Emperors of Soul - The Temptations

Emperors of Soul

Compilation by The Temptations

Released 20 September 1994

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Come On
Otis Williams & The Distants
2:19
2
Oh, Mother of Mine
2:21
3
Romance Without Finance
2:50
4
Check Yourself
2:45
5
Dream Come True
3:16
6
Mind Over Matter (I’m Gonna Make You Mine)
The Pirates
3:03
7
I’ll Love You ’til I Die
2:52
8
Paradise
2:50
9
Slow Down Heart
2:43
10
I Couldn’t Cry If I Wanted To
2:43
11
Witchcraft (For Your Love)
2:32
12
I Want a Love I Can See
2:32
13
The Further You Look, the Less You See
2:20
14
Farewell My Love
2:42
15
A Tear From a Woman’s Eyes
2:39
16
The Way You Do the Things You Do
2:42
2.5 ★
17
I’ll Be in Trouble
3:20
18
The Girl’s Alright With Me
2:58
19
Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
2:17
20
Baby, Baby I Need You
2:41
21
My Girl
2:59
22
(Talking ’bout) Nobody but My Baby
2:49
23
It’s Growing
2:59
2.0 ★
24
You’ll Lose a Precious Love
2:29
1.0 ★
25
Since I Lost My Baby
2:52
2.0 ★
26
You’ve Got to Earn It
2:41
27
My Baby
3:00
2.0 ★
28
Don’t Look Back
2:53
CD 2
1
Get Ready
2:39
2
Fading Away
2:39
3
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
2:35
4.4 ★
4
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
2:43
5
Who You Gonna Run To
3:08
6
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
2:23
3.0 ★
7
I Got Heaven Right Here on Earth
2:54
8
(I Know) I’m Losing You
2:30
3.2 ★
9
All I Need
3:20
10
Sorry Is a Sorry Word
2:31
11
I’m Doing It All
2:33
12
No More Water in the Well
3:04
13
You’re My Everything
3:13
3.4 ★
14
Just One Last Look
2:46
15
Angel Doll
2:31
16
(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It’s You That I Need
2:39
1.0 ★
17
Don’t Send Me Away
2:55
18
Hello Young Lovers
2:58
19
Ol’ Man River
4:49
20
I Wish It Would Rain
2:56
3.6 ★
21
I Truly, Truly Believe
2:47
22
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
3:40
1.0 ★
23
Please Return Your Love to Me
2:24
1.0 ★
24
How Can I Forget
1:48
25
For Once in My Life (live)
3:59
26
My Girl (vocal track only)
2:51
CD 3
1
Cloud Nine
3:37
3.6 ★
2
Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)
3:11
3
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations
3:08
2.6 ★
4
I’ll Try Something New
Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations
2:27
5
Runaway Child, Running Wild
4:50
6
Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down
4:42
7
I Can’t Get Next to You
2:54
2.5 ★
8
Message From a Black Man
6:06
9
War
3:14
1.0 ★
10
Psychedelic Shack
4:19
11
Hum Along and Dance
3:54
12
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)
4:04
4.0 ★
13
Ungena za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)
4:14
14
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
3:54
4.4 ★
15
Take a Look Around
3:12
16
It’s Summer
2:59
17
Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
2:56
18
I Ain’t Got Nothin’
3:49
19
Mother Nature
3:14
20
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
6:57
3.4 ★
CD 4
1
Masterpiece (single edit)
4:24
2.5 ★
2
Plastic Man
4:18
3
Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
4:40
4
Law of the Land (alt mix)
5:04
5
Let Your Hair Down
2:43
6
Heavenly
3:56
1.0 ★
7
You’ve Got My Soul on Fire
3:54
8
Happy People
3:40
9
Shaky Ground
4:05
2.5 ★
10
Glasshouse
3:58
11
Song for You
4:48
2.0 ★
12
Memories
6:02
13
Keep Holding On
3:16
14
Darling Stand by Me (Song for My Woman)
3:48
15
Who Are You
3:48
16
In a Lifetime
3:11
17
Power
4:12
18
Isn’t the Night Fantastic
4:20
19
Aiming at Your Heart
3:32
CD 5
1
Stand on the Top, Part 1
4:24
1.0 ★
2
Sail Away
4:18
3
Treat Her Like a Lady
4:19
3.5 ★
4
My Love Is True (Truly for You)
6:11
5
Do You Really Love Your Baby
4:12
6
Magic
5:15
7
Lady Soul
4:35
8
I Wonder Who She’s Seeing Now
4:26
9
Look What You Started
4:33
10
Soul to Soul
4:22
11
Special
4:29
2.0 ★
12
My Kind of Woman
4:10
13
Hoops of Fire
4:22
14
Error of Our Ways
5:20
15
Givin’ U the Best
4:54
16
Elevator Eyes
4:05
17
Blueprint for Love
3:53

