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| Released | August 9, 1982 | |||
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| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 37:02 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Casablanca | |||
| Producer | David Wolfert | |||
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One More Mountain is a 1982 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Casablanca Records. This was the second and final album the group recorded for this label before rejoining their long-time home Motown.
Reception
Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 1.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton calling it a "sedate effort". [1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars. [2]
Track listing
- "Sad Hearts" (Marc Blatte and Laurence B. Gottlieb) – 2:52
- "One More Mountain to Climb" (Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert) – 4:57
- "Givin' It Up" (Blatte and Gottlieb) – 3:14
- " I Believe in You and Me" (Linzer and Wolfert) – 4:02
- "I'm the One" (Larry Henley and Johnny Slate) – 4:10
- "Keep On Lightin' My Fire" ( Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 5:29
- "Nobody's Gonna Love You Like I Do" ( Lawrence Payton, Joe Stubbs, and Levi Stubbs) – 3:58
- "Dream On" (Jerry Paul Keller and Geoffrey Brillhart Leib) – 3:34
- "Whatever It Is" (Mark Gray, Jerry Michael, and Edward F. Sester) – 4:46
Personnel
Four Tops
- Renaldo Benson – baritone vocals
- Abdul Fakir – tenor vocals
- Lawrence Payton – tenor vocals
- Levi Stubbs – lead and baritone vocals, vocal arrangement
Additional personnel
- Jack Adelman – mastering at Jack's Shack
- "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
- David Boruff – saxophone
- Lawrence Burrage – engineering at Olympic Recording Studios, Barnes, London, England, United Kingdom
- Ernie Carlson – bass trombone, trombone
- Louis Cortelezzi – saxophone solo
- Richard Crooks – percussion
- Bert DeCoteaux – string arrangement
- Nathan East – bass guitar
- Dennis Ferrante – engineering at RCA Recording Studios, New York City, New York, United States, mixing
- Chuck Findley – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Linda Gerrity – production coordination
- Keith Grant – engineering at Olympic Recording Studios, Barnes, London, England, United Kingdom
- Gary Grimshaw – album concept
- Larry Hall – flugelhorn, trumpet
- John Harmon – illustration
- Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
- Charles Koppelman – executive production
- Charles Loper – bass trombone, trombone
- Lumel Whiteman Studio – graphics
- Steve Madaio – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Bill Meyers – keyboards, horn arrangement, rhythm arrangement
- Alan Meyerson – flugelhorn
- John Phillips – saxophone
- Paul Ray – assistant engineering
- Carlos Rios – guitar
- John Robinson – drums
- Steven Rubinstein – string bass
- Dave Samuels – vibraphone, orchestra bells
- Al Schmidt – engineering at
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
- Lee Thornburg – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Ed Walsh – synthesizer solo
- Thomas Weschler – album concept
- David Williams – guitar
- David Wolfert – guitar, rhythm arrangement, string arrangement, production
Chart performance
One More Mountain peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. [3]
See also
References
- ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "The Four Tops – One More Mountain". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 10, 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
- One More Mountain at Discogs (list of releases)
- One More Mountain at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
