The two hundred and sixty-sixth album: #266 The Temptations - All Directions
I think my issues with these funk albums keep carrying through. The tracks on this album have some good hooks and tie in well when those come through, but Papa Was a Rollin' Stone has parts that get lost in the context of an album, losing the edge when it's surrounded by the lengthy repetitive sounds.
The second side appeals to me more in that sense, even though I know the funk of the first is the reason this album is listed. It has a number of lovely, sensitive ballads that really appeal to me. The First TIme Ever really is that amazing to listen to, for example. It stays an album of mixed influences, but it's clear that what I latched on to wasn't where this music was going.