CD: TEMPTATIONS - SOLID ROCK.LIMITED EDITION MINI LP CD.MOTOWN FUNK RARE GROOVE.NEW

TEMPTATIONS

SOLID ROCK

UNIVERSAL MUSIC (MOTOWN) CD CAT No 88531

Import, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered Gatefold Mini LP CD

Solid Rock (1972) is The Temptations first album made primarily without founding members and original lead singers Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams. It is a masterful LP of righteous trippy soul, recorded during the height of The Temptations strong association with Norman Whitfield. The album has more than a few political/social conscience songs such as Take a Look Around, Stop the War Now, and Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) but the strongest point is the music, more than the message. The arrangements are super funky with complicated stretched out passages filled with spacey effects, rumbling bass, fuzzy guitars, and cool processing on the vocals. The End of Our Road has some great tight drums, and What It Is begins with rolling snare work thats in a Sly Stone sort of groove. Vocals are great as always, and the album also features a long mellow cover of Bill Withers Aint No Sunshine.

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