Psychedelic Shack is the name of a 1970 album by The Temptations for the Motown label.

This album represents the Temptations' full-blown submergence into psychedelia. Producer Norman Whitfield almost completely abandoned the "Motown Sound" formula for this LP; hard rock guitars, synthesizer sound effects, multitracked drums, sampling, and stereo-shifting vocals giving most of the album's songs a harder, less traditional feel than the Temptations' previous work.

Track number six, "War", was a serious anti-Vietnam protest; instead of risking the careers of the Temptations, the song was rerecorded by Edwin Starr before Motown allowed its release as a single.

Personnel

• Dennis Edwards: vocals
• Eddie Kendricks: vocals
• Paul Williams: vocals
• Melvin Franklin: vocals
• Otis Williams: vocals
• The Funk Brothers: instrumentation

Tracklist

All songs were written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, with Whitfield also serving as producer.

Side A

• 1. "Psychedelic Shack"
• 2. "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth"
• 3. "Hum Along and Dance"
• 4. "Take a Stroll Through Your Mind"

Side B

• 5. "It's Summer" (later rerecorded in 1971)
• 6. "War" (covered the same year by Edwin Starr)
• 7. "You Need Love Like" I Do (Don't You?)
• 8. "Friendship Train" (cover of a Gladys Knight & the Pips song)