Definitive Collection [Original recording remastered]

Temptations | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B001E6T7RG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,018 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > R&B > Motown

Editorial Reviews

In Celebration of Motown's 50th Anniversary, Motown releases ten new compilations to add to The Definitive Collection series. Each "Definitive" disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered; Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes; No. 1 hits, anthems and classic B-sides; Familiar Motown greats from every era all whilst being beautifully packaged with a consistent line look. Ten legendary names in music join the all-star "Definitive Collection" roster!

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Collection, but not "Definitive", September 28, 2009

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Vicki (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Definitive Collection (Audio CD)

If you love The Temptations, you'll love this collection of songs. But I wouldn't call it "Definitive" as it doesn't include songs like "Beauty's Only Skin Deep." And it seemed to me that a couple of the songs ended more abruptly and didn't completely "play out" as I remember they did on vinyl 45. Still, these are great songs and never fail to put me in a good mood.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yet Another Greatest Hits Collection..., February 1, 2009

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dwood78 (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Definitive Collection (Audio CD)

Oh yes, another greatest hits CD from the Temptations.

Like all the previously released compliations, nearly all their best known songs are present like "My Girl", "Since I Lost My Baby", "Ain't too Proud to Beg", & "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)".

The highlight of this collection has to be the psychedelic soul recordings like "Cloud Nine" & "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (If you're interested in these type of songs, check out Psychedelic Soul, a double disc collection which covers this musical period).

For me, the last good Temptations song was "Treat Her Like a Lady" (I still remember my mom bringing home the 7'' record more than 20 years ago). All in all, a good CD. Throw in some very colorful linar notes with photos & an essay & you have a collection that's worth getting if you don't own any of the previously released Temptation compilations.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A DEFINITIVE YES!!, May 22, 2010

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Salayo Brown "REAL SMOOVE" (LINCOLN, NE. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Definitive Collection (Audio CD)

I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CD IN MY COLLECTION. IT HAS HITS FROM EVERY DECADE(FROM THE 60'S TO THE 90'S) ON HERE. THE TEMPTATIONS JUST GOT BETTER EVERY TIME AT BAT. I WAS LISTENING TO THIS CD EARLIER TODAY SIPPING MY CRAN-APPLE JUICE AND TRYING TO STEP TO THE SOUNDS. I REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF. I SAID TO MYSELF IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO BE ALIVE. THE ONLY LITTLE GRIPES I HAVE IS THAT I WISH BEAUTY'S ONLY SKIN DEEP, THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME AND RUNAWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD WERE ON HERE. AND I WISH IN THE LINER NOTES IT WOULD HAVE SHOWN THE CHART POSITIONS OF EACH SONG. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M WELL PLEASED. I'M THANKFUL THAT FED-EX DELIVERED MY CD IN A TIMELY FASHION. WHEN I GET HOME LATER, I'M GONNA SIP ME SOME MORE CRAN-APPLE JUICE, LOOK AT THE MUTED TV AND LISTEN TO THIS GREAT CD. TO ALL THE BROTHERS OF THE TEMPTATIONS WHO PASSED ON, MAY THE LORD REST YOUR SOULS. PEACE, LOVE AND R&B!!!