''Reunion'' is a 1982 album by
The Temptations for
Gordy Records. The album was released during the 1982 Temptations ''Reunion'' tour, which reunited
David Ruffin and
Eddie Kendricks with the Temptations after a decade-long absence. The album also features then-current Temptations
Dennis Edwards,
Glenn Leonard,
Richard Street, and founding members
Otis Williams and
Melvin Franklin. ''Reunion'' featured the hit single "
Standing on the Top", produced by and featuring Motown funk star
Rick James, who had previously used the Temptations as the background vocalists for his 1981 hit "
Super Freak". It was their first album to reach the top 40 since ''
Wings of Love'' (1976).
The ''Reunion'' tour, which began in April 1982 was only partially successful. Ruffin, by then a full-blown
cocaine addict, missed several shows, causing the group to be fined thousands of dollars for each performance he missed, and Eddie Kendricks'
falsetto
''Falsetto'' (, ; Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.
It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous ed ...
voice had weakened due to constant smoking. Group leader Otis Williams decided that the reunion would not be a permanent thing, and fired Ruffin and Kendricks shortly after
Christmas 1982.
Track listing
Personnel
Performers
*
Dennis Edwards - vocals (tenor)
*
Melvin Franklin - vocals (bass)
*
Eddie Kendricks - vocals (tenor/falsetto)
*
Glenn Leonard - vocals (tenor/falsetto)
*
David Ruffin - vocals (tenor/baritone)
*
Richard Street - vocals (tenor)
*
Otis Williams - vocals (baritone/tenor)
*
Rick James - guest vocals, producer
*
Mary Jane Girls - background vocals ("Standing on the Top")
Musicians
* Oscar Alston,
Freddie Washington, Jervonny Collier,
Nathan Watts, Eddie Watkins - bass guitar
*
Paulinho da Costa, Gary Coleman, Nathan Hughes - percussion
* Bill Elliott - electric piano, synthesizer
* Kerry Ashby, Rudy Robinson, Erskine Williams,
Clarence McDonald - keyboards
*
Bobby Nunn, Levi Ruffin - synthesizer
*
Ken Hirsch
Kenneth William Hirsch is an American pop songwriter, pianist and record producer, co-writer of the international 1982 hit "I've Never Been to Me" with Ron Miller. He is also co-writer of the hits "If I Could", "No One in the World" and "Two Le ...
- piano
* Chris Powell - saxophone
* Ken Scott, LaMorris Payne - trumpets
*
Benjamin Wright
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- synthesizer, arranger
*
Ndugu Chancler,
Ed Greene, Jerry Jones, Lanise Hughes, Quentin Dennard - drums
* Robert Bowles, Bruce Nazarian, Dennis Herring, Louis Russell,
Wah Wah Watson
Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records.
Career
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvi ...
, Tom McDermott - guitars
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Production
*Executive Producer: Berry Gordy
*Tracks 3, 7 and 9 produced by Berry Gordy; track 9 co-produced by Melvin Ragin. Recording and mix by Barney Perkins, Bob Robitalle, Bobby Brooks, Fred Law, Glen Jordan, Jane Clark, Russ Terrana.
*Track 1 produced by Rick James. Recording and mix by Rom Flye, Ann Fry and Michael Johnson.
*Track 2 produced by Iris Gordy and Barrett Strong. Recording and mix by Warren Woods.
*Track 4 produced by Ron Miller. Recording and mix by Barney Perkins, Bob Robitalle, Russ Terrana, Fred Law, Kevin Sorrells, Michael Johnson.
*Tracks 5, 6 and 8 produced by Smokey Robinson. Recording and mix by Howard Wolen and Louis Russell.
Charts
Singles
References
External links
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Discogs
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1982 albums
The Temptations albums
Gordy Records albums
Albums produced by Smokey Robinson
Albums produced by Berry Gordy
Albums produced by Rick James
Albums produced by Barrett Strong