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1983 studio album by The Temptations From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surface Thrills is the first of two 1983 albums released by the American R&B vocal group, the Temptations, on Motown Records' Gordy label.
Surface Thrills | ||||
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Released | February 18, 1983 | |||
Recorded | November 1982–February 1983 | |||
Studio | Bill Schnee's Studio, Hitsville Recording Studios, Artisan Sound Studios | |||
Genre | Rock/soul | |||
Length | 37:20 | |||
Label | Gordy | |||
Producer | Dennis Lambert, Steve Barri | |||
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In this album, the group attempted to fuse their vocal harmonies with rock music production, resulting in a radical departure from the Temptations' signature soul sound. It was produced by Dennis Lambert and Steve Barri[2] and features musical contributions from Jeff Porcaro of Toto, Raymond Lee Brown of Earth, Wind & Fire, and longtime James Brown collaborator Fred Wesley.
Surface Thrills yielded two singles, the title track and "Love on My Mind Tonight", with only the latter being moderately successful. This is the last Temptations album to feature falsetto Glenn Leonard, who departed from the group after eight years. Leonard's replacement would be singer-songwriter Ron Tyson, who made his Temptations debut with the following album, Back to Basics, though the group had worked with Tyson when they were with Atlantic Records on the Hear to Tempt You album where Tyson co-wrote a majority of the songs.
Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) Dennis Edwards, (b) Glenn Leonard, (c) Richard Street, (d) Melvin Franklin, (e) Otis Williams.
All tracks produced by Dennis Lambert and Steve Barri except where noted.
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