On Top (album) explained

On Top
Type:	studio
Artist:	Four Tops
Cover:	The Four Tops - On Top Album Cover.jpg
Length:	32:40
Label:	Motown
Producer:	Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson^[1]
Prev Title:	Four Tops Second Album
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	On Broadway
Next Year:	1967

On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops. Issued by Motown Records on July8, 1966,^[2] it reached number 32 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart and number 9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". The second half of the album consists of cover songs.

Track listing

Side one

1. I Got a Feeling (Holland–Dozier–Holland)2:59
2. "Brenda" (Edward Holland, Jr.)2:37
3. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder)2:46
4. "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)2:41
5. "Until You Love Someone" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)3:11
6. "There's No Love Left" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)2:33

Side two

1. "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick)2:00
2. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)2:35
3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter)2:32
4. "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans)2:33
5. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees3:05
6. "Then" (Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers)3:04

Personnel

Performance

• Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
• Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
• Lawrence Payton – keyboards, second tenor vocals
• Levi Stubbs – baritone lead vocals
• The Andantes - vocals
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
• Stevie Wonder - drums on "Loving You is Sweeter than Ever"

External links

• On Top at MTV, with lyrics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Don't Forget the Motor City.
2. Web site: Hughes . Keith . Four Tops . Don't Forget the Motor City . 2018 . Ritchie Hardin . https://web.archive.org/web/20240530041234/http://www.dftmc.info/artists/af.htm . May 30, 2024 . live . September 27, 2024.