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Hip-O Select's The Complete Studio Duets rounds up the recordings the Supremes made with the Four Tops after Jean Terrell took over for the departed Diana Ross: 1970's The Magnificent 7, its 1971 sequel The Return of the Magnificent 7, 1971's Dynamite, and 13 bonus tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased. Neither the Supremes nor the Four Tops were at a commercial peak when producer Frank Wilson brought them together for the duets, so the pairing was something of a way to goose the groups toward hits. Wilson didn't produce The Magnificent 7 -- its title a clever reference to the group's combined numbers -- having Ashford & Simpson, Duke Browner, and Clay McMurray producing four songs a piece for the LP. Apart from the opening song and lead single "Knock on My Door," the bulk of the album is devoted to glitzy covers of contemporary hits, whether it's from the Motown stable ("Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"), the Fifth Dimension ("Stoned Soul Picnic"), Phil Spector ("River Deep, Mountain High"), or Sly Stone ("Everyday People"). The three sets of producers mesh well, offering subtle hints of trademark flair -- particularly the lushness of the Ashford & Simpson productions -- but the focus is entirely on Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs, who tear into these familiar tunes and make them feel like more than a Motown hits revue.
Despite its title, The Return of the Magnificent 7 didn't simply offer more of the same: in fact, it took a considerably different tactic than the debut, emphasizing new songs instead of covers. This is a sharp move, since the Supremes and the Four Tops don't quite seem like an oldies act in hiding when they're singing new songs with modern productions courtesy of Clay McMurray, Henry Cosby, Johnny Bristol, Bobby Taylor, and Ashford & Simpson. That's a lot of producers for an 11-track album, but this isn't a case of two many cooks spoiling a soup: all the producers are complementary, with the glitzy, fuzz-toned '70s cuts from McMurray sitting nicely along the lightly funky "One More Bridge to Cross" and proto-quiet storm "I'm Glad About It," from Ashford & Simpson, and Taylor's deeply soulful "What Do You Have to Do (To Stay on the Right Side of Love)." Although there are no real knockouts here, the songs are all solid, adding up to a thoroughly underrated record, and the best duets that the Supremes and the Four Tops recorded.
The Supremes and the Four Tops concluded their early-'70s duets with Dynamite, an album that abandons the progress of The Return of the Magnificent 7 and returns to the covers-heavy formula of their first album, balancing oldies like Barbara Lewis' "Hello Stranger" with then-current hits like Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With" and Bread's "If." Because this doesn't rely so heavily on older Motown tunes and familiar hits like The Magnificent 7 does, this escapes the oldies revue feel that sometimes plagued that record, and this is also down to the savvy, modern production, mostly by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor, but also Johnny Bristol and Joe Hinton on a couple of tracks. They, as much as the harmonies of the two groups, help push this record into a moderately enjoyable piece of early-'70s Motown product.
The unreleased tracks here derive from the sessions for The Return and Dynamite, with a slight emphasis on new songs over covers. The covers that are here are strong enough that it's something of a wonder that they didn't make it onto Dynamite: there's a nicely funky version of "It's Your Thing," a nicely rolling "Function at the Junction," and really good take on "Gimme Some Lovin'." The rest of the bonus tracks maintain the standard of The Return of the Magnificent 7: contemporary soul that isn't flashy but is solid.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Frank Wilson, Producer - Joe Hinton, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Patti Jerome, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ed Townsend, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Laura Nyro, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
CLYDE OTIS, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Producer - Murray Stein, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
PHIL SPECTOR, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer - Sly Stone, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Vernon O'Dell Bullock, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ric Marlow, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Producer - Bobby Scott, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer - Martin Coleman, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Richard Drapkin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
TONY HATCH, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - Joe Hinton, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence McMurray, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - Martin Coleman, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pam Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - LaVerne Ware, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISQUE 2
Armando Manzanero, ComposerLyricist - Sid Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer - JERRY MARCELLINO, ComposerLyricist - Mel Larson, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barbara Lewis, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stephen Stills, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - JERRY MARCELLINO, ComposerLyricist - Mel Larson, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DAVID GATES, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vernon Bullock, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aretha Franklin, ComposerLyricist - Ted Wright, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Vernon O'Dell Bullock, ComposerLyricist - George Solomon, Producer
