The Four Tops - The Essential Collection

Artist:

Four Tops (The)

UPC:

731456082424

See Also:

Brown, James Wilson, Jackie

Description:

The Four Tops: Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton.
Additional personnel: The Andantes (background vocals).
Producers: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter, Michael Brown.
Compilation producer: Pat Lawrence.
Recorded between 1964 and 1982. Includes liner notes by Steven Ivory.
Personnel: Levi Stubbs (vocals).
Liner Note Author: Steven Ivory.
Arrangers: Jerry Long; Dennis Lambert; Don Hockett; Gil Askey; Jimmy Roach; Michael Omartian.
An all but impossible to beat single disc greatest hits set, this collection covers just about every crucial stage of the Tops` career. During Motown`s 1960s glory days, the Tops were abetted by the brilliant writing/producing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. The timeless soul classics that sprung forth, including "Baby I Need Your Loving" and the epic "Reach Out I`ll Be There," are indeed essential.
The group`s post-HDH career is surprisingly rewarding, from soulful covers of Tim Hardin and the Left Banke, to their early 1970s successes at ABC/Paramount ("Ain`t No Woman Like the One I Got"), and their disco era smash ("When She Was My Girl"). If you only have room for one Four Tops album, this is the one to grab.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Baby I Need Your Loving
2. Ask the Lonely
3. I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
4. It`s the Same Old Song
5. Reach Out (I`ll Be There)
6. Standing in the Shadows of Love
7. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It`s Over)
8. Bernadette
9. Walk Away Renee
10. You Keep Running Away
11. If I Were a Carpenter
12. Still Water (Love)
13. It`s All in the Game
14. (It`s the Way) Nature Planned It
15. Ain`t No Woman (Like the One I`ve Got)
16. Keeper of the Castle
17. Are You Man Enough
18. Sweet Understanding Love
19. One Chain (Don`t Make No Prison)
20. Midnight Flower
21. Catfish
22. When She Was My Girl
23. I Just Can`t Walk Away
24. I Believe in You and Me

Album Information

Release Date:

11/07/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Motown

Label:

Hip-O

Catalog Number:

AA3145608242

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

76 : 1

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