "All I Need" "You're My Everything" "I Wish It Would Rain" "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" "Cloud Nine" "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" "Run Away Child, Running Wild" "I Can't Get Next to You" "Psychedelic Shack" "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "Masterpiece" "Let Your Hair Down" "Happy People" "Shakey Ground" "Treat Her Like a Lady" "The Motown Song" "My Girl" (reissue)
Related	Band members The Temptations (miniseries) Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations Discography The Supremes The Undisputed Truth Smokey Robinson Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong Sly Stone George Clinton
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