- The Magnificent 7
Infobox Album
Name = The Magnificent 7
Type = Cover album
Longtype =
Artist =The Supremes andThe Four Tops
Released = September1970
Recorded = 1970
Genre = Soul
Length =
Label = Motown
MS 717
Producer = Frank Wilson
Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:23rp28vc052a~T00 link]
Chronology =The Supremes
Last album = "Right On"
(1970)
This album = "The Magnificent 7"
(1970)
Next album = "New Ways But Love Stays "
(1970)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =The Four Tops
Type = Cover album
Last album = "Changing Times"
(1970)
This album = "The Magnificent 7"
(1970)
Next album = "The Return of The Magnificent 7 "
(1971)"The Magnificent 7" is a collaborative album combining Motown's premier vocal groups,
The Supremes andThe Four Tops . Issued by Motown in 1970, it followed two collaborative albums the group did withThe Temptations in the late-sixties. The album featured their cover ofIke & Tina Turner 's "River Deep Mountain High ", which reached number fourteen on the American "Billboard" pop singles chart.All of the twelve tracks on the album were cover songs of recent rock and soul songs, including "Everyday People", "Knock on My Door", "For Your Love". Ironically a cover of former Supremes band mate
Diana Ross ' 1970 debut solo hit, "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) ", is included.Track listing
#"Knock on My Door"
#"For Your Love"
#"Without the One You Love"
#"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
#"Stone Soul Picnic"
#"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
#"River Deep Mountain High "
#"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
#"Everyday People"
#"It's Got to Be a Miracle (This Thing Called Love)"
#"Taste of Honey"
#"Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music"Personnel
*
Jean Terrell : vocals
*Mary Wilson: vocals
*Cindy Birdsong : vocals
*Levi Stubbs : vocals
*Abdul "Duke" Fakir : vocals
*Lawrence Payton : vocals
*Renaldo "Obie" Benson : vocals
*Frank Wilson: producer, executive producer
*VariousLos Angeles area session musicians: instrumentation
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