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The Four Tops' early years as a jazz-vocal group are generally glossed over in capsule histories. Long before they signed to Motown -- nearly a full decade as a matter of fact -- they had been one of the popular Detroit jazz-vocal groups, earning the admiration of such luminaries as Smokey Robinson and Billy Eckstine, whom the group supported. After some persuasion, the group signed with Motown on the condition that they could record jazz. Over the course of a year, they cut nearly two albums' worth of material, which boiled down to one album, Breaking Through. Berry Gordy pulled the record at the last minute, believing that it would have been a commercial failure. Gordy's fears were not unfounded -- indeed, had the album that comprises Breaking Through (1963-1964) been put out in 1964, it likely wouldn't have found much of an audience. Still, Breaking Through is a strong record, firmly within its tradition and working well on those terms. The Four Tops may not sound as distinctive singing jazz as they did with pop-soul, but they are convincing, as are the Motown house band. Neither of them take many chances, however. The songs are primarily standards, plus four new songs that feel like standards, all given good generic arrangements. This may sound like a dismissal, but it isn't; it's hard to do this kind of music right, but the group most certainly does. And it's not just one member that shines; everyone gets to take a lead, and the results are uniformly strong. Even so, Breaking Through appeals primarily to hardcore fans of the group, plus a handful of straight-ahead vocal-jazz aficionados. Reminiscent of a cross between Eckstine and the Four Freshmen, it's good stuff, but it's essentially a curiosity.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Henry Cosby, Producer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Author - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Don Redman, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Marilyn Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Lew Spence, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - Ron Miller, ComposerLyricist - Theodore Anderson, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - William Vandenburg, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Acker Bilk, Composer - Robert Mellin, Author - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albert Hague, Composer - Arnold Horwitt, Author - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Allen, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Marles, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - George Cory, Composer - Douglas Cross, Author - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Donald Kahn, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - William Vandenburg, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - FRANK LOESSER, Author - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - William Vandenburg, ComposerLyricist - Frederika Foreman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Don Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Green, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - George Sanders, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Hubert Trafalgar, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Peter Chatman, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer - Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Billy Eckstine, MainArtist - George Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Joe Hubert Trafalgar, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Presentación del Álbum
The Four Tops' early years as a jazz-vocal group are generally glossed over in capsule histories. Long before they signed to Motown -- nearly a full decade as a matter of fact -- they had been one of the popular Detroit jazz-vocal groups, earning the admiration of such luminaries as Smokey Robinson and Billy Eckstine, whom the group supported. After some persuasion, the group signed with Motown on the condition that they could record jazz. Over the course of a year, they cut nearly two albums' worth of material, which boiled down to one album, Breaking Through. Berry Gordy pulled the record at the last minute, believing that it would have been a commercial failure. Gordy's fears were not unfounded -- indeed, had the album that comprises Breaking Through (1963-1964) been put out in 1964, it likely wouldn't have found much of an audience. Still, Breaking Through is a strong record, firmly within its tradition and working well on those terms. The Four Tops may not sound as distinctive singing jazz as they did with pop-soul, but they are convincing, as are the Motown house band. Neither of them take many chances, however. The songs are primarily standards, plus four new songs that feel like standards, all given good generic arrangements. This may sound like a dismissal, but it isn't; it's hard to do this kind of music right, but the group most certainly does. And it's not just one member that shines; everyone gets to take a lead, and the results are uniformly strong. Even so, Breaking Through appeals primarily to hardcore fans of the group, plus a handful of straight-ahead vocal-jazz aficionados. Reminiscent of a cross between Eckstine and the Four Freshmen, it's good stuff, but it's essentially a curiosity.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 19 pista(s)
- Duración total: 01:00:59
- Artistas principales: Four Tops
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Motown
- Género Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1999 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1999 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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