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Four Tops Now!

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Four Tops Now!
The band posing in suits, standing among mist
Studio album by
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

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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

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  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

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Four Tops

Additional personnel

Chart performance

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

See also

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References

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  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.
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