Consumer Guide Album

The Temptations: All Directions [Gordy, 1972]
The producer gets one side--live "funky music," a song about white people that's actually nasty, and the Franz Mesmer Memorial Version of "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," all 11:45 of it. The group gets the other--sweet ballads of varying quality plus three minutes of easy Isaac Hayes funk. The album is their best of the decade--mostly on the strength of the producer's side. B+