Bare Back

Bare Back
Bare Back
Studio album by the Temptations
Released	September 20, 1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California, United States; Studio Masters, Los Angeles, California, United States; Wally Heider Studio #4, Los Angeles, California, United States;
Genre	Soul
Length	34:32
Language	English
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Brian Holland;
The Temptations chronology

Bare Back is a 1978 studio album from American soul group the Temptations. This was the second of two albums they recorded for Atlantic Records after temporarily leaving Motown after being with the label since 1961 and the last with vocalist Louis Price, as Dennis Edwards would return to the group when they re-signed with Motown in 1980.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this album 1.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton writing that "there's not much to recommend on the Temptations' second Atlantic record release" and blaming lackluster production, summing up that "the songs are arguably the weakest ever recorded by the Tempts".^[1]

Track listing

"Mystic Woman (Love Me Over)" (Richard Davis, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland) – 3:57
"I Just Don't Know How to Let You Go" (B. Holland, E. Holland, and Marcia Woods) – 3:31
"That's When You Need Love" (Davis, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:44
"Bare Back" (Harold Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:34
"Ever Ready Love" (Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 4:15
"Wake Up to Me" (Beatty, E. Holland, and Woods) – 4:17
"You're So Easy to Love" (Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:29
"I See My Child" (Melvin Franklin, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Otis Williams, and Ben Wright) – 4:11
"Touch Me Again" (Beatty, B. Holland, and E. Holland) – 3:34

Personnel

The Temptations

Melvin Franklin – vocals, lead vocals on "You're So Easy to Love"
Glenn Leonard – vocals, lead vocals on "Mystic Woman (Love Me Over)", "Bare Back", "Ever Ready Love", and "Wake Up to Me"
Louis Price – vocals, lead vocals on "I Just Don't Know How to Let You Go", "That's When You Leave Love", and "I See My Child"
Richard Street – vocals "Mystic Woman (Love Me Over)", "I Just Don't Know How to Let You Go", "Bare Back", and "Touch Me Again"
Otis Williams – vocals, lead vocals on "I See My Child"

Additional musicians

Wali Ali – guitar
Ben Adkins – bass guitar
Ben Benay – guitar
George Bohanon – trombone
Oscar Brashear – trumpet
Michael Broddicker – synthesizer
Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
Rodney J. Brown – trumpet
Ronnie Coleman – electric piano
M. Creary – trombone
Vincent DeRosa – French horn
Stafford Floyd – trombone
William Green – woodwinds
John Hargrove – woodwinds
Terry Harrington – woodwinds
Walter Johnson – trumpet
Barbara Konn – French horn
Arthur Maebe – French horn
Tim May – guitar
Sidney Muldrow – French horn
Tony Newton – bass guitar
Sylvester Rivers – piano
Marilyn Robinson – French horn
Ernest Watts – woodwinds
Bob Zimmitti – percussion

Technical personnel

Don Blake – recording
Harry Bluestone – strings concertmaster
Richard Davis – album coordination
Bob Defrin – art direction
Quentin Dennard – drums
Darnell Grays – album and production coordination
Brian Holland – production
Eddie Holland – executive production
L. T. Horn – editing
Jim Houghton – photography
McKinley Jackson – rhythm arrangement on "Mystic Woman (Love Me Over)", "I Just Don't Know How to Let You Go", "That's When You Need Love", "Bare Back", "Ever Ready Love", and "Touch Me Again"; production coordination
Joe Laux – assistant engineering
Barney Perkins – recording, remix engineering
Paul Riser – horn and string arrangement, rhythm arrangement on "Wake Up to Me", "You're So Easy to Love", and "I See My Child"

Chart performance

Bare Back four weeks on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (then named the Soul LP's) chart, reaching up to 46 on October 21, 1978.^[2]

References

^ Andrew, Hamilton. "The Temptations – Bare Back". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
^ "The Temptations". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

External links

Bare Back at Discogs (list of releases)
Bare Back at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

[amg-1] Andrew, Hamilton. "The Temptations – Bare Back". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

[bbhhrb-2] "The Temptations". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

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