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Shorty Long, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pam Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Gloria Jones, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Duke Browner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pam Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hinton, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Duke Browner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Frederick Long, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Bernier, ComposerLyricist - Nat Simon, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald Isley, ComposerLyricist - RUDOLPH ISLEY, ComposerLyricist - O'Kelly Isley Jr., ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hoyt Axton, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Muff Winwood, ComposerLyricist - Spencer Davis, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
PHIL SPECTOR, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Producer - The Supremes, MainArtist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chronique
Hip-O Select's The Complete Studio Duets rounds up the recordings the Supremes made with the Four Tops after Jean Terrell took over for the departed Diana Ross: 1970's The Magnificent 7, its 1971 sequel The Return of the Magnificent 7, 1971's Dynamite, and 13 bonus tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased. Neither the Supremes nor the Four Tops were at a commercial peak when producer Frank Wilson brought them together for the duets, so the pairing was something of a way to goose the groups toward hits. Wilson didn't produce The Magnificent 7 -- its title a clever reference to the group's combined numbers -- having Ashford & Simpson, Duke Browner, and Clay McMurray producing four songs a piece for the LP. Apart from the opening song and lead single "Knock on My Door," the bulk of the album is devoted to glitzy covers of contemporary hits, whether it's from the Motown stable ("Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"), the Fifth Dimension ("Stoned Soul Picnic"), Phil Spector ("River Deep, Mountain High"), or Sly Stone ("Everyday People"). The three sets of producers mesh well, offering subtle hints of trademark flair -- particularly the lushness of the Ashford & Simpson productions -- but the focus is entirely on Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs, who tear into these familiar tunes and make them feel like more than a Motown hits revue.
Despite its title, The Return of the Magnificent 7 didn't simply offer more of the same: in fact, it took a considerably different tactic than the debut, emphasizing new songs instead of covers. This is a sharp move, since the Supremes and the Four Tops don't quite seem like an oldies act in hiding when they're singing new songs with modern productions courtesy of Clay McMurray, Henry Cosby, Johnny Bristol, Bobby Taylor, and Ashford & Simpson. That's a lot of producers for an 11-track album, but this isn't a case of two many cooks spoiling a soup: all the producers are complementary, with the glitzy, fuzz-toned '70s cuts from McMurray sitting nicely along the lightly funky "One More Bridge to Cross" and proto-quiet storm "I'm Glad About It," from Ashford & Simpson, and Taylor's deeply soulful "What Do You Have to Do (To Stay on the Right Side of Love)." Although there are no real knockouts here, the songs are all solid, adding up to a thoroughly underrated record, and the best duets that the Supremes and the Four Tops recorded.
The Supremes and the Four Tops concluded their early-'70s duets with Dynamite, an album that abandons the progress of The Return of the Magnificent 7 and returns to the covers-heavy formula of their first album, balancing oldies like Barbara Lewis' "Hello Stranger" with then-current hits like Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With" and Bread's "If." Because this doesn't rely so heavily on older Motown tunes and familiar hits like The Magnificent 7 does, this escapes the oldies revue feel that sometimes plagued that record, and this is also down to the savvy, modern production, mostly by Frank Wilson and Bobby Taylor, but also Johnny Bristol and Joe Hinton on a couple of tracks. They, as much as the harmonies of the two groups, help push this record into a moderately enjoyable piece of early-'70s Motown product.
The unreleased tracks here derive from the sessions for The Return and Dynamite, with a slight emphasis on new songs over covers. The covers that are here are strong enough that it's something of a wonder that they didn't make it onto Dynamite: there's a nicely funky version of "It's Your Thing," a nicely rolling "Function at the Junction," and really good take on "Gimme Some Lovin'." The rest of the bonus tracks maintain the standard of The Return of the Magnificent 7: contemporary soul that isn't flashy but is solid.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
À propos
- 2 disque(s) - 46 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 02:34:55
- Artistes principaux : The Supremes Four Tops
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Hip-O Select
- Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2009 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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