At Their Very Best

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Reach Out I’ll Be ThereFour Tops3:00
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
Four Tops2:37
3BernadetteFour Tops3:02
4Walk Away ReneeFour Tops2:47
5If I Were a CarpenterFour Tops2:48
6Simple Game
cover recording of:
A Simple Game
lyricist and composer:
Mike Pinder
Four Tops2:56
77 – Rooms of GloomFour Tops2:35
8Loving You Is Sweeter Than EverFour Tops2:48
9You Keep Running AwayFour Tops2:50
10Yesterday’s DreamsFour Tops2:59
11I’m in a Different World
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and R. Dean Taylor
recording of:
I’m in a Different World (until 1968-04-16)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
Four Tops2:56
12What Is a Man
recording of:
What Is a Man
writer:
Johnny Bristol and Doris McNeil
Four Tops2:35
13Loco in Acapulco
executive producer:
Clive Davis
producer:
Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
Loco in Acapulco
writer:
Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier
publisher:
Hit & Run Music (Publ) Ltd, Philip Collins Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Four Tops3:32
14IndestructibleFour Tops4:31
15When She Was My GirlFour Tops3:24
16It’s All in the GameFour Tops2:47
17Still Water (Love)
producer:
Frank Wilson
arranger:
Jerry Long and Jimmy Roach
cover recording of:
Still Water (Love)
writer:
Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson
Four Tops3:14
18I Can’t Help Myself
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
Four Tops2:44
19Do What You Gotta DoFour Tops4:02
20Keeper of the CastleFour Tops2:55
21Don’t Walk Away
recording of:
Don't Walk Away
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Knight
Four Tops4:10

Credits

Release

distributed by and marketed by:Universal Music Operations Ltd.
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Universal Music TV (in 2002)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/11302984 [info]
ASIN:UK: B000063IPW [info]