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".
Track listing
Personnel
The Temptations Melvin Franklin – vocals Glenn Leonard – vocals Louis Price – vocals Richard Street – vocals Otis Williams – vocals
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.
See also List of 1978 albums
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