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Still Waters Run Deep (album)

Still Waters Run Deep is a 1970 album by the American vocal group Four Tops.

Still Waters Run Deep
Studio album by
Four Tops
ReleasedMarch 1970
Recorded
  • September 15, 1969 ("L.A.")
  • December 15, 1969 – January 24, 1970
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
GenreSoul, pop
Length29:43
LabelMotown
ProducerFrank Wilson, Smokey Robinson
Four Tops chronology
Soul Spin
(1969) 		Still Waters Run Deep
(1970) 		Changing Times
(1970)
Singles from Still Waters Run Deep
  1. "It's All In The Game"
    Released: March 20, 1970
  2. "Still Water (Love)"
    Released: August 6, 1970[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
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Allmusic      [2]

Besides "L.A. (My Town)", which was recorded on September 15, 1969, the album was recorded between December 15, 1969 and January 24, 1970.[3] Motown Records released the album in March 1970. Produced by longtime Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson, the album returned (the) Four Tops to the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart where it remained for 42 weeks peaking at #21. The album yielded the popular Top 30 hits, "Still Water (Love)" (#11), which was co-written by Smokey Robinson and their cover of "It's All in the Game" (#24), which featured rare co-leads by Four Tops members Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton singing alongside prominent lead Levi Stubbs. The album also served as inspiration behind singer Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, the hit title track, which was written by Benson. With this album the Four Tops staged a major comeback after two years of declining sales and Frank Wilson emerged as a producer to be reckoned with at Motown. At the same time that Wilson reinvigorated this group he also launched the Supremes sans Diana Ross with Up The Ladder To The Roof. Going into the 1970s with these two noteworthy successes, Wilson would go on to have hits on Eddie Kendricks (Keep On Truckin' and Boogie Down) as well as The Originals.

Track listing

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Side One

  1. "Still Water (Love)" (Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson) 3:09
  2. "Reflections" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 3:25
  3. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) 2:44
  4. "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) 2:53
  5. "Love is the Answer" (Smokey Robinson, Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson) 2:26

Side Two

  1. "I Wish I Were Your Mirror" (Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson) 3:09
  2. "Elusive Butterfly" (Bob Lind) 3:07
  3. "Bring Me Together" (Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson) 2:59
  4. "L.A. (My Town)" (Sherlie Matthews) 3:09
  5. "Still Water (Peace)" (Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson) 2:42

Personnel

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Four Tops

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Others

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Charts

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Chart (1970) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[4] 21
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] 3

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[5]
US
Hot 100 		US
R&B
1970 "Still Water (Love)" 11 4
"It's All in the Game" 24 6

References

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  1. ^ https://www.45cat.com/record/m1170 [bare URL]
  2. ^ Lowe, John. The Four Tops: Still Waters Run Deep > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ^ Hughes, Keith (2018). "Four Tops". Don't Forget the Motor City. Ritchie Hardin. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "The Four Tops US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  5. ^ "The Four Tops US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
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