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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Released as part of the motown 50th aniversary celebrations this compilation offers a good introduction to the band. The Temptations were one of the defining male groups of soul. They cut a cool image; five tall men dressed sharply singing great songs. This collection covers most of the groups US top ten hits. You get all the hits you'd expect with "My girl", "Ain't too proud to beg" through to "Papa was a rollin' stone". It concentrates on their 60's and early 70s material with just the last two tracks being from their 80s catalogue. Their are some songs missing that you might expect on a collection labelled "definitive". The omission of "Psychedelic Shack" is a bit of a shame. However all the tracks included are very enjoyable. The sound quality is good and the running order works well. Hit follows hit giving you an hour of great soul. The sleeve notes, while a bit brief offer a quick run through the ups and downs of one of the defining motown groups. If you want an introduction to the groups songs past "My girl" this is a good compilation to start off with.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A Good Collection, but not "Definitive"
28 Sep 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you love The Temptations, you'll love this collection of songs. But I wouldn't call it "Definitive" as it doesn't include songs like "Beauty's Only Skin Deep." And it seemed to me that a couple of the songs ended more abruptly and didn't completely "play out" as I remember they did on vinyl 45. Still, these are great songs and never fail to put me in a good mood.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Yet Another Greatest Hits Collection...
1 Feb 2009
Format:Audio CD
Oh yes, another greatest hits CD from the Temptations.
Like all the previously released compliations, nearly all their best known songs are present like "My Girl", "Since I Lost My Baby", "Ain't too Proud to Beg", & "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)".
The highlight of this collection has to be the psychedelic soul recordings like "Cloud Nine" & "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (If you're interested in these type of songs, check out Psychedelic Soul, a double disc collection which covers this musical period).
For me, the last good Temptations song was "Treat Her Like a Lady" (I still remember my mom bringing home the 7'' record more than 20 years ago). All in all, a good CD. Throw in some very colorful linar notes with photos & an essay & you have a collection that's worth getting if you don't own any of the previously released Temptation compilations.
Like all the previously released compliations, nearly all their best known songs are present like "My Girl", "Since I Lost My Baby", "Ain't too Proud to Beg", & "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)".
The highlight of this collection has to be the psychedelic soul recordings like "Cloud Nine" & "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (If you're interested in these type of songs, check out Psychedelic Soul, a double disc collection which covers this musical period).
For me, the last good Temptations song was "Treat Her Like a Lady" (I still remember my mom bringing home the 7'' record more than 20 years ago). All in all, a good CD. Throw in some very colorful linar notes with photos & an essay & you have a collection that's worth getting if you don't own any of the previously released Temptation compilations.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A little bit of everything
13 Nov 2011
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I suppose true aficionados of the Temptations will not be satisfied with this "Definitive Collection", but I'm just trying to add to a music collection that has a smattering of something for every musical taste. This collection is perfect for that. It contains mostly songs I have heard and recognize, a few I did not. It's not something that I'm going to listen to hundreds of times, but when it randomly comes up on the Amazon Cloud Player, it's not going to make me get up out of my seat to change the music.
The Amazon MP3 store makes it all too easy to impulse buy music just because you happened to hear a something on the radio and wanted to hear it again. I heard "Just My Imagination" one night on the drive home and decided that I wanted to hear it at least enough more times that I could remember all the words, and that's why I bought this.
Frankly, I'd pretty much stopped buying music at all. As a young adult, I got tired of packing and unpacking the record collection every time I moved and as an older one with kids, Records and CDs were simply not a priority. But now, with hard drives large enough to hold every CD I own and the Amazon Cloud Player available to archive it all, I'm suddenly buying music again. It's nice to be able to add to the record collection without adding to the already overloaded shelves of media that are too hard to catalog. With my own music just a click or two away, I've started to enjoy my music collection, and to add to it again.
The Amazon MP3 store makes it all too easy to impulse buy music just because you happened to hear a something on the radio and wanted to hear it again. I heard "Just My Imagination" one night on the drive home and decided that I wanted to hear it at least enough more times that I could remember all the words, and that's why I bought this.
Frankly, I'd pretty much stopped buying music at all. As a young adult, I got tired of packing and unpacking the record collection every time I moved and as an older one with kids, Records and CDs were simply not a priority. But now, with hard drives large enough to hold every CD I own and the Amazon Cloud Player available to archive it all, I'm suddenly buying music again. It's nice to be able to add to the record collection without adding to the already overloaded shelves of media that are too hard to catalog. With my own music just a click or two away, I've started to enjoy my music collection, and to add to it again.
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