Bare Back
A photo of a nude woman wearing a headdress, photographed from behind
Studio album by
the Temptations
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1978 (1978-09-20)
Recorded1978
Studio
  • Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California, United States
  • Studio Masters, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Wally Heider Studio #4, Los Angeles, California, United States
GenreSoul
Length34:32
LanguageEnglish
LabelAtlantic
Producer
The Temptations chronology
Hear to Tempt You
(1977) 		Bare Back
(1978) 		Power
(1980)

Bare Back is a 1978 studio album from American soul group the Temptations. This was the second of two albums they recorded for Atlantic Records after temporarily leaving Motown after being with the label since 1961 and the last with vocalist Louis Price, as Dennis Edwards would return to the group when they re-signed with Motown in 1980.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this album 1.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton writing that "there's not much to recommend on the Temptations' second Atlantic record release" and blaming lackluster production, summing up that "the songs are arguably the weakest ever recorded by the Tempts".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Mystic Woman (Love Me Over)" (Richard Davis, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland) – 3:57
  2. "I Just Don't Know How to Let You Go" (B. Holland, E. Holland, and Marcia Woods) – 3:31
  3. "That's When You Need Love" (Davis, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:44
  4. "Bare Back" (Harold Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:34
  5. "Ever Ready Love" (Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 4:15
  6. "Wake Up to Me" (Beatty, E. Holland, and Woods) – 4:17
  7. "You're So Easy to Love" (Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:29
  8. "I See My Child" (Melvin Franklin, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Otis Williams, and Ben Wright) – 4:11
  9. "Touch Me Again" (Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:34

Personnel

The Temptations

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Chart performance

Bare Back four weeks on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (then named the Soul LP's) chart, reaching up to 46 on October 21, 1978.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Andrew, Hamilton. "The Temptations – Bare Back". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Temptations". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

External links

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