Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | November 16, 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1964–1966 | |||
Studio | Hitsville USA, Detroit | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 32:40 | |||
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Gordy GS 919 | |||
Producer | Smokey Robinson and Norman Whitfield. | |||
The Temptations chronology | ||||
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Singles from Greatest Hits | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Tom Hull | A+ [2] |
Greatest Hits is a 1966 greatest hits album for The Temptations, released by the Gordy ( Motown) label. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and remained on the chart for 120 weeks. Included are popular Temptations hits such as " The Way You Do the Things You Do", " Get Ready", " Since I Lost My Baby", " My Baby", " Don't Look Back", and their signature #1 hit, " My Girl". One non-album single, " Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", is also included; it was a #3 hit in the summer and fall of 1966.
The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). [3]
Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Pop Albums | 5 |
U.S. Top R&B Albums | 1 |
Singles
Title | Information | US | US R&B | UK |
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" Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" |
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3 | 1 | 18 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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U.S. Top R&B Albums [4] | 1 |