At the Top is a 1978 studio album by American
soul musicvocal groupFour Tops, released by
ABC Records. The album was the last the group recorded for ABC and was followed by a brief hiatus from recording. Four Tops had experienced a decline in their album sales in the 1970s and also had difficulty booking touring dates, so they initially planned to team up with former
Motown associates
Holland–Dozier–Holland, but they instead recorded this album with
Philadelphia soul producer
Norman Harris at his
Sigma Sound Studios.[2]
Reception
Editors at
AllMusic Guide scored this release three out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton characterizing release as "a quality Four Tops album", but "the songs, productions, and singing deserved a better fate", with "lightweight promotion" from ABC.[1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars.[3]
^Williams, Jean (January 28, 1977). "4 Tops Reborn: Group Seeks New Life; Trying Holland–Dozier–Holland's Skills". General News. Billboard. Vol. 90, no. 4. p. 97.
ISSN0006-2510.
^DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly; Henke, James, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist.
Random House. p. 260.
ISBN9780679737292.