Anthology

Anthology: The Temptations is one of three greatest hits collections released by Motown Records covering the work of soul/R&B group The Temptations. The initial release was a vinyl three-LP set issued on August 23, 1973, which covered the group's work up to that point. A compact disc double album version was issued in 1986, including five additional tracks recorded between 1973 and 1984. The third and final version of Anthology (released as The Best of The Temptations in Europe), also a 2-CD release, was issued on May 23, 1995, with a further re-tooled track listing. In 2003, the album was ranked number 398 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time; the list's 2012 edition had it ranked 400th, while on the 2020 edition it was ranked at number 371. 1973 LP track listing Side 1 The Way You Do the Things You Do (Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers) I'll Be in Trouble (Robinson) The Girl's Alright with Me (Norman Whitfield, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland) Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Whitfield, Holland) My Girl (Robinson, Ronnie White) It's Growing (Robinson, Pete Moore) Since I Lost My Baby (Robinson, Moore) Side 2 My Baby (Robinson, Moore, Rogers) Don't Look Back (Robinson, White) Get Ready (Robinson) Ain't Too Proud to Beg (Whitfield, Holland) Beauty Is Only Skin Deep (Whitfield, Holland) (I Know) I'm Losing You (Cornelius Grant, Whitfield, Holland) All I Need (Frank Wilson, Holland, R. Dean Taylor)