Sunday Music: The Best of the Four Tops
Jul. 1st, 2012 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowAlbum Title: The Best of the Four Tops
Why I Bought It: Motown!
What I Like (Melancholy): "Ask the Lonely". Some nice stringwork, and Levi Stubbs's voice is achingly beautiful in the lead. Honorable Mention: "Shake Me, Wake Me".
What I Like (Nice Cover): "Walk Away Renee". Left Banke's version is better, but I don't have it, and this one's almost as good.
What I Like (Here for You): "Reach Out I'll Be There". I've got three covers of this one; the others are by Diana Ross and Merrilee Rush. This is the best. Levi's voice has a harsher edge this time, but hope and joy shine through.
Overall: There's nothing here I dislike. "Bernadette", "If I Were a Carpenter", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "I Can't Help Myself" - all the moods and stages of love are on display. The Four Tops didn't have - or, on this album, don't display - as much range of topic as the Temptations, but what they do, they do very well.
Why I Bought It: Motown!
What I Like (Melancholy): "Ask the Lonely". Some nice stringwork, and Levi Stubbs's voice is achingly beautiful in the lead. Honorable Mention: "Shake Me, Wake Me".
What I Like (Nice Cover): "Walk Away Renee". Left Banke's version is better, but I don't have it, and this one's almost as good.
What I Like (Here for You): "Reach Out I'll Be There". I've got three covers of this one; the others are by Diana Ross and Merrilee Rush. This is the best. Levi's voice has a harsher edge this time, but hope and joy shine through.
Overall: There's nothing here I dislike. "Bernadette", "If I Were a Carpenter", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "I Can't Help Myself" - all the moods and stages of love are on display. The Four Tops didn't have - or, on this album, don't display - as much range of topic as the Temptations, but what they do, they do very well.
