Temptations, The - Bare Back '1978 [2013]

Tracks list

Radio gave some notice to Bare Backs first single, Ever Ready Love, a melodic
ballad that sparkled with the sweet lead vocal of Leonard, who was increasingly
proving to be a great asset to the group. The Hollands also leaned heavily on
the always-brilliant Richard Street, and his empassioned vocals on cuts like
Touch Me Again and the title track brought the maximum life to fairly mediocre
underlying material. Conversely, Louis Price was largely placed in the
background for Bare Back, getting the full lead only on Thats When You Need Love
- a really fine vocal performance that showed much better chemistry with the
group than his work on Hear.... One hidden gem late on the album was I See My
Child, a string-filled ballad that is at times a bit saccharine, but which
includes simply beautiful group harmonies that make it the mostly likely keeper
on the album. The failure of Bare Back to win - or even keep - the longtime fans
of The Temptations, led the group to return, successfully, to Motown in 1980 for
Power, a fine album to which Berry Gordy personally attached his name as
producer and which thrust The Tempts back into the Top 10.


Tracks:

01.	Mystic Woman (Love Me Over)	
02.	I Just Dont Know How To Let You Go	
03.	Thats When You Need Love	
04.	Bare Back	
05.	Ever Ready Love	
06.	Wake Up To Me	
07.	Youre So Easy To Love	
08.	I See My Child	
09.	Touch Me Again

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