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The Four Tops
Anthology
Release Date: 1974 07 zz
Running Time: 134:19
Label: Motown
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A bountiful three-record collection later issued on two CDs, the Four Tops' Anthology presented, in chronological order, every notable song from the group's tenure at Motown, from their 1964 breakout hit "Baby I Need Your Loving" all the way to 1972's "A Simple Game." (The compact disc also tacked on two songs from the '80s: "I Just Can't Walk Away" and "Don't Tell Me That It's Over.") Over the course of six sides, Anthology tells the group's story with every one of their three dozen hits of the '60s and early '70s, leaving just enough room for low-level hits or solid album tracks ("Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten out My Life)," "Can't Seem to Get You out of My Mind," and a nice version of the Supremes' "Reflections") as well as some pop cover curios ("Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "A Place in the Sun," the surprising hit "If I Were a Carpenter," a beautifully wistful "Everybody's Talking," and a melody of "Hey Man" and Todd Rundgren's "We Gotta Get You a Woman"). It boasted far more attention to detail than the usual hits compilation and the sound was good for the time, though it became less crucial for Four Tops obsessives when Motown finally released the long-awaited box set Fourever in 2001. John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Baby I Need Your LovingHolland, Dozier, Holland2:44
2Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile)Dozier, Holland, Holland2:44
3Sad SouvenirsStevenson, Hunter2:44
4Ask the LonelyStevenson, Hunter3:27
5I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)Holland, Dozier, Holland2:40
6HelplessHolland, Holland, Dozier2:40
7It's the Same Old SongHolland, Dozier, Holland2:46
8Something About YouHolland, Dozier, Holland2:40
9Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)Holland, Holland, Dozier2:39
10Loving You Is Sweeter Than EverHunter, Wonder2:48
11ThenRogers, Robinson, Moore2:31
12Reach Out (I'll Be There)Holland, Dozier, Holland2:55
13Standing in the Shadows of LoveHolland, Dozier, Holland2:35
14I Got a FeelingDozier, Holland, Holland2:52
15BernadetteHolland, Dozier, Holland3:01
167-Rooms of GloomDozier, Holland, Holland2:30
17I'll Turn to StoneHolland, Dozier, Taylor, Holland2:27
18MacArthur ParkWebb6:30
19Climb Ev'ry Mountain [Live]Hammerstein, Rodgers4:08
20Everybody's Talkin'Neil2:52
21For Once in My LifeMiller, Murden2:47
22Place in the SunMiller, Wells3:19
23ReflectionsDozier, Holland, Holland3:23
24You Keep Running AwayDozier, Holland, Holland2:43
25Walk Away ReneeSansone, Calilli, Brown2:43
26If I Were a CarpenterHardin2:48
27Yesterday's DreamsBullock, Hunter, Goga, Sawyer2:55
28I'm in a Different WorldHolland, Holland, Dozier2:55
29Can't Seem to Get You out of My MindAshford, Simpson3:08
30Don't Let Him Take Your Love From MeStrong, Whitfield2:49
31It's All in the GameSigman, Dawes2:44
32Still Water (Love)Wilson, Robinson3:05
33River Deep, Mountain HighBarry, Spector, Greenwich4:29
34Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)Sawyer, Jones3:03
35In These Changing TimesWilson, Sawyer4:47
36You Gotta Have Love in Your HeartZesses, Fekaris2:47
37I Can't Quit Your LoveCaston, Wakefield3:37
38(It's the Way) Nature Planned ItWilson, Sawyer3:54
39Medley: Hey Man/We Got to Get You a WomanRundgren, Wilson, Payton, Caston, Benson7:18
40I Just Can't Walk AwayDozier, Holland, Holland4:19
41Don't Tell Me That It's OverHutch4:33

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Gold [Motown]
Release Date: 1974
Label: Universal Distribution








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