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
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MPC AUD AUD WAV DMF DTS TTA

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)
Written-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield*
4:56
A2 Sail Away
Written-By – Angelo Bond, Norman Anthony Whitfield*
5:24
A3 Outlaw
Written-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 Hollywood
Arranged 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 Fantastic
Arranged 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 Again
Written-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


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