1972 studio album by The Four Tops
Keeper of the Castle is an album by R&B group the Four Tops, released in 1972.[5][6]
The title track peaked at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart.[7]
Critical reception
Robert Christgau wrote that with "superschlockers" Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert, and Brian Potter producing, "the results are too overbearing to interest anyone but professional theorists of camp."[2]
Track listing
All tracks written by Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert where indicated
- "Keeper of the Castle"
- "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
- "Put a Little Love Away"
- "Turn On the Light of Your Love" (Len Perry, Levi Stubbs, Jr., Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir)
- "When Tonight Meets Tomorrow" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
- "Love Music"
- "Remember What I Told You to Forget"
- "(I Think I Must Be) Dreaming"
- "The Good Lord Knows" (Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
- "Jubilee With Soul" (Joe Smith, Val Benson, Renaldo Benson)
- "Love Makes You Human" (Val Benson, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
- "Keeper of the Castle (Reprise)"
Personnel
- Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
- Lawrence Payton – second tenor background vocals
- Renaldo "Obie" Benson –bass background vocals
- Abdul "Duke" Fakir – first tenor background vocals
- David Cohen, Joe Smith, Larry Carlton, Richard Bennett – guitar
- Ron Brown, Wilton Felder – bass
- Paul Humphrey – drums
- Brian Potter, Gary Coleman, King Errisson, Victor Feldman – percussion
- Dennis Lambert – keyboards
- Jimmie Haskell – Moog synthesizer, string and horn arrangements
- Dennis Lambert, Don Hockett, Gil Askey – string and horn arrangements
- Jerome Richardson – piccolo flute solo on "When Tonight Meets Tomorrow" and saxophone solo on "Love Makes You Human"
- Tony Terran – trumpet solo on "Love Music"
- Chip Crawford – organ solo on "Love Makes You Human"
- Sid Sharp – string conductor
- Rudy Mazur – art work
References
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- Ronnie McNeir
- Lawrence "Roquel" Payton, Jr.
- Alexander Morris
- Michael Brock
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