226. The Pirates: “I’ll Love You Till I Die”
This would have made a super Temptations single in its own right, and absolutely doesn’t deserve to lie forgotten as a B-side to a cash-in record under a novelty name. (8)
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225. The Pirates: “Mind Over Matter (I’m Gonna Make You Mine)”
A decent single with a strong, driving groove, only denied a chart hit by the circumstances in which it came to be made. An important early record by one of Motown’s most important groups. (6)
163. The Temptations: “Isn’t She Pretty”
A fun, frothy, meaningless doo-wop ditty, which coming from a group like the Temptations is both highly enjoyable and maddeningly limited. (6)
162. The Temptations: “(You’re My) Dream Come True”
Possibly the best song Berry Gordy ever wrote, and therefore fitting that it should appear on the label bearing his name. But huge credit is also due to both the band and to the group; it is, after all, what’s in the grooves that count(s). (10)
133. The Temptations: “Your Wonderful Love”
An absolutely straight-down-the-line bit of late-period doo-wop. Well-sung and really rather pretty, but utterly predictable. (4)
132. The Temptations: “Check Yourself”
A stop-start, multi-part multiple-metre R&B piece, probably the most musically-daring thing Motown had released in its three years of existence. (6)
97. The Temptations: “Romance Without Finance”
If this unstructured, forgettable mess had been the A-side, it’s possible we’d never have heard of the Temptations again. One to miss, I’m afraid. (2)
96. The Temptations: “Oh Mother Of Mine”
If it’s not an obvious starting point for one of the great groups of all time, it’s a likeable (and danceable!) little record on its own merits. (6)
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