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Release credits

Al McKay
producer [3]
Ali Ollie Woodson
lead vocals [3]
Angelo Bond
producer [17]
Benny Benjamin
drums (drum set) [21]
Berry Gordy
executive [4.11, 4.17, 5.1], producer [8-9, 17]
Candace Bond
art direction, design, executive
Damon Harris
lead vocals [3.17, 3.20, 4.1]
David Ruffin
background vocals [16], lead vocals [1.21, 1.23-25, 1.27, 5.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.16, 2.22]
Deke Richards
producer [4]
Dennis Edwards
lead vocals [4.1, 4.5, 4.9, 4.11, 4.17, 3.1, 3.6-7, 3.12, 3.17, 3.20, 5.1]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
strings [21]
Diana Ross
lead vocals [3]
Eddie Kendricks
background vocals [1.21, 2.3], lead vocals [1.16, 1.26, 2.1, 2.13, 2.23, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.7, 3.12, 3.14, 5.1]
Frank Wilson
producer [2.9, 3.3-4]
Gene Page
arranger [4]
Glenn Leonard
lead vocals [17]
Harry Weinger
liner notes, producer
James Anthony Carmichael
brass [8], horn [9, 11], strings [11]
James Jamerson
bass [21]
Jeffrey Bowen
producer [8-9, 11]
Joseph M. Palmaccio
re
Mary Jane Girls
additional [1], background vocals [1], lead vocals [1]
McKinley Jackson
arranger [17]
Melvin Franklin
background vocals [2.3, 1.16], lead vocals [3.17, 4.1], vocal [7]
Nancy Ogami
art direction, design
Nelson George
liner notes
Nickolas Ashford
producer [3]
Norman Whitfield
producer [4.1, 4.5-6, 3.1, 3.6-9, 3.12, 3.14-15, 3.17, 3.20, 1.10, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20, 2.22-23]
Otis Williams
background vocals [2.3, 1.16, 1.21], spoken vocals [4.1, 3.3], vocal [7]
Paul Riser
arranger [3.3, 3.20, 4.1, 4.5-6], conductor [20], horn [17], strings [4.17, 1.21]
Paul Williams
background vocals [2.3, 1.16, 1.21], lead vocals [1.28, 3.1, 3.7, 3.12]
Ralph Johnson
producer [3]
Richard Street
lead vocals [4.1, 4.17, 3.17, 3.20]
Rick James
additional [1], arranger [1], background vocals [1], lead vocals [1], performer [1], producer [1]
Robert White
guitar [21]
Ronald White
producer [21]
Smokey Robinson
producer [2.1, 1.16, 1.21, 1.23-28]
Suzee Ikeda
executive [3]
The Andantes
background vocals [23]
The Funk Brothers
instrument [3.7, 1.16, 1.21, 2.3]
The Temptations
vocal [14]
Victor Carstarphen
arranger [3]

Issues

E
Emperors of Soul
5x CD
20 September 1994