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On Top Studio album by The Four Tops Released July 1966 Recorded 32:40 Genre Rhythm & blues Label Motown Producer Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier Professional reviews The Four Tops chronology Four Tops' Second Album
(1965)On Top
(1966)Reach Out
(1967)On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops, issued by Motown Records in July 1966. It reached 32 in the Billboard album chart and #9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". The second half of the album consists of cover songs.
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "I Got a Feeling" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 2:59 2. "Brenda" (Holland) 2:37 3. "(Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever)" (Hunter, Wonder) 2:46 4. "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 2:41 5. "Until You Love Someone" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 3:11 6. "There's No Love Left" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 2:33 7. "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (Bock, Harnick) 2:00 8. "Michelle" (Lennon/McCartney) 3:10 9. "In the Still of the Night" (Porter) 2:32 10. "Bluesette" (Gimbel, Thielemans) 2:33 11. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Jobim, Lees) 3:05 12. "Then" (Moore, Robinson, Rogers) 2:33 Personnel
Performance
- Renaldo Benson – vocals
- Abdul Fakir – vocals
- Lawrence Payton – keyboard, vocals
- Levi Stubbs – vocals
External links
Abdul "Duke" Fakir · Ronnie McNeir · Roquel Payton · Harold Bonhart
Lawrence Payton · Renaldo "Obie" Benson · Levi Stubbs · Theo PeoplesStudio albums Four Tops (1964) · Four Tops' Second Album (1965) · On Top (1966) · Reach Out (1967) · Yesterday's Dreams (1968) · The Four Tops Now! (1969) · Soul Spin (1969) · Still Waters Run Deep (1970) · Changing Times (1970) · Nature Planned It (1972) · Keeper of the Castle (1972) · Main Street People (1973) · Meeting the Minds (1974) · Night Lights Harmony (1975) · Catfish (1976) · The Show Must Go On (1977) · At The Top (1978) · Tonight! (1981) · One More Mountain (1982) · Back Where I Belong (1983) · Magic (1985) · Hot Nights (1986) · Indestructible (1988)
Albums with The Supremes The Magnificent 7 (1970) · The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) · Dynamite (1971)
Other albums Four Tops Live! (1966) · Live & in Concert (1974) · Christmas Here With You (1995) · The Ultimate Collection (1997) · Lost & Found: Breaking Through (1999)
Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) · "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) · "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) · "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) · "Bernadette" (1967) · "If I Were a Carpenter" (1967) · "Walk Away Renée" (1968) · "Still Water (Love)" (1970) · "It's All in the Game" (1970) · "River Deep – Mountain High" (1971) · "MacArthur Park" (1971) · "A Simple Game" (1972) · "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) · "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) · "When She Was My Girl" (1981) · "Loco in Acapulco" (1988)
Related topics Discography · Members · Holland–Dozier–Holland · The Supremes
Book:Four Tops
Categories:- Four Tops albums
- 1966 albums
- Albums produced by Brian Holland
- Albums produced by Edward Holland, Jr.
- Albums produced by Lamont Dozier
- Motown albums
- English-language albums
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