The Definitive Collection

~ Release by Four Tops (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Reach Out I’ll Be There3:00
2Standing in the Shadows of Love
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (in 1966)
recording of:
Standing in the Shadows of Love
lyricist:
Eddie Holland
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
publisher:
Jobete Music Ltd
2:40
3Bernadette3:04
4Ask the Lonely2:42
5Baby I Need Your Loving2:47
6Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile)2:46
7It’s the Same Old Song2:48
8Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever2:49
9I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
recording engineer:
Russ Terrana
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
baritone saxophone:
Mike Terry (in 1965)
bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Richard "Pistol" Allen (in 1965)
guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:
Eddie Willis (in 1965)
guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:
Joe Messina (in 1965)
guitar [Gibson L-5]:
Robert White (in 1965)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1965)
piano:
Earl Van Dyke (in 1965)
strings:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (in 1965)
tambourine:
Jack Ashford (in 1965)
vibraphone:
Jack Brokensha (in 1965)
background vocals:
The Andantes (in 1965), Marlene Barrow (in 1965), Renaldo Benson (in 1965), Louvain Demps (in 1965), Abdul “Duke” Fakir (in 1965), Jackie Hicks (in 1965) and Lawrence Payton (in 1965)
lead vocals:
Levi Stubbs (in 1965)
recorded at and mixed at:
Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1965)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (number: 30), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 148), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 415) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 483)
recording of:
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (in 1965)
lyricist:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:45
10Something About You2:42
11I Got a Feeling2:55
12Walk Away Renee2:44
13Still Water (Love)
producer:
Frank Wilson
arranger:
Jerry Long and Jimmy Roach
cover recording of:
Still Water (Love)
writer:
Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson
3:13
14(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It3:47
15It’s All in the Game2:46
16You Keep Running Away2:51
177-Rooms of Gloom2:35
18Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)2:40