Masterpiece
by The Temptations

Masterpiece by The Temptations
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 13,429th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 32 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (205th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,790th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,429th)

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Vintage The Temptations Masterpiece Vinyl Record 1973 Gordy G-965L Motown LP
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The Temptations bestography

Masterpiece is ranked 7th 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 5905 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 229.

The Temptations album bestography « Higher ranked (12,971st)
The Temptin' Temptations
This album (13,429th)
Masterpiece
Lower ranked (16,081st) »
Gettin' Ready

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Masterpiece track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Masterpiece rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,429th | 1970s rank: 1,790th | 1973 rank: 205th
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2026stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of 197322/1004
2026JohnnyoMost listened t2021 (2 B deleted)40/99 -
2026JohnnyoMy mostalbums in 2023 2 B deleted31/61 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197356/1002
2026JakorTop 100 Music Albums of 197361/1002
2026byuzakTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s16/10017
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s55/1009
2026byuzakTop 44 Music Albums of 19734/445
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of 197388/1001
2025 MetalMan67Top 100 Music Albums of 197363/1002
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 197344/1003
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (61), #0201-0300*7/26 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums / Music that changed my life13/14 -
2025JohnnyoMy wife’s top 10015/16 -
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 197359/1002
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1973 by Ultimate Record Collector40/64 -
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 19737/1005
2025JohnnyoGet Funky!4/64 -
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (201 - 300) by U R C80/100 -
2024JohnnyoTop albums of all time (201 - 300)48/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 53
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 87
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 32 votes)
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75/100
 
05/08/2026 13:56 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43270/100
 
70/100
 
01/01/2026 10:48 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,19870/100
 
65/100
 
11/10/2025 17:58 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,91875/100
 
85/100
 
09/25/2025 22:49 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,41174/100
 
75/100
 
11/18/2024 00:56 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35781/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.1.

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85/100
From 02/09/2018 01:07 | #207440
The Temptation's most instrumentally sound album..AKA Norman Whitfield's 'Masterpiece'.
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