Artist: The Temptations | Album: Greatest Hits Volume 1 | Released: 1986 | Genre: Pop, Soul

As the first Temptations hits package Motown released, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 appeared a little over two years into the group’s career, but it remains an excellent hits collection. Not all of the 12 tracks were giant hits — “The Girl’s Alright with Me,” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “It’s Growing” and “I’ll Be in Trouble” never became as ubiquitous as “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” and “Get Ready,” all of which are included here — but the lesser-known tracks are terrific in their own right and help make the album a dynamic experience. Nevertheless, those minor hits and album tracks date Greatest Hits, illustrating that it was released during the group’s extraordinary run. They also mean that anyone looking for a definitive single-disc collection should look to the latter-day collections, which contain all the hits from this album and Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 and thereby offer a better bargain for the casual fan.

Tracklisting:

01 The Way You Do The Things You Do
02 My Girl
03 Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
04 Don’t Look Back
05 Get Ready
06 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
07 Since I Lost My Baby
08 The Girl’s Alright With Me
09 My Baby
10 It’s Growing
11 I’ll Be In Trouble
12 Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)

Single download

Category:Pop
Main catalog

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