20th Century Masters 2 [Original recording remastered]

Temptations | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B00003XACP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Economics 101: Less Is Not More...It's Less, June 2, 2000

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20th Century Masters 2 (Audio CD)

I should probably quit writing these Millennium Series reviews, but it's so infuriating. In hindsight it is obvious what was going to happen. Everyone was complaining about all the great tracks left off the Temptations first Millennium Series release. So six months later MCA releases Vol. 2.

But let's look at this closely. Do you buy both Millennium Series releases or the 2-disc Temptations Anthology? If you go the Millennium route:

1) You save a few bucks.

2) Volume 2 gives you "Stay" from 1998's Phoenix Rising. [This is the only track not to be found on Anthology.]

3) You have 22 songs--including 18 of their 37 Top 40 hits. [Among the missing are the Top Tens "Runaway Child, Running Wild" and "All I Need.]

If you buy Anthology:

1) You spend a couple extra dollars.

2) You get twice as many songs--46 instead of 22.

3) You get all of their Top Tens and 33 of their 37 Top 40 hits.

The Temptations were part of the triple crown of Motown's male vocal groups along with The Miracles and The Four Tops and these songs belong in any serious collector's music library. Just do the math BEFORE you buy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars backfires for real, June 15, 2000

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glenn (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20th Century Masters 2 (Audio CD)

A wholly inadequate attempt to chronicle the music of the "Temptations" for the last 30 years. A "collection" of '70's, '80's and '90's "Tempts" songs, this package just recycles the vintage Tempt hits in yet another format. I'm a classic Tempts fan (Ruffin, Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin and Otis w/ Dennis later on), but I've listened to them over all these years. Where is "Lady Soul"? Where is "Soul to Soul"? Their '95 Richard Perry produced "For Lovers Only" is a great great album, why isn't anything ("Some Enchanted Evening", "At Last") from it included on this collection? Motown has chosen to keep going to the well over and over to get the same "water" again and again. To put it in this new container doesn't change it one bit. The best of this collection is from the classic "60's" period. The 25 years of music making since '75 is shamelessly shortchanged. The songs from '75-'00 may not be as popular as the classics, but this package purports to be about THAT PERIOD and they should be included in it. Ron Tyson, Ali Woodson, and company deserve better.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great appetizer, October 21, 2006

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Hudson G TANNIS "DR.GROOVE" (LAURELTON, NEW YORK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20th Century Masters 2 (Audio CD)

Everybody knows that the Temptations have enough musical food to feed every person on the continent of Africa.However,if you are looking for the perfect appetizer this is it...most people have the main coarse...stop complaining enjoy the music.