Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Temptations album)

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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 cover
Greatest hits by The Temptations
Released September 8, 1970
Recorded 1966 - 1970
Genre Soul/Psychedelic soul
Length 40:22
Label Gordy
GS 954
Producer Norman Whitfield
Professional reviews
The Temptations chronology
Psychedelic Shack
(1970)		 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1970)		 Live at London's Talk of the Town
(1970)

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is a 1970 greatest hits album for The Temptations, released by the Gordy (Motown) label. The sequel to the first Temptations greatest hits LP from 1966, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 collects several of the late-1960s hits that followed the release of the first compilation. Included here are the final collection of David Ruffin-led singles, including "(I Know) I'm Losing You", "I Wish It Would Rain" and "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)", and the first of the Dennis Edwards-led psychedelic soul records, including "Cloud Nine" and "Psychedelic Shack". A new non-album single, the #3 hit "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", is also included.

All of the songs included here were produced by Norman Whitfield. Not included are "All I Need", a 1967 hit single produced by Frank Wilson), or the collection of duets singles with Diana Ross & the Supremes such as "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" that were produced by Wilson and Nickolas Ashford.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "Cloud Nine" (Strong, Whitfield)
  2. "I Wish It Would Rain" (Penzabene, Strong, Whitfield)
  3. "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (Strong, Whitfield)
  4. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Grant, Holland, Whitfield)
  5. "I Can't Get Next to You" (Strong, Whitfield)
  6. "You're My Everything" (Grant, Penzabene, Whitfield)

[edit] Side two

  1. "Psychedelic Shack" (Strong, Whitfield)
  2. "Please Return Your Love to Me" (Strong, Whitfield)
  3. "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (Strong, Whitfield)
  4. "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" (Penzabene, Strong, Whitfield)
  5. "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (Strong, Whitfield)
  6. "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need" (Holland, Whitfield)

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