Back to Basics (The Temptations album)

Back to Basics
Studio album by The Temptations
Released	October 1983 (1983-10)
Recorded	1983
Studio	Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States Ritesonian Studio, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States ("Hollywood")
Genre	Soul
Length	41:27
Language	English
Label	Motown
Producer	Angelo Bond Berry Gordy Harvey Fuqua Willie Hutch Norman Whitfield
The Temptations chronology
Surface Thrills (1983) Back to Basics (1983) Truly for You (1984)

Back to Basics is the second of two studio albums released by American soul group The Temptations in 1983. The album saw the group reunited with former producer Norman Whitfield, and would also be the first to feature Ron Tyson as first tenor, who would eventually become the second-longest serving member in the group’s history. It would also be the last studio album with longtime frontman Dennis Edwards before his second departure and the first appearance of Edwards’ successor Ali-Ollie Woodson.