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1977 studio album by Four Tops
The Show Must Go On is a 1977 studio album by American
soul music
vocal group
Four Tops , released by
ABC Records .
Reception
A brief review in
Billboard recommended this release to retailers for the "tight, strong vocal harmony offering a bigger than usual sound".
[2] Editors at
AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ed Hogan praising the title track and the songs written by
Ronnie McNeir .
[1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars.
[3]
Track listing
"The Show Must Go On" (Fred Bridges,
Lawrence Payton , and Roquel L. Payton) – 6:59
"I Can't Live Without You" (
Renaldo Benson and
Ronnie McNeir ) – 5:45
"Save It for a Rainy Day" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32
"Runnin' from Your Love" (Bridges and L. Payton) – 3:13
"See the Real Me" (Sharon Riley) – 6:02
"Love Is a Joy" (Bridges, Michael Franklin, and L. Payton) – 8:04
"You'll Never Find a Better Man" (Benson and McNeir) – 3:59
"Candy" (Bridges and Richard Knight) – 3:03
Personnel
Four Tops
Additional personnel
Johnny Allen – arrangement
Gil Askey – arrangement
Pete Bishop –
engineering
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, strings,
clavinet
Lorenzo "Bag of Tricks" Brown – percussion
Robert Budson – keyboards
Philip Chiang – design
Ronald Coleman – keyboards
Greg "Thumper" Coles* – bass guitar, rhythm arrangement
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Bob Dennis – engineering
Scott Edwards – bass guitar
Charles Fearing – guitar
Carolyn Franklin – vocals
James Gadson – drums
George Bohannon & The Cats from Karma – horns
Joe Guastella – guitar
McKinley Jackson – keyboards
John Trudell & Company from Detroit – horns
Uriel Jones – drums
Tom Katella – guitar
Anthony Lowe – photography
"My Man"
Ronnie McNeir – synthesizer, strings, clavinet
Frank Mulvey –
art direction
Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
David Penney – drums
Barney Perkins – engineering
Jerry Peters – keyboards, arrangement
Greg Poree – guitar
Sharon Ridley – keyboards, rhythm arrangement
Sidney Sharp – strings
Joe Smith – guitar
Crathman P. Spencer – vocals
Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
Charles Veal, Jr. – strings
Jim Vitti – engineering
Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson – guitar
Robert White – guitar
Chart performance
The Show Must Go On reached 54 on the R&B charts.
[4]
See also
References
^
a
b Hogan, Ed.
"The Four Tops – The Show Must Go On" .
AllMusic Guide . Retrieved May 10, 2023 .
^
a
b "Soul". Top Album Picks.
Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 40. October 8, 1977. p. 98.
ISSN
0006-2510 .
^ 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.
ISBN
9780679737292 .
^
"US Albums" .
AllMusic Guide . Archived from
the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016 .
External links
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