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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelEltl, Elemental Music
UPC8435395501689
eBay Product ID (ePID)7046045129
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2018
GenreSoul/R&B & Soul
ArtistThe Temptations
Release TitlePuzzle People
Dimensions
Item Height0.23 in
Item Weight0.09 lb
Item Length5.49 in
Item Width5.09 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks10
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
TracksI Can't Get Next to You (Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong) (Lead Singers: Dennis Edwards Melvin Franklin Eddie Kendricks Paul Williams Otis Williams), Hey Jude (John Lennon Paul McCartney) (Lead Singers: Dennis Edwards Eddie Kendricks Paul Williams Melvin Franklin Otis Williams), Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down (Whitfield Strong) (Lead Singers: Dennis Edwards Melvin Franklin Eddie Kendricks Paul Williams Otis Williams), Message from a Black Man (Whitfield Strong) (Lead Singers: Eddie Kendricks Dennis Edwards Melvin Franklin), Little Green Apples (Bobby Russell) (Lead Singer: Paul Williams), You Don't Love Me No More (Whitfield Strong Roger Penzabene) (Lead Singer: Eddie Kendricks), Since I've Lost You (Whitfield) (Lead Singer: Dennis Edwards), Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You) (Whitfield Strong) (Lead Singer: Paul Williams), That's the Way Love Is (Whitfield Strong) (Lead Singers: Dennis Edwards Paul Williams), Slave (Whitfield Strong) (Lead Singers: Dennis Edwards Eddie Kendricks Melvin Franklin)
NotesTEMPTATIONS / PUZZLE PEOPLE Puzzle People is the eleventh studio album released by American soul quintet The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label in 1969. Produced entirely by Norman Whitfield, Puzzle People takes the next step along the path that Cloud Nine started, and takes the Temptations further away from a classic soul sound, and more towards the realm of psychedelic soul. Although a few ballads, including "Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)," are still present, the album is primarily composed of Sly & the Family Stone/James Brown-derived proto-funk tracks such as the lead single "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down," and the number-one Billboard Pop hit "I Can't Get Next to You." Also included are psychedelic-styled covers (recorded with distorted guitars, clavinets, and spacy reverb and sound effects) of contemporary songs such as The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing," The Beatles' "Hey Jude," and Roger Miller's "Little Green Apples."