Inspired by the enthusiasm for their forward-looking 2019 album Resist, a release that lifted, streamlined and modernised their once tree-hugging symphonic rock, they also wanted to be more reactive to current events and trends. During this period, each recording usually featured only one lead singer, usually David Ruffin or Eddie Kendricks, although Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams each had solo numbers of their own at various times during this period. After "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", Whitfield stopped working with Barrett Strong, and began writing the Temptations' material on his own. As a result, in 1979, Atlantic released the group from its contract, [43] and shortly afterwards, the Temptations met once again with Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, who re-signed the group to Motown in 1980.

Shortly afterwards, Whitfield left Motown, and in 1975 established Whitfield Records, taking the Undisputed Truth and Willie Hutch with him, along with Rose Royce---who performed an instrumental track for "Let Your Hair Down" before recording their 1976 smash " Car Wash". However, ballads in the traditional style of the group were still being recorded as B-sides and album fillers, with the lone exception being "Just My Imagination". For a brief time, the group almost had their name changed to the Pirates, and recorded the songs "Mind Over Matter" and "I'll Love You Till I Die" under that name. As of 2023 [update], the Temptations continue to perform with founder Otis Williams in the lineup (Williams owns the rights to the Temptations name).In 1966, Norman Whitfield changed the group's dynamic, moving them away from the previous one lead singer model and adding elements derived from the rougher soul of artists such as James Brown, Wilson Pickett, and the performers at Stax Records.

As well as showcasing tracks produced by members of the “Emperors of Soul,” the album brings their modern-day line-up together with another key producer/collaborator in their unmatched history, Narada Michael Walden. This album is huge, every chorus reaching new heights amid a supercharged focus on electronics and some of the band’s best guitar work to date. You try to keep topics alive and make people think a little bit more about their own views and the decisions they make.The band’s stance is entirely laudable, though being an act with a genuinely global following it does in one sense put them in an awkward position. Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin agreed to rejoin the group for the new album, aptly titled Reunion, and its subsequent promotional tour. Whitfield and his lyricists crafted Temptations songs with shifts of dynamics, syncopated horn stabs, and more intricate harmony arrangements which spotlighted each singer's unique vocal range. Man, I don't want to be bothered with that shit," remarked Whitfield, who regarded the Family Stone sound as a "passing fancy".

Rick James, the Motown funk star who had previously used the Temptations as backup vocalists on his 1981 hit " Super Freak" and whom Franklin claimed as his nephew, [12] wrote, produced, and guested on the Reunion album's lead single, " Standing on the Top".The band first announced that they intended to make a new album in October 2008, as they were finishing touring in support of The Heart of Everything. The boldness to confront these issues is the mark of a renewed, revived and more confident Within Temptation. Bleed Out’s remarkable opener We Go To War has everything – a sonorous chorus, huge guitars, synths, even a choir, but more than anything it’s engendered with a sense of wearily accepted sorrow and fear. Onstage, this change was reflected in the group's use of a custom-made four-headed microphone stand, invented by David Ruffin.

Three related short films were released prior to the album, the first of which, "Mother Maiden", was released on 31 January 2011. Come On" became a local hit, and the Warwick Records label picked the record up for national distribution. The Temptations were ranked at number 68 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time.The group's lineup has changed frequently since the departures of Kendricks and Paul Williams from the act in 1971. Psychedelic soul" soon gave way to " cinematic soul"—highlighting a further series of lengthy recordings featuring detailed orchestration, extended instrumental introductions and bridging passages. News > WITHIN TEMPTATION – Black Symphony DVD Certified Gold In The Netherlands; The Heart Of Everything Goes Gold In Russia". Emphatic, anthemic and cinematic, the sonic changes they’d been tinkering for years finally fell into place, pushing them into a brand new era. People who want to stand back and stop supporting Ukraine need to realise that this is happening virtually on our doorstep.