The Temptations - Emperors Of Soul

Disc 1
1. Come On
2. Oh, Mother Of Mine
3. Romance Without Finance
4. Check Yourself
5. Dream Come True
6. Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)
7. I'll Love You 'Til I Die
8. Paradise
9. Slow Down Heart
10. I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
11. Witchcraft (For Your Love)
12. I Want A Love I Can See
13. The Further You Look, The Less You See
14. Farewell My Love
15. A Tear From A Woman's Eyes
16. The Way You Do The Things You Do
17. I'll Be In Trouble
18. The Girl's Alright With Me
19. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
20. Baby, Baby I Need You
21. My Girl
22. (Talking 'Bout) Nobody But My Baby
23. It's Growing
24. You'll Lose A Precious Love
25. Since I Lost My Baby
26. You've Got To Earn It
27. My Baby
28. Don't Look Back

Disc 2
1. Get Ready
2. Fading Away
3. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
4. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
5. Who You Gonna Run To
6. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
7. I Got Heaven Right Here On Earth
8. (I Know) I'm Losing You
9. All I Need
10. Sorry Is A Sorry Word
11. I'm Doing It All
12. No More Water In The Well
13. You're My Everything
14. Just One Last Look
15. Angel Doll
16. (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
17. Don't Send Me Away
18. Hello Young Lovers
19. Ol' Man River
20. I Wish It Would Rain
21. I Truly, Truly Believe
22. I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
23. Please Return Your Love To Me
24. How Can I Forget
25. For Once In My Life (Live)

Disc 3
1. Cloud Nine
2. Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go)
3. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
4. I'll Try Something New - Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
5. Runaway Child, Running Wild
6. Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down
7. I Can't Get Next To You
8. Message From A Black Man
9. War
10. Psychedelic Shack
11. Hum Along & Dance
12. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
13. Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World)
14. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
15. Take A Look Around
16. It's Summer
17. Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
18. I Ain't Got Nothin'
19. Mother Nature
20. Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Disc 4
1. Masterpiece
2. Plastic Man
3. Hey Girl (I LIke Your Style)
4. Law Of The Land (Alternate Mix)
5. Let Your Hair Down
6. Heavenly
7. You've Got My Soul On Fire
8. Happy People
9. Shakey Ground
10. Glasshouse
11. A Song For You
12. Memories
13. Keep Holdin' On
14. Darling, Stand By Me (Song For My Woman)
15. Who Are You
16. In A Lifetime
17. Power
18. Isn't The Night Fantastic
19. Aiming At Your Heart

Disc 5
1. Standing On The Top (Part I) (ft Rick James)
2. Sail Away
3. Treat Her Like A Lady
4. My Love Is True (Truly For You)
5. Do You Really Love Your Baby
6. Magic
7. Lady Soul
8. I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now
9. Look What You Started
10. Soul To Soul
11. Special
12. My Kind Of Woman (ft Ice-T)
13. Hoops Of Fire
14. Error Of Our Ways
15. Givin' U The Best
16. Elevator Eyes
17. Blueprint For Love

Released: September 20, 1994

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Comments: I love The Temptations, which I guess is evident by the mere fact that I purchased a five disc fuckin' set. This set combines early shit, classics, alternate mixes and even some unreleased shit. It just does a great job of showing the greatness of The Temptations legacy. I've gotten a few chances to see The Temptations live and I even shook Otis Williams' (the last living original Temptation) hand, and this set is the next best thing. - D

From 1961 to the present day, there have been a total of 15 voices which have made up Motown's fab five, The Temptations. But of them all, there are only five that were regarded as one of the most prominent black vocal groups of the `60s. These black supermen were: David Ruffin (his raspy, soulful preacher-like vocals were grossly underrated), Melvin Frankin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams and the definitive falsetto of Eddie Kendricks. Emperors Of Soul is a well-deserved five-CD collection that is tough to close once you have discovered the three decades of crucial music. Disc one is peppered with a handful of pre-Temptations/pre-David Ruffin cuts like "Come On" by Otis Williams & The Distants and eight cuts from their debut, Meet The Temptations. Discs two and three refelect the Temps' most essential work: Voyaging from 1965's "Get Ready" and "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" to their psychedelic soul days of records like Psychedelic Shack, Puzzle People and the cuts "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down," "Message From A Black Man" and the epic "Papa Was A Rolling Stone." Discs four and five probably could be combined into one, documenting the line-up that only contained two original members (Frankin and Otis Williams), but they are important to the Temptations lineage and do offer some decent latter-day singles, some fine unreleased tracks (check out 1989's "My Kind Of Woman" featuring Ice-T), as well as four new songs recorded last winter. Don't be too proud to beg for this one. - From CDNow.com

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