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A concept album that's different. Hip-O Records thoughtfully compiled love songs by the Four Tops recorded at Motown and ABC Records. The only gripe is with the selections, but you have to applaud the idea. Representing Motown is their national anthem "Baby I Need Your Loving," as well as "Without the One You Love," a brilliant rendition of Tommy Edwards' "It's All In the Game," ("It's the Way) Nature Planned It" and "Still Water (Love)." Their ABC Records stint gave us firestarters like "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)," the melodic "Love Music," "Midnight Flower" (a song about a prostitute from a satisfied customer), "When She Was My Girl" and five others. Of the 14 tracks, five are Motown cuts. A few of the ABC cuts were ill-chosen and interrupt the flow, as with "I Believe in You and Me."
© Andrew Hamilton /TiVo
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Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, Producer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Potter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Barri, Producer - Phil Kaye, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Four Tops, MainArtist - Howard Gale, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Hockett, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Renaldo Benson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Long, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Roach, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Charles Gates Dawes, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 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 - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Payton, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Potter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Haskell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Barri, Producer - Phil Kaye, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Four Tops, MainArtist - Howard Gale, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Geffen Records
Melvin Ragin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Caston, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Renaldo Benson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Pam Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Long, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Ashford, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Harris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Willis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Brown, Bongos, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Four Tops, MainArtist - Dennis Coffey, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Allen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Payton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abdul Fakir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Levi Stubbs Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Long, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Roach, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, Producer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Potter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Barri, Producer - Phil Kaye, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Four Tops, MainArtist - Howard Gale, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Hockett, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 Geffen Records
Michael Omartian, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Lambert, Producer - Brian Potter, Producer - McKinley Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Steve Barri, Producer - Reginald Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, Producer - Brian Potter, Producer - Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - Val Benson, ComposerLyricist - Steve Barri, Producer - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Gil Askey, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Geffen Records
Sandy Linzer, ComposerLyricist - David Wolfert, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Geffen Records
Renaldo Benson, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Lawrence Payton, Producer - Marcus Cummings, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Geffen Records
David Wolfert, Producer - Dennis Ferrante, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc Blatte, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, MainArtist - Laurence B. Gottlieb, ComposerLyricist - Charles Koppelman, Producer, Executive Producer - Lawrence Payton, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
A concept album that's different. Hip-O Records thoughtfully compiled love songs by the Four Tops recorded at Motown and ABC Records. The only gripe is with the selections, but you have to applaud the idea. Representing Motown is their national anthem "Baby I Need Your Loving," as well as "Without the One You Love," a brilliant rendition of Tommy Edwards' "It's All In the Game," ("It's the Way) Nature Planned It" and "Still Water (Love)." Their ABC Records stint gave us firestarters like "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)," the melodic "Love Music," "Midnight Flower" (a song about a prostitute from a satisfied customer), "When She Was My Girl" and five others. Of the 14 tracks, five are Motown cuts. A few of the ABC cuts were ill-chosen and interrupt the flow, as with "I Believe in You and Me."
© Andrew Hamilton /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:55
- Main artists: Four Tops
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1999 Universal Music Special Markets Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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