| Still Waters Run Deep | ||||
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| Released | March 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–70 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville USA (Studio A), Detroit | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Length | 29:43 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Frank Wilson, Smokey Robinson | |||
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Still Waters Run Deep is a 1970 album by the American vocal group Four Tops.
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Released in March 1970 on the Motown label. 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.
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| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Pop Albums [3] | 21 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums [3] | 3 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions [4] | ||
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| 1970 | "Still Water (Love)" | 11 | 4 | |
| "It's All in the Game" | 24 | 6 | ||
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