Four Tops Now!

Four Tops Now!
The band posing in suits, standing among mist
Studio album by
Four Tops
ReleasedMarch 1969 (1969-03)
GenreSoul music
Length41:08
LanguageEnglish
LabelMotown
Four Tops chronology
Yesterday's Dreams
(1968) 		Four Tops Now!
(1969) 		Soul Spin
(1969)

Four Tops Now! is a 1969 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Motown.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, with critic Ron Wynn characterizing it as not "among their biggest hit albums, but was a well-produced, nicely sung set anyhow".[1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release three out of five stars.[2]

Track listing

  1. "The Key" (Raynard Miner) – 2:39
  2. "What Is a Man" (Johnny Bristol and Doris McNeil) – 2:39
  3. "My Past Just Crossed My Future" (Janie Bradford and Miner) – 3:03
  4. "Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me" (Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield) – 2:54
  5. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – 3:07
  6. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 3:56
  7. "Do What You Gotta Do" (Jimmy Webb) – 4:10
  8. "Mac Arthur Park" (Webb) – 6:35
  9. "Don't Bring Back Memories" (Raymona Singleton) – 3:01
  10. "Wish I Didn't Love You So" (James Dean (songwriter) and William Weatherspoon) – 2:49
  11. "Opportunity Knock (For Me)" (Al Cleveland) – 2:50
  12. "The Fool on the Hill" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:26

Personnel

Four Tops

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Four Tops Now! peaked at 74 on the Billboard 200 and reached 18 on the R&B charts.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wynn, Ron. "The Four Tops – Four Tops Now!". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.