The Show Must Go On (Four Tops album)

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The Show Must Go On
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Studio album by
Four Tops
Released1977 (1977)
Genre
Length41:08
LanguageEnglish
Label ABC
Producer
Four Tops chronology
Catfish
(1976)		The Show Must Go On
(1977)		 At the Top
(1978)

The Show Must Go On is a 1977 studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records.

Contents

Reception

A 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

  1. "The Show Must Go On" (Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, and Roquel L. Payton) – 6:59
  2. "I Can't Live Without You" (Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 5:45
  3. "Save It for a Rainy Day" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32
  4. "Runnin' from Your Love" (Bridges and L. Payton) – 3:13
  5. "See the Real Me" (Sharon Riley) – 6:02
  6. "Love Is a Joy" (Bridges, Michael Franklin, and L. Payton) – 8:04
  7. "You'll Never Find a Better Man" (Benson and McNeir) – 3:59
  8. "Candy" (Bridges and Richard Knight) – 3:03

Personnel

Four Tops

Additional personnel

Chart performance

The Show Must Go On reached 54 on the R&B charts. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hogan, Ed. "The Four Tops – The Show Must Go On". AllMusic Guide . Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Soul". Top Album Picks. Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 40. October 8, 1977. p. 98. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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