The Temptations - Back To Basics
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Singer: | The Temptations |
| Title: | Back To Basics |
| Short-info: | Label:
Gordy – 6085GL
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Date of released: 06 Oct 1983 Category: Funk / Soul Style: Soul |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1613 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1426 mb |
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)Written-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield* |
4:56 |
| A2 | Sail AwayWritten-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield* |
5:24 |
| A3 | OutlawWritten-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield* |
4:24 |
| A4 | Stop The World Right Here (I Wanna Get Off)Written-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield* |
6:30 |
| B1 | The Battle Song (I'm The One)Arranged By [Horns] – Benjamin F. Wright, Jr.*Arranged By [Strings] – Gene PageBass – "Ready" Freddie Washington*Featuring – The Four Tops*Guitar – David KitayKeyboards – Richard KosinskiPercussion – Eddie "Bongo" BrownRecorded By [Engineer] – Steve Smith Synthesizer – Sylvester RiversWritten-By – B. Gordy*Written-By, Arranged By [Rhythm], Electronic Drums [Dmx] – W. Hutch* |
5:20 |
| B2 | HollywoodArranged By [Horn] – Harry KimBass – James Jamerson, Jr.*Electronic Drums [Linn], Arranged By [Vocals], Recorded By [Engineer] – Benjamin F. Wright, Jr.*Guitar – Marvin Marshall, Norman HarrisPiano, Synthesizer [Prophet 10 & Jupiter 6] – Vic Carstarphen*Recorded By [Engineer] – Barney Perkins, Ty Williams*Written-By – David English, O. Williams*, R. Tyson*, V. Castarphen* |
3:56 |
| B3 | Isn't The Night FantasticArranged By [Horns & Strings] – Paul RiserArranged By [Rhythm] – McKinley JacksonBass – "Ready" Freddie Washington*Drums – James GadsonGuitar – David T. Walker, Paul M. Jackson, Jr.*Keyboards – Earl Van Dyke, Reginald "Sonny" Burke*Percussion – Eddie "Bongo" BrownRecorded By [Engineer] – Barney Perkins, Bob RobitailleWritten-By – David English, D. Edwards*, O. Williams*, R. Street* |
4:56 |
| B4 | Make Me Believe In Love AgainWritten-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield* |
6:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation
- Distributed By – MCA Distributing, Inc.
Credits
- Arranged By [Rhythm] – Norman Whitfield (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Art Direction – Johnny Lee
- Bass – Billy Bass* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), David Stephen Cochrane* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Coordinator [Album Coordination] – Roxanna Gordy Wright
- Design – Andy Engel
- Drums – Jerry Blaze Thompson* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Engineer – Bob Robitaille (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Leonard Jackson* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Ralph Sutton (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Steve Smith (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Executive Producer – Berry Gordy
- Guitar – Eddie Willis (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Gary "Funk Doctor" Thompson* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Keyboards – Walter Downing (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Management [Project Manager] – Suzee Wendy Ikeda*
- Mastered By – John Matousek
- Mixed By – Norman Whitfield (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Norman Anthony Whitfield* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Russ "The Mix King" Terrana*
- Orchestrated By [Direction] – Bruce Miller (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Percussion – Terral Santiel (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Producer – Angelo Bond (tracks: B3), Berry Gordy (tracks: B3), Harvey Fuqua (tracks: B2), Norman Whitfield (tracks: A1 to A4, B4, B4), Willie Hutch (tracks: B1)
- Programmed By [Dx] – Norman Anthony Whitfield* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Recorded By [Recording Engineer] – Norman Anthony Whitfield* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4), Philip Walters (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Synthesizer – David Stephen Cochrane* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
- Vocoder – Robert Franklin Justice* (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
Notes
℗ 1981 / 1983 Motown Record Corp.Distributed in the United States by MCA Distributing, Inc.
A Super 3 Production
Tracks A1, A2, A3, A4, B4
Recorded & Mixed at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Published by Stone Diamond Music Corp. and Golden Touch Music Publ. (BMI)
Track B1
Recorded & Mixed at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI) & Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
Track B2
Recorded at Ritesonian Studio
WESEL Music & Jopbete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP), Dajoy Music Publ., Ensign Music & Alhamay Music (BMI)
Track B3
Recorded at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Jobete Music Co., Inc. & WESEL Music (ASCAP)
Label Variation to Back To Basics
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 050109608515
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6085GL | The Temptations | Back To Basics (LP, Album) | Gordy | 6085GL | US | 1983 |
| TMLP 6054 | The Temptations | Back To Basics (LP, Album) | Motown | TMLP 6054 | Italy | 1983 |
| ZL 72061 | The Temptations | Back To Basics (LP) | Motown | ZL 72061 | Germany | 1983 |
| STML 12196 | The Temptations | Back To Basics (LP, Album) | Motown | STML 12196 | UK | 1983 |
| 16030 | The Temptations | Back To Basics (LP, Album) | Motown | 16030 | Greece | 1983 |











