18/07/2021

The Temptations "Surface Thrills" (1983) -Westcoast Soul-



Label : Gordy / Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Surface Thrills (Dennis Lambert & Harold Payne)
02 - Love On My Mind Tonight (Dennis Lambert & Peter Beckett)
03 - One Man Woman (Dennis Lambert & Peter Beckett)
04 - Show Me Your Love (Terry Skinner, J.L. Wallace & Ken Bell)

Side Two

01 - The Seeker (Dennis Lambert, Michael Price & Dan Walsh)
02 - What A Way To Put It (Sam Dees & Ron Kersey)
03 - Bring Your Body Here (Exercise Chant) (Otis Williams, David English, Benjamin Wright & Louis Price)
04 - Made In America (Michael Price & Dan Walsh)


Produced by Dennis Lambert & Steve Barri
Recorded & Mixed by Jeremy Smith
Additional Recording by Tony Peluso
Assistant Engineers : Fred Law, David Schober & Tim Dennen
Recorded at Bill Schnee's Studio, North Hollywood, CA ; Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA & Artisan Sound, Hollywood, CA
November, 1982 - February, 1983
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA
Mastering Engineer : Mike Reese
Arrangement by Benjamin Wright
Vocal Arrangement by Dennis Lambert
Rhythm Arrangement by Paul Jackson Jr.

The Temptations :
Dennis Edwards : Vocals (Baritone/Tenor)
Melvin Franklin : Vocals (Bass)
Glenn Leonard : Vocals (Tenor/Falsetto)
Richard Street : Vocals (Tenor/Baritone)
Otis Williams : Vocals (Tenor/Baritone)


Side One

01 - Surface Thrills

Drums, Linn Computer, Moog Bass, Synthesizers & Percussion Synthesizer : Robbie Buchanan
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Arranged by Dennis Lambert

02 - Love On My Mind Tonight

Drums, Linn Computer, Moog Bass & Fender Rhodes : Robbie Buchanan
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Synthesizers : Gabriel Katona, Dennis Lambert
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Saxophone & Lyricon : Richard Elliot
Arranged by Dennis Lambert

03 - One Man Woman

Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Freddie Washington
Moog Bass, Fender Rhodes & Percussion Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Synthesizer : Gabriel Katona
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Paul Jackson Jr.
Background Vocals Arranged by Dennis Lambert

04 - Show Me Your Love

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Fender Rhodes : Robbie Buchanan
Synthesizers : Gabriel Katona
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Robbie Buchanan
Background Vocals Arranged by Dennis Lambert

Side Two

01 - The Seeker

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Synthesizers & Fender Rhodes : Robbie Buchanan
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Percussion Synthesizer-Wendel : Roger Nichols
Trumpets : Nolan Smith, Ray Brown
Saxophones : Gary Herbig, Terry Harrington
Trombones : George Bohannon, Fred Wesley
Rhythm Tracks & Horns Arranged by Benjamin F. Wright Jr.
Background Vocals Arranged by Dennis Lambert

02 - What A Way To Put It

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Fender Rhodes & Synthesizers : Robbie Buchanan
Percussion Synthesizer : Dennis Lambert
Flugel Horn : Nolan Smith
Trumpet : Ray Brown
Saxophones : Gary Herbig, Terry Harrington
Trombones : George Bohannon, Fred Wesley
Arranged by Benjamin F. Wright Jr.

03 - Bring Your Body Here (Exercise Chant)

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Fender Rhodes & Synthesizer-Wendel : Roger Nichols
Trumpets : Nolan Smith, Ray Brown
Saxophone, Flute & Piccolo : Gary Herbig, Terry Harrington
Trombones : George Bohannon, Fred Wesley
The Girls : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Benjamin F. Wright Jr.
Background Vocals Arranged by Benjamin F. Wright Jr. & Dennis Lambert

04 - Made In America

Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Freddie Washington
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Fender Rhodes & Synthesizer : Robbie Buchanan
Synthesizer : Peter Schless
Percussion Synthesizer-Wendel : Roger Nichols
Trumpets : Nolan Smith, Ray Brown
Saxophones : Gary Herbig, Terry Harrington
Trombones : George Bohannon, Fred Wesley
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Paul Jackson Jr.
Arranged by Benjamin F. Wright Jr.
Background Vocals Arranged by Dennis Lambert