The eleventh studio album by American soul quintet The Temptations for the Motown label, Puzzle People was released in 1969. Produced entirely by Norman Whitfield, it expanded on the psychedelic soul sound of Cloud Nine. Although a few soul ballads are present, the album is primarily composed of Sly & the Family Stone/James Brown-derived proto-funk tracks, such as the number-one Billboard Pop hit "I Can't Get Next to You." The album peaked into the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and spent fifteen weeks at number one on the R&B Albums chart. According to AllMusic reviewer Mark Deming, this is "the work of a great vocal group firing on all cylinders and getting inspired support in the studio, one of the group's strongest late-60's efforts."

Review

A1 I Can'T Get Next To You
A2 Hey Jude
A3 Don'T Let The Joneses Get You Down
A4 Message From A Black Man
A5 It'S Your Thing
B1 Little Green Apples
B2 You Don'T Love Me No More
B3 Since I'Ve Lost You
B4 Running Away (Ain'T Gonna Help You)
B5 That'S The Way Love Is
B6 Slave