Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Baby I Need Your Loving ~ The Four Tops |  |
| 2. Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 3. Ask The Lonely ~ The Four Tops | |
| 4. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 5. It's The Same Old Song ~ The Four Tops | |
| 6. Something About You ~ The Four Tops | |
| 7. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 8. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever ~ The Four Tops | |
| 9. Reach Out I'll Be There ~ The Four Tops | |
| 10. Standing In The Shadows Of Love ~ The Four Tops | |
| 11. Bernadette ~ The Four Tops | |
| 12. I Got A Feeling ~ The Four Tops | |
| 13. 7 Rooms Of Gloom ~ The Four Tops | |
| 14. I'll Turn To Stone ~ The Four Tops | |
| 15. You Keep Running Away ~ The Four Tops | |
| 16. Walk Away Renee - (alternate mix, previously unreleased) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 17. If I Were A Carpenter ~ The Four Tops | |
| 18. Yesterday's Dreams ~ The Four Tops | |
| 19. I'm In a Different World ~ The Four Tops | |
| 20. What Is A Man ~ The Four Tops | |
| 21. Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me - (stereo single mix) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 22. It's All In The Game ~ The Four Tops | |
| 23. Still Water ~ The Four Tops | |
| 24. River Deep, Mountain High - (with The Supremes) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 25. Just Seven Numbers (Can't Straighten Out My Life) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 26. In These Changing Times ~ The Four Tops | |
| 27. MacArthur Park - (Part II) ~ The Four Tops | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Simple Game, A ~ The Four Tops | |
| 2. I Can't Quit Your Love ~ The Four Tops | |
| 3. Nature Planned It (It's The Way) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 4. Keeper Of The Castle ~ The Four Tops | |
| 5. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) ~ The Four Tops | |
| 6. Are You Man Enough ~ The Four Tops | |
| 7. Sweet Understanding Love ~ The Four Tops | |
| 8. I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind ~ The Four Tops | |
| 9. One Chain Don't Make No Prison ~ The Four Tops | |
| 10. Midnight Flower ~ The Four Tops | |
| 11. Seven Lonely Nights ~ The Four Tops | |
| 12. We All Gotta Stick Together ~ The Four Tops | |
| 13. Catfish ~ The Four Tops | |
| 14. H.E.L.P. ~ The Four Tops | |
| 15. When She Was My Girl ~ The Four Tops | |
| 16. Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over ~ The Four Tops | |
| 17. I Believe In You And Me ~ The Four Tops | |
| 18. Back To School Again ~ The Four Tops | |
| 19. I Just Can't Walk Away ~ The Four Tops | |
| 20. Mean Green Mother From Outerspace ~ The Four Tops | |
| 21. Indestructable - (7-inch extended single) ~ The Four Tops | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Four Tops: Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs (vocals). | | Additional personnel: The Supremes, The Funk Brothers. | | Producers include: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, William Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter, R. Dean Taylor. | | Compilation producer: Harry Weinger. | | Recorded between 1964 & 1988. Includes liner notes by Stu Hackel. | | Not to be confused with the Four Tops compilation simply entitled Anthology (which only covers their Motown recordings), 50th Anniversary Anthology is a double-CD set spanning their first Motown hit in 1964 to the late '80s. Does it include all of the popular numbers that most fans want from a greatest-hits collection? Definitely. Is it as good as Anthology, or slimmer compilations that focus exclusively on their Motown hits from the 1960s and early '70s? No, because there's way too much dispensable post-mid-'70s stuff on disc two. Still, for those who want an anthology that includes non-Motown hits (particularly their early-'70s Dunhill singles) and are reluctant to splash out for the four-CD Fourever box set, this is the best available alternative. And unquestionably, the first two-thirds or so of this collection is excellent, including all the big Motown hits; plenty of good, less celebrated lower-charting Motown singles, like "I'll Turn to Stone" (the B-side of "7-Rooms of Gloom"); and their early Dunhill hits, in which they capably imitated Philly soul stars the O'Jays and the Spinners. But the group floundered as the '70s waned, and by the time of the ribald 1976 disco hit "Catfish," they were on the verge of not only losing their personality, but of embarrassing themselves. The proceedings don't stop there, unfortunately, tacking on a bunch of other small post-1976 hits ("When She Was My Girl" was the only big one), culminating in Levi Stubbs' gruesome contribution to the Little Shop of Horrors, "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space." It was a long way from "Baby I Need Your Loving," though luckily it's the classic stuff that dominates the program. ~ Richie Unterberger |
Musical Guests | | The Funk Brothers | | The Supremes |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 01/13/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 0000488 | | Label : Hip-O Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00044003961722 |
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