29/11/2022

The Temptations "Back To Basics" (1983) -Smooth Soul-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy) (Norman Anthony Whitfield & Angelo Bond)
02 - Sail Away (Norman Anthony Whitfield & Angelo Bond)
03 - Outlaw (Norman Anthony Whitfield & Angelo Bond)
04 - Stop The World Right Here (I Wanna Get Off) (Norman Anthony Whitfield & Angelo Bond)

Side Two

01 - The Battle Song (I'm The One)° (Willie Hutch & Berry Gordy)
02 - Hollywood° (Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Victor Carstarphen & David English)
03 - Isn't The Night Fantastic°* (Dennis Edwards, David English, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street & Otis Williams)
04 - Make Me Believe In Love Again (Norman Andrew Whitfield & Angelo Bond)


Side One Produced by Norman Whitfield
°Mixed by Russ Terrana
Mastered by John  Matousek at Motown Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Executive Producer : Berry Gordy

Musicians°°
Guitars : Gary Thompson, Eddie Willis
Keyboards : Walter Downing
Synthesizers : David Stephen Cochrane
Bass : David Stephen Cochrane, Billy Bass
Drums : Jerry Blaze Thompson
Percussion : Terral Santiel
DX Programming : Norman Anthony Whitfield
Vocoder : Robert Franklin Justice

Musicians
DMX Drums : Willie Hutch
Bass : Freddie Washington
Keyboards : Richard Kosinski
Guitars : David Kitay
Synthesizers : Sylvester Rivers
Percussion : Eddie 'Bongo" Brown

Musicians 
Guitars : Norman Harris, Marvin Marshall
Bass : James Jamerson Jr.
Acoustic Piano, Prophet 10 & Jupiter 6 Synthesizers : Vic Carstarphen
Linn Drum : Benjamin F. Wright Jr.

Musicians
Keyboards : Earl Van Dyke, Regilnald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr., David T. Walker
Bass : Freddie Washington
Drums : James Gadson
Percussion : Eddie 'Bongo" Brown


Side One

01 - Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)
02 - Sail Away
03 - Outlaw
04 - Stop The World Right Here (I Wanna Get Off)

°°Rhythm Arrangements by Norman Whitfield
Orchestration Direction : Bruce Miller
Recorded & Mixed at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Recording Engineers : Norman Anthony Whithfield & Philip Walters
Additional Engineers : Leanard Jackson, Steve Smith, Ralph Sutton, Bob Robitaille
Mixed by Norman Whitfield & Norman Anthony Whitfield

Side Two

01 - The Battle Song (I'm The One)

Produced by Willie Hutch
Recorded & Mixed at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Recording Engineer : Steve Smith

02 - Hollywood

Rhythm Arrangement by Poetry Pro
Horn Arrangement by Harry Kim
Vocal Arrangement by Benjamin F. Wright Jr. & Poetry Pro
Produced by Poetry Pro in Association with Harvey Fuqua
Recorded at Ritesonian Studio
Recording Engineers : Barney Perkins, Benjamin F. Wright Jr. & Ty Williams

03 - Isn't The Night Fantastic

Rhythm Arrangement by McKinley Jackson
Horn & String Arrangement by Paul Riser
Produced by Berry Gordy & Angelo Bond
Recorded & Mixed at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Recording Engineers : Barney Perkins & Bob Robitaille

04 - Make Me Believe In Love Again

Produced by Norman Whitfield