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Though it's one of the best Four Tops records of the '60s, Reach Out still feels weighted down by a few vain attempts at adult pop crossover. It certainly starts out right, with the glorious "Reach out, I'll Be There," the group's second pop/R&B chart-topper. After a faithful cover of the Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee," though, listeners are forced to sit through trite versions of "If I Were a Carpenter," "Last Train to Clarksville," and "I'm a Believer" to get to real highlights like the dramatic, impassioned "Standing in the Shadows of Love" and "Bernadette." There is room for a great lesser single ("I'll Turn to Stone"), but the flip side finds the Four Tops taking on "Cherish," which could've worked well but didn't. Reach Out still did better than any other original LP by the group, almost breaking the Top Ten.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Renaldo Benson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - The Funk Brothers, Unknown, Other - Lawrence Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Michael Brown, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Tony Sansome, ComposerLyricist - Bob Calilli, ComposerLyricist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hardin, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Hart, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Thomas Sidney Boyce, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - R. Dean Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Neil Diamond, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Terry Robert Kirkman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Though it's one of the best Four Tops records of the '60s, Reach Out still feels weighted down by a few vain attempts at adult pop crossover. It certainly starts out right, with the glorious "Reach out, I'll Be There," the group's second pop/R&B chart-topper. After a faithful cover of the Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee," though, listeners are forced to sit through trite versions of "If I Were a Carpenter," "Last Train to Clarksville," and "I'm a Believer" to get to real highlights like the dramatic, impassioned "Standing in the Shadows of Love" and "Bernadette." There is room for a great lesser single ("I'll Turn to Stone"), but the flip side finds the Four Tops taking on "Cherish," which could've worked well but didn't. Reach Out still did better than any other original LP by the group, almost breaking the Top Ten.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:04
- Main artists: Four Tops
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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