SKU: TCDMEETTHETEMPTATIONS
Meet The Temptations, our debut album came out in March, 1964. And though it barely snuck into the Top 100 albums chart, we couldn’t have been happier if it had gone to number one. We’d prayed for that album for so long, we cherished it. Each one of us had his own copy, and when we were on the road and staying someplace, walking down the hall, we’d hear it playing.
One of our favorite things about the album was the cover. Early on, Motown often used pictures of white people or some silly cartoon on the covers, thinking, I guess, that record buyers would be turned off by seeing black faces. The photographer wanted to do something different, so he posed us against a dark background. By carefully lighting our faces, he achieved an almost silhouette effect, not unlike that used on the Beatle’s first American album. It was very dramatic and different for Motown and most other black albums of the day. I’m not sure Berry deliberately chose that type of photograph and cover, thinking he would present us as an upscale act, but it fit well with the sort of classy image we were cultivating.
Enjoy,
Otis
Meet The Temptations
1. The Way You Do The Things You Do
2. I Want A Love I Can See
3. Dream Come True
4. Paradise
5. May I Have This Dance
6. Isn't She Pretty
7. Just Let Me Know
8. Your Wonderful Love
9. The Further You Look, The Less You See
10. Check Yourself
11. Slow Down Heart
12. Farewell My Love
13. Oh, Mother Of Mine (Bonus Track)
14. Romance Without Finance (Bonus Track)
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