Greatest Hits is a 1966 greatest hits album for The Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and remained on the chart for 120 weeks. Included are popular Temptations hits such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "Get Ready", "Since I Lost My Baby", "My Baby", "Don't Look Back", and their signature #1 hit, "My Girl". One non-album single, "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", is also included; it was a #3 hit in the summer and fall of 1966.
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | November 16, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1964–1966 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville USA, Detroit | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 32:40 | |||
| Label | Gordy GS 919 | |||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson and Norman Whitfield. | |||
| The Temptations chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Tom Hull | A+[2] |
The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[3]
Track listing
editSide one
edit- "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
- "My Girl" (Robinson, Ronald White) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
- "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
- "Don't Look Back" (Robinson, White) (lead singer: Paul Williams)
- "Get Ready" (Robinson) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
- "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (Holland, Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
Side two
edit- "Since I Lost My Baby" (Warren Moore, Robinson) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
- "The Girl's Alright with Me" (Holland, Eddie Kendricks, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
- "My Baby" (Moore, Robinson, Rogers) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
- "It's Growing" (Moore, Robinson) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
- "I'll Be in Trouble" (Robinson) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin)
- "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" (Holland, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
Chart and singles history
edit| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Pop Albums | 5 |
| U.S. Top R&B Albums | 1 |
Singles
| Title | Information | US | US R&B | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" |
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3 | 1 | 18 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Top R&B Albums[4] | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Greatest Hits Vol. 1 at Allmusic
- ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Albums - Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. 2006-10-20. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2021-05-29.