On Top (album)

On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops. Issued by Motown Records on July8, 1966, it reached number 32 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart and number 9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". The second half of the album consists of cover songs.

Track listing

Side one

1. I Got a Feeling (Holland–Dozier–Holland)2:59
2. "Brenda" (Edward Holland, Jr.)2:37
3. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder)2:46
4. "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)2:41
5. "Until You Love Someone" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)3:11
6. "There's No Love Left" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)2:33

Side two

1. "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick)2:00
2. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)2:35
3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter)2:32
4. "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans)2:33
5. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees3:05
6. "Then" (Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers)3:04

Personnel

Performance

• Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
• Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
• Lawrence Payton – keyboards, second tenor vocals
• Levi Stubbs – baritone lead vocals
• The Andantes - vocals
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
• Stevie Wonder - drums on "Loving You is Sweeter than Ever"

References

External links

• On Top at MTV, with lyrics