Legacy

• Artist: The Temptations
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• Release Date: June 08, 2004
• Type: Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

The Temptations got a new lease on life in 1998, when they returned to the R&B Top 40 with "Stay" and sold a million copies of Phoenix Rising. They have tried to replicate that success with diminishing success on 2000's Ear-Resistable, which yielded another R&B Top 40 hit in "I'm Here," 2001's Awesome, and now Legacy. The challenge, as sole original member Otis Williams acknowledges in the 20-minute interview accessible online through the CD's enhanced feature, is to straddle a sense of the group's tradition and current styles. Certainly, "Still Tempting," the opening track, prefaced by a Williams spoken introduction, along with the album's title, hark back to the Temptations' history, as do some of the musical and vocal arrangements that provide alternating showcases to soaring tenor and gruff baritone voices. At the same time, the battery of producer/songwriter/musicians responsible for the songs and instrumental beds modestly aims for a semblance of a contemporary sound. There are several appealing numbers, among them "Stay Together," which is a catchy rhythm song, "Love to the Music," which has an excellent groove, and "You Are Necessary in My Life (The Wedding Song)," which begins with sweet a cappella singing. These Temptations can sing, there's no doubt of that. What is in doubt is their distinctiveness. Much of the time, they resemble a Temptations-like vocal group, but rarely do they sound like a particular unit. They are therefore dependent on the material, which for the most part is not all that distinctive, either. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Still Tempting		The Temptations	(4:34)
'Round Here	B.B. Watson	The Temptations	(3:59)
Stay Together	S. Sanders	The Temptations	(4:29)
Somethin' Special (Lyrics)		The Temptations	(4:45)
Fifty Fifty Love	C. Grant	The Temptations	(3:43)
Love to the Music		The Temptations	(4:48)
You Are Necessary in My Life (The Wedding Song)	B.J. Wright	The Temptations	(6:35)
Mr. Fix It		The Temptations	(4:46)
All the Wrong People	B.B. Watson	The Temptations	(4:45)
Baby It's Me	C. Grant	The Temptations	(5:17)
Why Can't We Be Lovin' Friends		The Temptations	(5:53)
Never Let You Down		The Temptations	(7:00)

Credits

Dinky Bingham (Producer), David E. Williams (Guitar), Edward Moore (Percussion), Benjamin Wright (Drums), Darryl Jones (Guitar), Daniel Weatherspoon (Engineer), Sandy Brummels (Art Direction), Kedar Massenburg (Executive Producer), Shannon Sanders (Keyboards), Daniel Weatherspoon (Producer), Reginald Dozier (Engineer), Chris Athens (Mastering), Herman Jackson (Keyboards), Dinky Bingham (Programming), Benjamin Wright (Conductor), Daniel Weatherspoon (Programming), Kerry Turman (Moog Bass), David Flemming (Mixing), Andrew Gouche (Bass), Benjamin Wright (String Arrangements), Christopher Kornmann (Graphic Design), Bob Tucker (Engineer), Dinky Bingham (Bass), Dinky Bingham (Keyboards), Balewa Muhammad (Producer), Benjamin Wright (Producer), Shannon Sanders (Producer), Michael Weatherspoon (Programming), Daniel Weatherspoon (Keyboards), Aaron Rapoport (Photography), Nina Freeman (A&R), David Kaufman (Stylist), Jimmy Macon (Guitar), David Flemming (Engineer), Aaron Wright (Programming), Shannon Sanders (Programming), Benjamin Wright (Horn Arrangements), Benjamin Wright (Keyboards), Brandon Winslow (Assistant Engineer), Bob Tucker (Mixing)

• Genres: Electronica
• Representative Albums: "Where We Go

Biography

Legacy is a progressive rock group that has one album out. The lineup of the band is Frank Hartis (vocals), Mitch Hensdale (keys, guitar, drums, and vocals), Ricky Chaffin (guitar), and Dale Black (bass and vocals). ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide

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