The Temptations Christmas Card Explained

The Temptations' Christmas Card
Type:Studio album
Longtype:(Christmas)
Artist:The Temptations
Cover:The-tempts-xmas-card.JPG
Released:October 30, 1970
Recorded:1968–70
Genre:Soul
Length:32:27
Label:Gordy
GS 951
Producer:Clay McMurray, Barrett Strong
Prev Title:Live at London's Talk of the Town
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Sky's the Limit
Next Year:1971

The Temptations' Christmas Card is a 1970 Christmas album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The album was released on October 30, 1970. It's also the group's first holiday release, it features each Temptation leading on various popular Christmas standards and original Christmas songs.

Reception

A brief review in Billboard recommended this release for having a "special touch of seasonal joie de vivre".[1]

A 1987 review of the best-selling Christmas albums by Ebony notes that this is one of the best-selling from Motown.[2]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin; intro: Paul Williams, Dennis Edwards, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin) 3:01
  2. "My Christmas Tree" (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 3:21
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (lead singer: Dennis Edwards) 3:26
  4. "Silent Night" (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 2:26
  5. "Someday at Christmas" (lead singer: Melvin Franklin) 3:27

Side Two

  1. "White Christmas" (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Dennis Edwards) 4:27
  2. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (lead singer: Dennis Edwards) 3:37
  3. "Silver Bells" (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin) 2:13
  4. "The Christmas Song" (lead singer: Otis Williams) 3:35
  5. "Little Drummer Boy" (lead singers: The Temptations) 3:25

Personnel

See also

Notes and References

  1. . 1970-12-19 . en-US . 0006-2510 . 50 . Billboard Album Reviews . 82 . 51.
  2. . December 1987 . Sound Off: The Best in Recorded Music . 0012-9011 . 18B . 43 . 2.