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On Top & Reach Out

On Top & Reach Out
Four Tops

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Track Listing

  1. I Got A Feeling
  2. Brenda
  3. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
  4. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
  5. Until You Love Someone
  6. There's No Love Left
  7. Matchmaker, Matchmaker
  8. Michelle
  9. In The Still Of The Night
  10. Bluesette
  11. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
  12. Then
  13. Reach Out, I'll Be There
  14. Walk Away Renee
  15. 7 Rooms Of Gloom
  16. If I Were A Carpenter
  17. Last Train To Clarksville
  18. I'll Turn To Stone
  19. I'm A Believer
  20. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
  21. Bernadette
  22. Cherish
  23. Wonderful Baby
  24. What Else Is There To Do (But Think About You)

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #49079 in Music
  • Released on: 2001-11-05
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .25 pounds
  • Running time: 65 minutes

Customer Reviews

Motown group at their peak5
The first of the two albums here, On top from 1966, includes two American hits, the first of which was Shake me wake me when it’s over. The second, Loving you is sweeter than ever, also charted in Britain. The album also includes a cover of the Beatles classic, Michelle, and a couple of songs from the Great American Songbook – In the still of the night (a Cole Porter song that was a huge hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1937) and Quiet night of quiet stars – which are most impressive. The remainder of this album is made up of obscure but excellent songs written by Motown’s own songwriters.

The second album, Reach out from 1967 contains six major international hit singles (they all charted at least top twenty in Britain as well as America), although four of them had already been hits before the album was released. The six hits were Reach out I’ll be there, Standing in the shadows of love, Bernadette, 7 rooms of gloom, Walk away Renee and If I were a carpenter. The album also includes impressive covers of two Monkees hits (Last train to Clarksville, I’m a believer) and Cherish (an American hit for the Association).

This is the strongest of the Four tops twofers, containing plenty of hits as well as demonstrating the variety of material that they could do.