Together (The Supremes and The Temptations album)

Infobox Album
Name = Together
Type = album
Artist = Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations


Released = Start date|1969|09|23
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Pop, soul
Length =
Label = Motown
Producer = Frank Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Al Clevland, Terry Johnson, Tom Baird, Henry Cosby, Deke Richards
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:onotk6jx9krf link]
Chronology = The Supremes
Last album = "Let the nowrap|Sunshine In"
(1969)
This album = "Together"
(1969)
Next album = "Cream of the Crop"
(1969)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = The Temptations
Type = album
Last album = "Puzzle People"
(1969)
This album = "Together"
(1969)
Next album = "On Broadway"
(1969) Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = album


Lower caption = The original American LP for "Together" has a cover which folds out to reveal a full illustration of The Supremes and The Temptations. The full artwork was also used for some international versions of the album without requiring the cover to be unfolded. Singles
Name = Together
Type = album
Single 1 = The Weight
Single 1 date =
Single 2 = Why (Must We Fall in Love)
Single 2 date =

"Together", released by Motown Records in 1969 (catalog number MS 692), was the second and final duets studio album combining Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations into an eight-person Motown act. Like the first duets LP, "Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations", it is comprised entirely of covers, including versions of The Band's "The Weight", Sly & the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song", Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", and Motown songs like "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". "The Weight" was the only single in the United States, and failed to make it into the American Top 40. "Why (Must We Fall in Love)", a United Kingdom exclusive single, was a Top 40 hit on the UK singles charts.

"Together" was released on the same day (September 23, 1969) as "Puzzle People", a regular Temptations album showcasing the group's then-current psychedelic soul sound.

Track listing

#"Stubborn Kind of Fellow"
#"I'll Be Doggone"
#"The Weight"
#"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
#"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"
#"Sing a Simple Song"
#"My Guy, My Girl" (medley of both songs)
#"For Better or Worse"
#"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
#"Why (Must We Fall in Love)"

Personnel

* Diana Ross – vocals
* Mary Wilson – vocals
* Cindy Birdsong – vocals
* Dennis Edwards – vocals
* Eddie Kendricks – vocals
* Paul Williams – vocals
* Melvin Franklin – vocals
* Otis Williams – vocals
* Frank Wilson – producer, executive producer
* Smokey Robinson – producer
* Al Clevland – producer
* Terry Johnson – producer
* Tom Baird – producer/arranger
* Various Los Angeles area session musicians – instrumentation