Wings of Love (The Temptations album)
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| Wings of Love | ||||
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| Released | March 10, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1976 | |||
| Studio | Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA) | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk, disco | |||
| Length | 31:13 | |||
| Label | Gordy GS 971 | |||
| Producer | Jeffrey Bowen and Berry Gordy | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Wings of Love is a 1976 album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label, co-produced by Jeffrey Bowen and Berry Gordy.
Producer Jeffrey Bowen preferred Dennis Edwards to the rest of the group, and wanted to produce an Edwards solo album instead of a group album. As a result, Bowen de-emphasized the rest of the group's vocals and placed them at levels far below Edwards' leads, prompting his dismissal as the Temptations' producer after this album's release. Unsurprisingly, Edwards sings lead on all but one of the songs on the album; "China Doll" has Richard Street taking the lead vocal.
Release
The album was an unsuccessful release, both commercially and critically. Wings of Love's only single, "Up the Creek (Without a Paddle)" was co-written by Sly Stone, the inspiration for many of the Temptations' late 1960s/early 1970s "psychedelic soul" records; because of tax reasons, he could not take a publishing credit on the song. Stone and other members of the Family Stone appear on "Up the Creek", as well as "Sweet Gypsy Jane" and "China Doll"
Track listing
All tracks produced by Jeffrey Bowen and Berry Gordy
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sweet Gypsy Jane" | Jeffrey Bowen, Jimmy Ford, and Truman Thomas | Dennis Edwards | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Sweetness in the Dark" | Bowen, and Ford | Edwards | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Up the Creek (Without a Paddle" | Bowen, Truman, and Ford | Edwards | 3:06 |
| 4. | "China Doll" | Bowen, Thomas, and Ford | Richard Street | 3:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead singer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "Mary Ann" | Bowen, Donald Baldwin, and Ford | Edwards | 7:41 |
| 6. | "Dream World (Wings of Love)" | Bowen, Baldwin, and Ford | Edwards | 5:38 |
| 7. | "Paradise" | Bowen, Baldwin, and Ford | Edwards | 3:26 |
