“Reach Out” by Four Tops - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1967 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s

Issued in July 1967, and the final Four Tops LP to be produced by Motown’s main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, who would depart the label later in the year over money disputes. This was the group’s most successful album and included six of the Four Tops’ Top 20 U.S. singles - the #1 hit “Reach Out I’ll Be There”, the Top 10 singles “Standing In The Shadows Of Love”, “Bernadette”, the Top 20 “7-Rooms Of Gloom”, and their Top 20 covers of Tim Hardin’s “If I Were A Carpenter” and the Left Banke’s “Walk Away Renée”. Rounding out the LP are a pair of Monkees covers, “Last Train To Clarksville” and “I’m A Believer”, a cover of The Association’s “Cherish”, and the originals “Wonderful Baby" and “What Else Is There To Do (But Think About You)”. Action packed!

The Jukebox Rebel
10–Jan–2010

Tracklist

A1	[03:00] The Four Tops - Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) Soul
A2	[02:45] The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (Bob Calilli, Michael Brown, Tony Sansone) Soul
A3	[02:35] The Four Tops - 7-Rooms Of Gloom (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) Soul
A4	[02:50] The Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter (Tim Hardin) Pop
A5	[02:41] The Four Tops - Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) Pop
A6	[02:29] The Four Tops - I’ll Turn To Stone (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, R. Dean Taylor) Soul
B1	[02:38] The Four Tops - I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) Pop
B2	[02:37] The Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) Soul
B3	[03:03] The Four Tops - Bernadette (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) Soul
B4	[03:13] The Four Tops - Cherish (Terry Kirkman) Pop
B5	[02:35] The Four Tops - Wonderful Baby (William Robinson) Soul
B6	[02:30] The Four Tops - What Else Is There To Do (But Think About You) (Stevland Judkins, Clarence Paul, Morris Broadnax) Soul

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