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Music : With a Lot o' Soul
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With a Lot o' Soul by: The Temptations |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731453093225 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Import Label: Polygram UK Manufacturer: Polygram UK Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polygram UK Release Date: October 20, 1998 Studio: Polygram UK Sales Rank: 160024 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: The Four Tops's Levi Stubbs wasn't the only singer in a Motown group who could convince listeners that everything–-love, the future, life itself–-rode on the truth of a single song. There was also the Temptations' David Ruffin. With a Lot o' Soul begins with his crowning moment of desperation, "(I Know) I'm Losing You." The house band crashing majestically, Ruffin shouts to his straying lover as if to blow the walls themselves apart. "Loooosin' you!" Eddie Kendricks and the rest of Ruffin's fellows answer. While the cut provides the most dramatic piece of this 1967 album, it's hardly the only one of similar qualities: Ruffin's angst and the Sound of Young America's rhythmic maturation also make for perfect personal expression on "All I Need" and "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need." "Save My Love for a Rainy Day" provides a much-needed respite from the, er, storm. --Rickey Wright Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Almost a classicAnother enjoyable, hit-filled album of classic R&B. Here the big hits were the pseudo-rocker "(I Know) I'm Losing You", propelled by its circular riff and tenor harmonies, later covered by Rod Stewart; "All I Need", which is enjoyable but rudimentary pop-soul; Eddie Kendricks' smooth, beautiful ballad "You're My Everything", and the painfully over-dramatic "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You I Need", interestingly one of my least favorites. And like most of the classic, proto "psychedelic soul" LP's, the album tracks are far from toss-offs - the driving "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" and dramatic, gospel influenced (love Paul Williams' vocal!) "No More Water in the Well" can certainly play with the big boys, while "Save My Love for ... Read More: Rating: - AGONY AND ECSTASYIN 1967 THE MOTTO WAS NO PAIN NO GAIN. GIVE IT YOUR ALL, GIVE IT ALL YOUVE GOT AND YOULL GET ALL IN RETURN. ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE PUTTING THEMSELVES INTO THEIR MUSIC AND WORK 110% . THE FURIOUS FIVE HAD A STROKE OF MAGIC THAT WAS TOO HOT TO THE HUMAN TOUCH. THEIR BAND DIRECTOR, CORNELIUS GRANT HAD 3 CUTS ON THIS ONE. HE WAS PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE METAL AND STRETCHING THEM OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE. CORNELIUS GRANT WROTE 3/SONGS- "I KNOW IM LOSING YOU / AINT NO SUN SINCE YOU BEEN GONE/AND YOURE MY EVERYTHING. HIS MUSICAL ABILITY HELPED THEM TO SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS AND DRIVE THEM INTO NEW #1 HITS. THE GIFTS/TALENTS WERE FLOWING ABUNDANTLY. YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO EXPERIENCE IT. Rating: - BEST OF THE BESTOkay, I'll be brief. This is one of the finest, most fun, beautiful, soaring achievements to ever come out of Motown. The Temptations had released several wonderful LPs and singles before "With A Lot O Soul", but this is the pinnacle of the David Ruffin years. David, Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams all top themselves here, with soul music so fantastic you'll smile and cry at once. Stop reading, go buy this now!! Rating: - Just About PerfectI was there in 1967, 13 years old, when this one came out in the summer, originally as "Gordy 922." Better than most Supremes LP's (or Motown albums in general) in that it fathered four hit singles. "I Know I'm Losing You" and "All I Need" preceded the LP in Nov. 66 & Apr. 67, respectively. "You're My Everything" more or less came out as a 45 simultaneously with album. Then in September, the album was mined for "It's You That I Need" backed with "Don't Send Me Away." Four touchstone Temptations singles, but as far I'm concerned there's at least two more 45s that should have been scooped out of this one, and read "In album: Temptations With A Lot O' Soul" on their labels. "Save My Love For A Rainy Day," is a study ... Read More: Rating: - Just About PerfectI was there in 1967, 13 years old, when this one came out in the summer, originally as "Gordy 922." Better than most Supremes LP's (or Motown albums in general) in that it fathered four hit singles. "I Know I'm Losing You" and "All I Need" preceded the LP in Nov. 66 & Apr. 67, respectively. "You're My Everything" more or less came out as a 45 simultaneously with album. Then in September, the album was mined for "It's You That I Need" backed with "Don't Send Me Away." Four touchstone Temptations singles, but as far I'm concerned there's at least two more 45s that should have been scooped out of this one, and read "In album: Temptations With A Lot O' Soul" on their labels. "Save My Love For A Rainy Day," is a study ... Read More: |
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