The Temptations: Forerunners in more ways than one

With a trend started with "Smiling Faces (Sometimes)" and continued through "Papa Was a Rolling Stone", for a while a Temps album featured the LONG cut, a song that gave the group room to show their musicality while the band was allowed to "jam", too. The former two selections, from "Sky's the Limit" and "All Directions", respectively, as well as the title cut from this release were excellent forerunners to extended remixes to come in the disco era 70's. For a musicologist, this makes all three a worthwhile acquisition.

Although the album does not stand as a "classic" from the group, it still has its moments; and for that, it garners three stars.