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Beginning with On Top, Motown started constructing their Four Tops LPs from singles and a few similar-sounding album tracks, along with plenty of crossover material (usually attempts at MOR covers or light supper-club standards). The first four songs display the Four Tops at the peak of their power; opening with the swinging "I Got a Feeling," the quartet paused only briefly with a ballad ("Brenda") before delivering their two biggest and best hits of the time, "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)." Hoping older listeners might be lured in by crossover versions of a few current hits, Motown devoted the last half to some seriously misguided covers: "Matchmaker," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," "In the Still of the Night," and a rather stiff version of the Beatles' "Michelle." Though it reached the pop Top 40, doubtless most teenagers never even bothered flipping this one over, and the crossover material hasn't aged well.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stevland Morris, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Sheldon Harnick, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimble, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Jean Thielemans, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Lees, Translator - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Buddy Kaye, Translator - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Eddie Holland, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Beginning with On Top, Motown started constructing their Four Tops LPs from singles and a few similar-sounding album tracks, along with plenty of crossover material (usually attempts at MOR covers or light supper-club standards). The first four songs display the Four Tops at the peak of their power; opening with the swinging "I Got a Feeling," the quartet paused only briefly with a ballad ("Brenda") before delivering their two biggest and best hits of the time, "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)." Hoping older listeners might be lured in by crossover versions of a few current hits, Motown devoted the last half to some seriously misguided covers: "Matchmaker," "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," "In the Still of the Night," and a rather stiff version of the Beatles' "Michelle." Though it reached the pop Top 40, doubtless most teenagers never even bothered flipping this one over, and the crossover material hasn't aged well.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:52
- Main artists: Four Tops
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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