The Best of the Four Tops

~ Release by Four Tops (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1Reach Out I'll Be There3:17
2Baby I Need Your Loving2:59
3I 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
2:46
4Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)
3:12
5It's All in the Game2:30
6It's the Same Old Song2:40
7Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)2:58
8Bernadette3:06
9Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
2:49
10You Keep Running Away2:58
11Something About You2:53
12Walk Away Renee2:42
13Keeper of the Castle3:03
14Sweet Understanding Love3:19
15If I Were a Carpenter2:51
16Standing in the Shadows of Love3:06
17MacArthur Park
recording of:
MacArthur Park
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb
publisher:
Canopy Music, Universal Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
6:30
18Still Water (Love)
3:22
19When She Was My Girl3:16
20Are You Man Enough (From Shaft in Africa)
recording of:
Are You Man Enough
lyricist and composer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
3:17