At His Best

David Ruffin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B000001AEA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,493 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Walk Away from Love

2. Ain't Too Proud to Beg

3. Everything's Coming up Love

4. (I Know) I'm Losing You

5. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)

6. You're My Peace of Mind

7. My Girl

8. Just Let Me Hold You for a Night

9. I Wish It Would Rain

10. I Miss You, Pt. 1

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hey Motown! Ruffin deserves a Box Set!, June 4, 1998

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[e-mail] (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At His Best (Audio CD)

David Ruffin was the gruff-voiced master of the early Temptations. His pencil-thin physique and black-rimmed glasses camouflaged a voice of pure soulful gold, and he drove the Tempts to higher and higher peaks with hits like "My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You", all included in this collection.

The collection, however, merely scratches the surface of the later material Ruffin recorded after his glory days with the Temptations. True, "I Miss You (Pt. 1)" and "Walk Away From Love" are some of the best recordings he made during the period, but they were not the only songs worth hearing after Ruffin's salad days. Motown Records has left the bulk of Ruffin's material unreleased since the initial album issues, and for fans like myself who came along too late to buy up the vinyl albums when they were issued, it is a terrible shame. David Ruffin At His Best should have been a boxed set....or at least a completist 2-CD set. More's the pity....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure gold from an R & B legend, April 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: At His Best (Audio CD)

David Ruffin is probably the finest R & B singer of all time. His soulful delivery gave the Temptations some of their biggest hits; although they continued to have success after his departure, his absence was always felt. Ruffin's solo efforts, although not as commercially successful, are nonetheless brilliant. This compilation features some of his best Temptations cuts, as well as a few of his best solo tracks. The only real fault with this album is that it could have easily been a double set. Hopefully, Motown will see fit to release a more comprehensive set from this masterful artist. Until then, this is an excellent sampler from the finest singer Motown ever produced.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Real Best of David Ruffin isn't on CD, November 25, 1999

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jabari simama (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At His Best (Audio CD)

I read your reviews of "David Ruffin at his Best." The CD is great showing the continuity of Ruffin from the Tempts to a remarkable, though not commercially successful, solo career. My favorite non-tempts tune from "DR at his Best" collection is "Just Let Me Hold you for a Night." It is presented with such authenticity you believe he will make everything alright. I am puzzled why Motown added "I Miss You," a re-recorded old Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes Tune. Ruffin doesn't take this song beyond where Teddy Pendergrass had already taken it. Some of Ruffin's best post tempts stuff is missing from this collection. One writer asked about "So Soon We Change. The song "So Soon We Change" was written by John Glover and James Dean from a Warner Bros. album by the same name. The album was released in 1979. I agree "So Soon We Change" is Ruffin at his best. There is another tune on the same album that was more commercially successful (and great) entitled "Break My Heart," written by David Garner. It's an excellent interpretation by Ruffin. Ruffin did a final album with Warner Bros. a year later entitled "Gentleman Ruffin." This LP has two great tunes by Ruffin, one duet with Laverna Mayson entitled "I Wanna be With You" and a solo entitled "All I Need." If any readers have been able to find the CDs, I hope they will send me a message. Ruffin's last album was with RCA (Victor) entitled Ruffin and Kendrick (1987). Kendrick joined him but Ruffin's voice dominates. He has two great tunes here: "One more for the Lonely Hearts Club" and "One Last Kiss." I am sure all Ruffin fans will enjoy these songs, if they're lucky enough to find them.