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| Name = Together Again | |||
Name = Together Again | | |||
Type = ] | | |||
Artist = ] | | |||
Cover = Tempts-Together-Again.jpg | | |||
Released = September 11, 1987 | | |||
Recorded = 1987 | | |||
Label = ] <br/> <small>6246</small> | | |||
Producer = ] <br /> ] | | |||
| Length = 40:41 | |||
Reviews = | |||
| Label = ]<br><small>6246</small> | |||
* ] {{Rating|3|5}} | | |||
| Producer = ], ], Russ Regan <small>(])</small> | |||
Last album = ''To Be Continued''<br />(1986) | | |||
This album = ''Together Again''<br />(1987) | | |||
Next album = ''Special''<br />(1989) | | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Together Again''''' is an album by ], released on ] in the fall of ] (see ]). It was the only album released during the third tenure of Temptations lead ], who had replaced ] as leader of the group earlier in the year. By the end of 1988, Edwards had departed (for a third and final time), and Woodson returned to lead the group again. | |||
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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. | |||
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 music video to "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" featured ] and ]. | ||
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==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
''Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) ], (b) ], (c) ], (d) ], (e) ]''. | |||
''All tracks produced by Peter Bunetta and Rich Chudacoff except where noted.'' | |||
===Side one=== | ===Side one=== | ||
#"Look What You Started" |
#"Look What You Started" (Lead: Dennis Edwards) | ||
#"I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" |
#"I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" (Lead: Dennis Edwards) | ||
#"10 X 10" (Lead: all) | |||
#"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) | |||
#"Do You Wanna Go with Me" |
#"Do You Wanna Go with Me" (Lead: Dennis Edwards) | ||
#"Little Things" (Lead: Dennis Edwards, Ron Tyson, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin) | |||
===Side two=== | ===Side two=== | ||
#"I Got Your Number" (Lead: Dennis Edwards) | |||
#"Little Things" <small>(Billy Barber)</small> – 4:07 <sup>a, b, c, d</sup> | |||
#"Every Time I Close My Eyes" (Lead: Richard Street) | |||
#"I Got Your Number" <small>(Sharon Robinson, Hamish Stuart)</small> – 4:21 <sup>a, d</sup> | |||
#"Lucky" (Lead: Ron Tyson) | |||
#"Every Time I Close My Eyes" <small>(Ken Cummings, Chuck Servola, Frank Pagano)</small> – 4:25 <sup>c</sup> | |||
#"Put Your Foot Down" (Lead: Dennis Edwards) | |||
#"Lucky" <small>(Dana Merino)</small> – 3:20 <sup>b</sup> | |||
#"Put Your Foot Down" <small>(Richard Darbyshire, Bunetta, Joe Ericksen)</small> – 3:56 <sup>a, b, c, d</sup> | |||
== Personnel == | |||
'''Performers''' | |||
*]: vocals (]/]) | |||
*]: vocals (]) | |||
*]: vocals (tenor/baritone) | |||
*]: vocals (tenor/]) | |||
*]: vocals (tenor/baritone) | |||
'''Musicians''' | |||
*Robbie Buchanan: keyboards, arranger | |||
*]: drum programming | |||
*]: keyboards | |||
*]: timbales | |||
*Robert Greenridge: 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") | |||
*]: drums | |||
*Neil Stubenhaus, Freddie Washington: bass guitar | |||
*]: harmonica soloist ("I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now") | |||
*Aaron Zigman: keyboards, drum programming, arranger | |||
== Charts == | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2"| Year | |||
! 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> | |||
|- style="font-size:smaller;" | |||
! width="40"| ] | |||
! width="40"| ] | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="1" | 1987 | |||
| align="left"| ''Together Again'' | |||
| 112 | |||
| 12 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Singles=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2"| Year | |||
! 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> | |||
|- style="font-size:smaller;" | |||
! width="40"| ] | |||
! width="40"| ] | |||
! width="40"| ] | |||
! width="40"| ] | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1987 | |||
| align="left"| "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" | |||
| — | |||
| 3 | |||
| 36 | |||
| 90 | |||
|- | |||
| align="left"| "Look What You Started" | |||
| — | |||
| 8 | |||
| — | |||
| 63 | |||
|- | |||
| 1988 | |||
| align="left"| "Do You Wanna Go with Me" | |||
| — | |||
| 53 | |||
| — | |||
| — | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
== References == | |||
<references/> | |||
== External links == | |||
* at ] | |||
* at ] | |||
==Singles== | |||
* I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now (R&B # 3, US Adult Contemporary #36) | |||
* Look What You Started (R&B # 8, Dance/Club Play # 23) | |||
* Do You Wanna Go With Me (R&B # 53) | |||
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Together Again is an album by The Temptations, released on Motown Records in the fall of 1987 (see 1987 in music). It was the only album released during the third tenure of Temptations lead Dennis Edwards, who had replaced Ali-Ollie Woodson as leader of the group earlier in the year. By the end of 1988, Edwards had departed (for a third and final time), and Woodson returned to lead the group again.
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 Billy Dee Williams and Fred Berry.
Other noteworthy facts about this album are that it features the five longest tenured members of the group.
Track listing
Side one
- "Look What You Started" (Lead: Dennis Edwards)
- "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" (Lead: Dennis Edwards)
- "10 X 10" (Lead: all)
- "Do You Wanna Go with Me" (Lead: Dennis Edwards)
- "Little Things" (Lead: Dennis Edwards, Ron Tyson, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin)
Side two
- "I Got Your Number" (Lead: Dennis Edwards)
- "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (Lead: Richard Street)
- "Lucky" (Lead: Ron Tyson)
- "Put Your Foot Down" (Lead: Dennis Edwards)
Singles
- I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now (R&B # 3, US Adult Contemporary #36)
- Look What You Started (R&B # 8, Dance/Club Play # 23)
- Do You Wanna Go With Me (R&B # 53)
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