Gettin' Ready
by The Temptations

Gettin' Ready by The Temptations
Year: 1966
Overall rank: 16,090th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 29 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1966 (110th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (1,067th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,090th)

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The Temptations bestography

Gettin' Ready is ranked 8th best out of 44 albums by The Temptations on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Temptations is The Temptations Sing Smokey which is ranked number 5796 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 235.

The Temptations album bestography « Higher ranked (13,490th)
Masterpiece
This album (16,090th)
Gettin' Ready
Lower ranked (17,387th) »
The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul

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Gettin' Ready rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,090th | 1960s rank: 1,067th | 1966 rank: 110th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 29 votes)
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70/100
From 01/13/2023 12:26 | #292797
Lots of songs, but most of them are pretty pedestrian r&b stuff. The album sound recording, mixing, and production results are not up to the later standards. Sounds noisy and some of the vocals are not that good.
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From 04/01/2022 10:59 | #283684
OK but inconsistent production quality, lots of unmemorable songs, and inconsistent vocal quality with the different vocalists. Only the title track is a keeper and of course that is wonderful.
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