| Soul Spin | ||||
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| Released | November 1969 | |||
| Genre | Soul music | |||
| Length | 36:08 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Frank Wilson | |||
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Soul Spin is a 1969 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Motown.
A review in Billboard recommends this album to retailers for its "sophisticated sound". [1] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with critic John Bush noting how producer Frank Wilson pushed the band to experiment on this recording, but characterizing this album as "curiosities, though, perfect for hardcore Motown fans listeners interested in digging deeper". [2] Bush also reviewed a 2001 compilation of this album and Yesterday's Dreams from 2001, calling the collection dominated by "ill-advised covers" that "hardly made for great listening anytime after" its initial release. [3] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release three out of five stars. [4]
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Soul Spin was by far the weakest-performing Four Tops album yet, peaked at 163 on the Billboard 200 and reached 30 on the R&B charts. [5]
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations is a collaborative album combining Motown's two best selling groups, Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations. Issued by Motown in late 1968 to coincide with the broadcast of the Supremes/Temptations TCB television special, the album was a success, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200. Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations spent four weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
New Ways But Love Stays is the twentieth studio album by the Jean Terrell-led Supremes. Building on the foundation of the group's first LP, Right On, New Ways was produced by Frank Wilson and features The Supremes' most successful single with Terrell, "Stoned Love".
"For Once in My Life" is a song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965.
Reach Out is the fourth studio album by the Four Tops, issued on Motown Records in July 1967. The group's biggest-selling studio album, Reach Out includes six of the Four Tops' most successful singles including the US and UK #1 hit "Reach Out I'll Be There", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "Bernadette" and "7-Rooms of Gloom". The album was the group's last with the songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland and also features covers of contemporary pop hits selected by Berry Gordy, among them Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter", the Left Banke's "Walk Away Renée" and two songs originally recorded by the Monkees. The album reached number 11 on Billboard Top LPs chart and peaked at number 4 in the United Kingdom, where it was released in November after delays. In 2020, Reach Out was ranked number 429 in Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.
The Magnificent 7 is a collaborative album combining Motown's premier vocal groups, The Supremes and The Four Tops. Issued by Motown in 1970, it followed two collaborative albums The Supremes did with The Temptations in the late 1960s. The album featured their hit cover of Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep – Mountain High", which reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In the UK, the album peaked at number 6. In December 1971, Billboard reported UK album sales of 30,000 copies.
"The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and originally popularized by English pop singer Dusty Springfield. The song is notable for its sensuality and its relaxed bossa nova rhythm. The song was featured in an extended slow-motion interlude to the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2008, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It also received a Best Song nomination at the 1968 Academy Awards. The song partially inspired the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997).
Still Waters Run Deep is a 1970 album by the American vocal group Four Tops.
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the Motown label to international fame. The group's repertoire has included aspects of soul, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes.
What Love Has...Joined Together is a 1970 album by R&B group Smokey Robinson & The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label. A concept album consisting solely of six short love songs, it charted at number 97 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, and reached the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B album chart, peaking at number 9. It was the first Miracles album to have no new songs; the recordings are all cover versions of songs written by noted composers, such as Stevie Wonder, Berry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway and her sister Patrice Holloway, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles' John Lennon & Paul McCartney,, and Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers.
Yesterday's Dreams is the seventh overall and sixth studio album recorded by the Four Tops, issued by Motown Records in August 1968. The album was recorded as the main Motown songwriting/producing partnership of Holland–Dozier–Holland were leaving the label, and as a result only contains one song from them, "I'm in a Different World", which was released as a single.
Indestructible is a studio album by American soul music vocal group the Four Tops. The album was released on August 25, 1988, their sole release on Arista Records.
Magic is an album recorded by the Four Tops, released in 1985 on Motown Records. The album reached No. 23 on the Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Top US R&B Albums chart.
At the Top is a 1978 studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records. The album was the last the group recorded for ABC and was followed by a brief hiatus from recording. Four Tops had experienced a decline in their album sales in the 1970s and also had difficulty booking touring dates, so they initially planned to team up with former Motown associates Holland–Dozier–Holland, but they instead recorded this album with Philadelphia soul producer Norman Harris at his Sigma Sound Studios.
On Broadway is a 1967 studio album by American soul vocal group Four Tops, mostly covering Broadway show tunes and musical numbers.
Four Tops Now! is a 1969 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Motown.
Changing Times is a 1970 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Motown.
The Show Must Go On is a 1977 studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records.
Tonight! is a 1981 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Casablanca Records. This was the first album the group recorded for this label followed a short period of commercial a decline in the 1970s, as well as a failed experiment at recording with former Motown associates Holland–Dozier–Holland. This release resulted in much higher chart performance than Four Tops had experienced in several years and the hit single "When She Was My Girl".
Back Where I Belong is a studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released on October 6, 1983, by Motown.
One More Mountain is a 1982 studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by Casablanca Records. This was the second and final album the group recorded for this label before rejoining their long-time home Motown.
