Wish It Would Rain – THE TEMPTATIONS****

I Could Never Love Another(After Loving You)/Cindy/I Wish It Would Rain/Please Return Your Love To Me/Fan The Flame/He Who Picks A Rose/Why Did You Leave Me Darling/I Truly Truly Believe/This Is My Beloved/ Gonna Give Her All The Love I’ve Got/I’ve Passed This Way Before/No Man Can Love Her Like I Do

Final album from The Temptations featuring a traditional R & B sound before they moved on to psychedelic soul. I Wish It Would Rain, includes the US No. 4 title track and No. 13 I Could Never Love Another hit singles. (US:13)

"If you can get your hands on this LP, you will forever treasure it. The Tempts' harmonies are just outstanding, and once again, you will understand just why this is a group that stands far beyond all others in classic soul. A must have."

"Though it's David Ruffin's finale there's an air of half-heartedness here. Sure it begins in typically Temptations style, with the gospel/soul laments of I Could Never Love Another to a place only these guys and few others are capable of. The production holds up, and the arrangements are professional, occasionally touching."

"I Wish It Would Rain is the last remnant of what was once the most magical line-up in R & B. David Ruffin dominated the music The Tempts recorded during this period, and out of the twelve cuts on this LP, he sings lead on seven of them."

"Yes, they were a singles band. And this is just a collection of single recordings, but, that said, it plays like an album, rare in 60s Motown, with one song flowing into another in mood and sensibility. And the five Tempts, the original five, are all in exceptional form. Yes, this was David Ruffin's last record with them, but he is lacking nothing in his strengths. In fact, the title song is an underrated triumph of emotional delivery."

"This really marked the end of an era for The Temptations. It was their last album with the late, iconic David Ruffin. It was also the last album the group made in the traditional R & B field, before Norman Whitfield pushed them to record psychedelic soul. Anyway, this is a damn good R & B album. It's pretty standard Motown, but standard Motown is awesome, so there you have it. Other than the superlative, broken-hearted title track, none of these songs are among the very best of The Temptations. This was to be the last album in the classic Temptations style as the next release debuted their new acid soul sound."