Four Tops (album) explained

Four Tops
Type:	studio
Artist:	Four Tops
Cover:	Four Tops (album).jpeg
Released:	January 21, 1965^[1]
Label:	Motown
Producer:	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Next Title:	Four Tops Second Album
Next Year:	1965

Four Tops is the 1965 self-titled debut studio album by the American vocal group the Four Tops. The album was produced and mostly written by the Motown's main writing/producing team Holland-Dozier-Holland. Four Tops includes the singles "Baby I Need Your Loving", "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)", and "Ask the Lonely".

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 2:43
2. "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 2:43
3. "Where Did You Go?" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 2:25
4. "Ask the Lonely" (William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:44
5. "Your Love Is Amazing" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 2:22
6. "Sad Souvenirs" (Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:39

Side 2

7. "Don't Turn Away" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevenson) – 2:37
8. "Tea House in China Town" (Hunter, Stevenson) – 2:47
9. "Left With a Broken Heart" (Marv Johnson) – 2:56
10. "Love Has Gone" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 2:50
11. "Call on Me" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 2:33

Personnel

• Levi Stubbs – baritone lead vocals and backing vocals
• Abdul Fakir – first tenor backing vocals
• Renaldo Benson – bass backing vocals
• Lawrence Payton – second tenor backing vocals
• The Andantes – backing vocals
• Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1965 (U.S.)

References

1. Web site: Motown Album Discography, Part 1 (1961–1981). David Edwards and Mike Callahan. Aug 7, 2012. The Motown Story & Album Discography. Both Sides Now Publications. Oct 26, 2012.

External links

• Four Tops – Four Tops (1964) album releases & credits on Discogs.com
• Four Tops – Four Tops (1964) album to be listened as stream on Spotify.com