Anthology 50th Anniversary

~ Release by Four Tops (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Baby I Need Your Loving
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
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:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., 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)
Four Tops52:47
2Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile)
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwile)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
Four Tops2:47
3Ask 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)
Four Tops2:43
4I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1965)
strings:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (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:
Hitsville (Motown Records) 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
Four Tops3.752:45
5It’s the Same Old Song
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
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)
Four Tops42:48
6Something 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)
Four Tops2:43
7Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music Division
sub-publisher:
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)
Four Tops2:42
8Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Ivy Jo Hunter
recording of:
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (in 1966)
lyricist:
Ivy Jo Hunter
composer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc., 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music) and Screen Gems-Columbia (publisher) (in 1967)
Four Tops2:50
9Reach Out I’ll Be There
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1966)
background vocals:
The Andantes (in 1966), Marlene Barrow (in 1966), Renaldo Benson (in 1966), Louvain Demps (in 1966), Abdul “Duke” Fakir (in 1966), Jackie Hicks (in 1966) and Lawrence Payton (in 1966)
lead vocals:
Levi Stubbs (in 1966)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Hitsville (Motown Records) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1966)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 78) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 206)
recording of:
Reach Out, I’ll Be There (in 1966)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., 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)
Four Tops43:02
10Standing in the Shadows of Love
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1966)
recording of:
Standing in the Shadows of Love
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music Ltd
Four Tops52:40
11Bernadette
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Bernadette
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
Four Tops53:05
12I Got a Feeling
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
I Got a Feeling
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
Four Tops2:55
137‐Rooms of Gloom
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
7 Rooms of Gloom
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
Four Tops52:36
14I’ll Turn to Stone
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
I'll Turn to Stone (on 1966-08-11)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team) and R. Dean Taylor (Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer)
composer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and R. Dean Taylor (Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer)
Four Tops2:30
15You Keep Running Away
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
You Keep Running Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
Four Tops2:52
16Walk Away Renée
performer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
Walk Away Renée
writer:
Michael Brown (American singer-songwriter), Bob Calilli and Tony Sansone
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., Trio Music Company, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Twin Tone (publisher) (in 1967)
Four Tops2:44
17If I Were a Carpenter
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
If I Were a Carpenter
lyricist and composer:
Tim Hardin
publisher:
Allen Stanton Productions, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Faithful Virtue Music
Four Tops2:51
18Yesterday’s Dreams
producer:
Ivy Jo Hunter
recording of:
Yesterday’s Dreams
composer:
Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter and Pam Sawyer (British-born American lyricist and songwriter)
Four Tops2:57
19I’m in a Different World
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and R. Dean Taylor (Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
I'm in a Different World
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
Four Tops3:00
20What Is a Man
Four Tops2:39
21Don’t Let Him Take Your Love From Me
Four Tops2:59
22It’s All in the Game
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
arranger:
Jerry Long (Motown songwriter Jerry Long, Sr.) and Jimmy Roach
cover recording of:
It’s All in the Game
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1951)
composer:
Charles Dawes (in 1911)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Larry Spier Inc., Majorsongs Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Music Sales (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
is based on:
Melody in A major (instrumental)
Four Tops2:46
23Still Water (Love)
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
arranger:
Jerry Long (Motown songwriter Jerry Long, Sr.) and Jimmy Roach
cover recording of:
Still Water (Love)
writer:
Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
Four Tops3:14
24River Deep‐Mountain High
cover recording of:
River Deep – Mountain High
writer:
Jeff Barry (in 1966), Ellie Greenwich (in 1966) and Phil Spector (in 1966)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Bug Music (Windswept Account), Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher (affiliated with PRS)), EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Mecolico Music, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company, Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Universal/Polygram Music Publishing, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and 日本アブコ音楽出版 (ABKCO Japan Publishing)
Four Tops feat. The Supremes3:21
25Just Sever Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
recording of:
Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
writer:
Gloria Jones (vocalist for Aquarian Dream) and Pam Sawyer (British-born American lyricist and songwriter)
Four Tops3:07
26In These Changing Times
recording of:
In These Changing Times
writer:
Pam Sawyer (British-born American lyricist and songwriter) and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
Four Tops3:59
27MacArthur Park, Part II
Four Tops3:26
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Simple Game
cover recording of:
A Simple Game
lyricist and composer:
Mike Pinder
Four Tops3:00
2I Can’t Quit Your Love
Four Tops3:34
3(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
arranger:
Jerry Long (Motown songwriter Jerry Long, Sr.)
recording of:
(It's the Way) Nature Planned It
writer:
Pam Sawyer (British-born American lyricist and songwriter) and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
Four Tops3:47
4Keeper of the Castle
recording of:
Keeper of the Castle
writer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
Four Tops2:57
5Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
strings arranger:
Don Hockett and Dennis Lambert
recording of:
Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
writer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Four Tops3:07
6Are You Man Enough
Four Tops3:16
7Sweet Understanding Love
Four Tops3:01
8I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
Four Tops4:02
9One Chain Don’t Make No Prison
Four Tops4:08
10Midnight Flower
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Michael Omartian
recording of:
Midnight Flower
writer:
Reginald Dozier and McKinley Jackson
Four Tops3:34
11Seven Lonely Nights
Four Tops2:59
12We All Gotta Stick Together
Four Tops4:49
13Catfish
Four Tops3:54
14H.E.L.P.
Four Tops3:40
15When She Was My Girl
producer:
David Wolfert
vocals arranger:
Lawrence Payton
produced for:
The Entertainment Company (not for release label use! use “The Entertainment Company Records” instead)
recording of:
When She Was My Girl
writer:
Marc Blatte and Larry Gottlieb
publisher:
Jump Star Music Inc. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Four Tops3:25
16Tonight I’m Gonna Love You All Over
Four Tops4:37
17I Believe in You and Me
producer:
David Wolfert
vocals arranger:
Lawrence Payton
produced for:
The Entertainment Company (not for release label use! use “The Entertainment Company Records” instead)
recording of:
I Believe in You and Me
writer:
Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., Linz Music (US work publisher), Martin Bandier Music, R2M Music (BMI), Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated), ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Four Tops4:02
18Back to School Again
Four Tops3:52
19I Just Can’t Walk Away
synthesizer programming:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
executive producer:
Berry Gordy
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
strings arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
cover recording of:
I Just Can’t Walk Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
recording of:
I Just Can’t Walk Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
Four Tops4:23
20Mean Green Mother From Outer Space
Four Tops feat. Levi Stubbs4:49
21Indestructible
recording of:
Indestructible
writer:
Michael Price (songwriting partner of Dan Walsh) and Bobby Sandstrom
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Four Tops4:35