Truly for You (1984)
Originally released by Gordy/Motown
- Running
- Treat Her Like a Lady
- How Can You Say That It’s Over
- My Love Is True (Truly for You)
- Memories
- Just to Keep You in My Life
- Set Your Love Right
- I’ll Keep My Light in My Window

Truly for You helped launch a new era for The Temptations by turning Ali-Ollie Woodson into both a lead voice and a creative driver for the group. The album’s breakout single, “Treat Her Like a Lady,” had roots in a song idea Woodson developed years earlier, before he officially became a Temptation. Once recorded with the group, it brought a fresh 1980s energy to their sound and became one of their biggest comeback hits of the decade.

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