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Four Tops Now!
Four Tops Now!
Studio album by Four Tops
Released	March 1969
Genre	Soul music
Length	41:08
Language	English
Label	Motown
Four Tops chronology

Four Tops Now! is a 1969 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Motown.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, with critic Ron Wynn characterizing it as not "among their biggest hit albums, but was a well-produced, nicely sung set anyhow".^[1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release three out of five stars.^[2]

Track listing

"The Key" (Raynard Miner) – 2:39
"What Is a Man" ( Johnny Bristol and Doris McNeil) – 2:39
"My Past Just Crossed My Future" ( Janie Bradford and Miner) – 3:03
"Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me" ( Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield) – 2:54
" Eleanor Rigby" ( John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – 3:07
" Little Green Apples" ( Bobby Russell) – 3:56
"Do What You Gotta Do" ( Jimmy Webb) – 4:10
" Mac Arthur Park" (Webb) – 6:35
"Don't Bring Back Memories" (Raymona Singleton) – 3:01
"Wish I Didn't Love You So" ( Frank Loesser) – 2:49
"Opportunity Knock (For Me)" ( Al Cleveland) – 2:50
" The Fool on the Hill" ( Lennon–McCartney) – 3:26

Personnel

Four Tops

Renaldo Benson – baritone vocals
Abdul Fakir – tenor vocals
Lawrence Payton – tenor vocals
Levi Stubbs – lead and baritone vocals

Additional personnel

Chester Higgins – liner notes

Chart performance

Four Tops Now! peaked at 74 on the Billboard 200 and reached 18 on the R&B charts.^[3]

References

^ Wynn, Ron. "The Four Tops – Four Tops Now!". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
^ 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. ISBN 9780679737292.
^ "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

External links

Four Tops Now! at Discogs (list of releases)
Four Tops Now! at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

[amg-1] Wynn, Ron. "The Four Tops – Four Tops Now!". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2023.

[rs-2] 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. ISBN 9780679737292.

[amgchart-3] "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.

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v t e Four Tops
Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples
Studio albums	Four Tops Four Tops Second Album On Top On Broadway Reach Out Yesterday's Dreams Four Tops Now! Soul Spin Still Waters Run Deep Changing Times Keeper of the Castle Main Street People Meeting of the Minds Night Lights Harmony Catfish The Show Must Go On Tonight! One More Mountain Back Where I Belong Magic Indestructible Christmas Here with You
Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 The Return of the Magnificent Seven Dynamite
Compilations and live albums	Four Tops Live! The Four Tops Greatest Hits Live & in Concert The Ultimate Collection
Singles	" Baby I Need Your Loving" " Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" " Ask the Lonely" " I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" " It's the Same Old Song" " Something About You" " Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" " Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" " Reach Out I'll Be There" " Standing in the Shadows of Love" " Bernadette" " 7 Rooms of Gloom" " Walk Away Renée" " If I Were a Carpenter" " Yesterday's Dreams" " I'm in a Different World" " It's All in the Game" " Still Water (Love)" " A Simple Game" " Keeper of the Castle" " Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" " When She Was My Girl" " Loco in Acapulco"
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