Solid Rock (The Temptations album)

Solid Rock
Studio album by The Temptations
Released	January 11, 1972
Recorded	1971–1972
Studio	Hitsville USA, Detroit
Genre	Soul, funk, psychedelic soul
Length	38:48
Label	Gordy GS 961
Producer	Norman Whitfield
The Temptations chronology
Sky's the Limit (1971) Solid Rock (1972) All Directions (1972)
Singles from Solid Rock
"It's Summer" Released: June 24, 1971 "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" Released: October 17, 1971 "Take a Look Around" Released: February 3, 1972

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]

Solid Rock is the fifteenth studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label, produced by Norman Whitfield. The LP was the first made primarily without founding members and original lead singers Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams. Frustrated by conflicts and fights with Temptations Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin, and producer Whitfield's steadfast insistence on producing psychedelic soul for the group when they really wanted to sing ballads, Kendricks had quit the act and negotiated a solo deal with Motown's Tamla label.

Paul Williams, on the other hand, had fallen ill due to complications from sickle-cell disease and six years of untreated alcoholism. Physically incapable of performing any longer, Williams followed his doctor's advice and retired from the act, although he remained on the Temptations' payroll as a choreographer until his death, August 17, 1973. Williams's final Temptations recording, "It's Summer", is the only song on Solid Rock that includes his vocals. The album reached number one on the Billboard R&B album chart on March 4, 1972.