The Temptations – Back To Basics
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Label:
Gordy – 6085GL
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
Oct 6, 1983
Genre:
Funk / Soul
Style:
Soul
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 Page
Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington
Featuring – The Four Tops
Guitar – David Kitay
Keyboards – Richard Kosinski
Percussion – Eddie "Bongo" Brown
Recorded By [Engineer] – Steve Smith (7)
Synthesizer – Sylvester Rivers
Written-By – B. Gordy
Written-By, Arranged By [Rhythm], Electronic Drums [Dmx] – W. Hutch
5:20
B2 Hollywood
Arranged By [Horn] – Harry Kim
Bass – James Jamerson, Jr.
Electronic Drums [Linn], Arranged By [Vocals], Recorded By [Engineer] – Benjamin F. Wright, Jr.
Guitar – Marvin Marshall, Norman Harris
Piano, 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 Riser
Arranged By [Rhythm] – McKinley Jackson
Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington
Drums – James Gadson
Guitar – David T. Walker, Paul M. Jackson, Jr.
Keyboards – Earl Van Dyke, Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Percussion – Eddie "Bongo" Brown
Recorded By [Engineer] – Barney Perkins, Bob Robitaille
Written-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
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Motown Record Corporation
Distributed By – MCA Distributing, Inc.
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Norman Whitfield (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
Art Direction – Johnny Lee (4)
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 (7) (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 (2) (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)
℗ 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)
Barcode (Scanned): 050109608515