Masterpiece

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"Masterpiece" is a 1973 soul and funk album by The Temptations, produced by Norman Whitfield and noted for its extended, orchestrated arrangements.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Masterpiece canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist The Temptations ⓘ
chartPerformance charted on Billboard 200 ⓘ
charted on Billboard R&B albums chart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception mixed ⓘ
decade 1970s ⓘ
featuresLeadVocalsBy Damon Harris ⓘ
Dennis Edwards ⓘ
Melvin Franklin ⓘ
Otis Williams ⓘ
Richard Street ⓘ
featuresVocalGroup The Temptations ⓘ
followedBy 1990 ⓘ
follows All Directions ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasArranger Norman Whitfield ⓘ
hasBackingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
hasCoverArt Masterpiece (The Temptations album cover) ⓘ
hasExtendedTracks true ⓘ
hasOrchestratedArrangements true ⓘ
hasOrchestrationBy Motown house orchestra ⓘ
hasStyle orchestral soul ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ
hasTrack Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) ⓘ
linked to: Hey Girl

Hurry Tomorrow ⓘ
Law of the Land ⓘ
Ma ⓘ
Masterpiece (title track) ⓘ
linked to: Masterpiece

Plastic Man ⓘ
isConsidered a significant Norman Whitfield production ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lengthCharacteristic contains long instrumental passages ⓘ
mediaType audio album ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ
notableFor extended, orchestrated arrangements ⓘ
partOfDiscography The Temptations discography ⓘ
performer The Temptations ⓘ
precededBy All Directions ⓘ
primaryComposer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
producer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
recordedFor Motown Records ⓘ
linked to: Motown
recordLabel Gordy Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Temptations → notableAlbum → Masterpiece ⓘ
Damon Harris → notableWork → Masterpiece ⓘ
All Directions → followedBy → Masterpiece ⓘ