Four Tops / Second Album

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Annotation

2 on 1 CD
Track 1 - 11: Four Tops
Track 12 - 23: Second Album

Annotation last modified on 2008-04-21 19:27 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Baby I Need Your Loving
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 1964)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 32) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 390)
recording of:
Baby I Need Your Loving
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4.52:49
2Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile)
2:50
3Where Did You Go
recording of:
Where Did You Go?
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
2:30
4Ask the Lonely
producer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and William "Mickey" Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
recording of:
Ask the Lonely
writer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and Mickey Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:45
5Your Love Is Amazing
recording of:
Your Love Is Amazing
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
2:38
6Sad Souvenirs
recording of:
Sad Souvenirs
writer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:49
7Don't Turn Away
2:42
8Teahouse in China Town
2:53
9Left With a Broken Heart
2:59
10Love Has Gone
recording of:
Love Has Gone
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
2:52
11Call on Me
recording of:
Call on Me
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
2:35
12I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
recording engineer:
Russ Terrana
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
baritone saxophone:
Mike Terry (60s US soul arranger/conductor) (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 (US funk/soul guitarist) (in 1965)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1965)
piano:
Earl Van Dyke (in 1965)
strings:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (in 1965)
tambourine:
Jack Ashford (American Label owner, producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger) (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 (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1965)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (recordings) (number: 30), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 148), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (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 (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
3.62:45
13Love Feels Like Fire
2:09
14Is There Anything That I Can Do
recording of:
Is There Anything That I Can Do
writer:
Warren “Pete” Moore, Smokey Robinson and Ronald White (soul singer, founding member of The Miracles)
3:07
15Something About You
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Something About You
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!) and EMI Songs Australia
2:46
16It's the Same Old Song
recording engineer:
Lawrence T. Horn
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
mixer:
Robert L. Gordy (music publishing executive)
baritone saxophone:
Mike Terry (60s US soul arranger/conductor)
bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer)
guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:
Eddie Willis
guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:
Joe Messina
guitar [Gibson L-5]:
Robert White (US funk/soul guitarist)
piano:
Earl Van Dyke
strings:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
tambourine:
Jack Ashford (American Label owner, producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger)
vibraphone:
Jack Brokensha
background vocals:
Marlene Barrow, Renaldo Benson, Louvain Demps, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Jackie Hicks and Lawrence Payton
lead vocals:
Levi Stubbs
recorded at and mixed at:
Hitsville (Motown recording and mastering studios in Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
recording of:
It’s the Same Old Song (on 1965-07-07)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia
42:51
17Helpless
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Helpless (on 1965-09-13)
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Holland–Dozier–Holland, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) (in 1984)
2:47
18Just as Long as You Need Me
recording of:
Just as Long as You Need Me
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
3:12
19Darling, I Hum Our Song
recording of:
Darling, I Hum Our Song
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
2:45
20I Like Everything About You
2:22
21Since You've Been Gone
2:34
22Stay in My Lonely Arms
recording of:
Stay in My Lonely Arms
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd.
2:21
23I'm Grateful
recording of:
I'm Grateful
writer:
Cleo Drake, George Fowler (United States producer for Motown's gospel label, Divinity) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
2:33

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Release

ASIN:UK: B00005OMER [info]

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includes:Four Tops
Second Album