The Show Must Go On is a 1977 studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records.
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| Released | 1977 | |||
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| Length | 41:08 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
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Reception
editA brief review in Billboard recommended this release to retailers for the "tight, strong vocal harmony offering a bigger than usual sound".[2]Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ed Hogan praising the title track and the songs written by Ronnie McNeir.[1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars.[3]
Track listing
edit- "The Show Must Go On" (Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, and Roquel L. Payton) – 6:59
- "I Can't Live Without You" (Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 5:45
- "Save It for a Rainy Day" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32
- "Runnin' from Your Love" (Bridges and L. Payton) – 3:13
- "See the Real Me" (Sharon Riley) – 6:02
- "Love Is a Joy" (Bridges, Michael Franklin, and L. Payton) – 8:04
- "You'll Never Find a Better Man" (Benson and McNeir) – 3:59
- "Candy" (Bridges and Richard Knight) – 3:03
Personnel
editFour Tops
- Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
- Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
- Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, keyboards, arrangement, rhythm arrangement, production
- Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
Additional personnel
- Johnny Allen – arrangement
- Gil Askey – arrangement
- Pete Bishop – engineering
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, strings, clavinet
- Lorenzo "Bag of Tricks" Brown – percussion
- Robert Budson – keyboards
- Philip Chiang – design
- Ronald Coleman – keyboards
- Greg "Thumper" Coles – bass guitar, rhythm arrangement
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Bob Dennis – engineering
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Charles Fearing – guitar
- Carolyn Franklin – vocals
- James Gadson – drums
- George Bohanon & The Cats from Karma – horns
- Joe Guastella – guitar
- McKinley Jackson – keyboards
- John Trudell & Company from Detroit – horns
- Uriel Jones – drums
- Tom Katella – guitar
- Anthony Lowe – photography
- "My Man" Ronnie McNeir – synthesizer, strings, clavinet
- Frank Mulvey – art direction
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- David Penney – drums
- Barney Perkins – engineering
- Jerry Peters – keyboards, arrangement
- Greg Poree – guitar
- Sharon Ridley – keyboards, rhythm arrangement
- Sidney Sharp – strings
- Joe Smith – guitar
- Crathman P. Spencer – vocals
- Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
- Charles Veal, Jr. – strings
- Jim Vitti – engineering
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson – guitar
- Robert White – guitar
Chart performance
editThe Show Must Go On reached 54 on the R&B charts.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Hogan, Ed. "The Four Tops – The Show Must Go On". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Soul". Top Album Picks. Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 40. October 8, 1977. p. 98. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
External links
edit- The Show Must Go On at Discogs (list of releases)
- The Show Must Go On at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
