The Four Tops - Gold (2CD) (2005) [gnodde]
This is basically The Four Tops Anthology released in the 1980s but repackaged as part of Universal's Gold series. As the Anthology series was an American release, the set omits the UK only hits Do What You Gotta Do, What Is A Man and Simple Game. Though it should not spoil your enjoyment of such classic as I Can't Help Myself, Baby I Need Your Loving & Reach Out, I'll Be There, alongside such rarely heard gems as I Got A Feeling, I'll Turn To Stone & In A Different World. Other highlights include a live version of the standard Climb Every Mountain, with the late great Levi Stubbs giving a fine vocal performance, and probably the definitive version of Jimmy Webb's MacArthur Park.
Tracks:
CD 1:
01 - Baby I Need Your Loving (Single Version)
02 - Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile) (Single Version)
03 - Sad Souvenirs (Single Version / Mono)
04 - Ask The Lonely (Single Version (Mono))
05 - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
06 - Helpless (Album Version)
07 - It's The Same Old Song (Single Version / Mono)
08 - Something About You (Single Version / Mono)
09 - Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) (Single Version (Mono))
10 - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Album Version / Stereo)
11 - Then (Album Version / Stereo)
12 - Reach Out, I'll Be There (Single Version / Mono)
13 - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (Single Version / Mono)
14 - I Got A Feeling (Single Version / Mono)
15 - Bernadette (Single Version / Mono)
16 - 7-Rooms Of Gloom (Single Version (Mono))
17 - I'll Turn To Stone (Single Version / Mono)
18 - MacArthur Park (Album Version / Pts 1 & 2)
19 - Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Live At The Upper Deck Of The Roostertail/1966)
20 - Everybody's Talking (Album Version)
21 - For Once In My Life (Album Version)
22 - A Place In The Sun (Album Version)
23 - Reflections (Album Version)
CD 2:
01 - You Keep Running Away (Single Version)
02 - Walk Away Renee (Single Version (Mono))
03 - If I Were A Carpenter
04 - Yesterday's Dreams (Single Version / Mono)
05 - I'm In A Different World (Single Version / Mono)
06 - Can't Seem To Get You Out Of My Mind (Album Version)
07 - Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (Single Version)
08 - It's All In The Game (Single Version)
09 - Still Water (Love) (Album Version)
10 - River Deep, Mountain High (Single Version / Mono)
11 - Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) (Album Version)
12 - In These Changing Times (Album Version)
13 - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (Single Version) - Supremes, The
14 - I Can't Quit Your Love (Edit)
15 - (It's The Way) Nature Planned It (Album Version)
16 - Hey Man/ We Got To Get You A Woman (Album Version)
17 - I Just Can't Walk Away (Album Version)
18 - Don't Tell Me That It's Over (Album Version)
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