The Four Tops - Anthology (1974) [1986] (2 CDs) torrent

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in October 2008.


The Four Tops - Anthology (1974) [1986] (2 CDs)

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Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com)
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail).
All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 32 page booklet.)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

Bio Excerpt from All Music:

The Four Tops' story is one of longevity and togetherness: these Motown legends teamed up in high school and spent over four decades without a single personnel change. In between, they became one of the top-tier acts on a label with no shortage of talent, ranking with the Temptations and the Supremes as Motown's most consistent hitmakers. Where many other R&B vocal groups spotlighted a tenor-range lead singer, the Four Tops were fronted by deep-voiced Levi Stubbs, who never cut a solo record outside of the group. Stubbs had all the grit of a pleading, wailing, gospel-trained soul belter, but at the same time, the Tops' creamy harmonies were smooth enough for Motown's radio-friendly pop-soul productions. From 1964-1967, the Four Tops recorded some of the Holland-Dozier-Holland team's greatest compositions, including "Reach Out, I'll Be There," "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)," "Standing in the Shadows of Love," "Bernadette," and "Baby I Need Your Loving." The group's fortunes took a downturn when their chief source of material left the label, but they enjoyed a renaissance in the early '70s, which saw them switching to the ABC-Dunhill imprint. Regardless of commercial fortunes, they kept on performing and touring, scoring the occasional comeback hit. ...

To read the entire bio:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3ifpxqe5ldke~T1

All Music Album Review:

A bountiful three-record collection later issued on two CDs, the Four Tops' Anthology presented, in chronological order, every notable song from the group's tenure at Motown, from their 1964 breakout hit "Baby I Need Your Loving" all the way to 1972's "A Simple Game." (The compact disc also tacked on two songs from the '80s: "I Just Can't Walk Away" and "Don't Tell Me That It's Over.") Over the course of six sides, Anthology tells the group's story with every one of their three dozen hits of the '60s and early '70s, leaving just enough room for low-level hits or solid album tracks ("Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten out My Life)," "Can't Seem to Get You out of My Mind," and a nice version of the Supremes' "Reflections") as well as some pop cover curios ("Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "A Place in the Sun," the surprising hit "If I Were a Carpenter," a beautifully wistful "Everybody's Talking," and a melody of "Hey Man" and Todd Rundgren's "We Gotta Get You a Woman"). It boasted far more attention to detail than the usual hits compilation and the sound was good for the time, though it became less crucial for Four Tops obsessives when Motown finally released the long-awaited box set Fourever in 2001.

Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifuxqy5ldse

Reviews and for sale here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001ABE

Track List:

Disc 1:

01. Baby I Need Your Loving
02. Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile)
03. Sad Souvenirs
04. Ask The Lonely
05. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
06. Helpless
07. It's The Same Old Song
08. Something About You
09. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
10. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
11. Then
12. Reach Out, I'll Be There
13. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
14. I Got A Feeling
15. Bernadette
16. 7-Rooms Of Gloom
17. I'll Turn To Stone
18. MacArthur Park
19. Climb Every Mountain (Live)
20. Everybody's Talking
21. For Once In My Life
22. A Place In The Sun
23. Reflections

Disc 2:

01. You Keep Running Away
02. Walk Away Renee
03. If I Were A Carpenter
04. Yesterdays Dreams
05. I'm In A Different World
06. Can't Seem To Get You Out Of My Mind
07. Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
08. It's All In The Game
09. Still Water
10. River Deep - Mountain High
11. Just Seven Numbers
12. In These Changing Times
13. You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart
14. I Can't Quit Your Love
15. (It's The Way) Nature Planned It
16. Medley, Hey Man - We Got To Get You A Woman
17. I Just Can't Walk Away
18. Don't Tell Me That It's Over