Four Tops - Lost And Found: Four Tops Breaking Through (1963-1964) '1999
Artist | Four Tops Related artists |
Album name | Lost And Found: Four Tops Breaking Through (1963-1964) |
Country | |
Date | 1999 |
Genre | Soul |
Play time | 01:01:09 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
Media | CD |
Size | 140 / 376 mb |
Price | Download $3.95 |
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Tracklist 01. This Cant Be Love 02. On The Street Where You Live 03. Gee Baby, Aint I Good To You 04. Nice N Easy 05. Maybe Today 06. Stranger On The Shore 07. Young And Foolish 08. Discovered 09. I Left My Heart In San Francisco 10. Fascinating Rhythm 11. End Of A Beautiful Friendship 12. If My Heart Could Sing 13. Cant Get Out Of This Mood 14. When Im Alone I Cry 15. Until I Met You 16. Im Falling For You 17. Every Day I Have The Blues / Goin To Chicago Blues 18. I Could Have Danced All Night 19. Im Falling For You The Four Tops early years as a jazz-vocal group are generally glossed over in capsule histories. Long before they signed to Motown -- nearly a full decade as a matter of fact -- they had been one of the popular Detroit jazz-vocal groups, earning the admiration of such luminaries as Smokey Robinson and Billy Eckstine, whom the group supported. After some persuasion, the group signed with Motown on the condition that they could record jazz. Over the course of a year, they cut nearly two albums worth of material, which boiled down to one album, Breaking Through. Berry Gordy pulled the record at the last minute, believing that it would have been a commercial failure. Gordys fears were not unfounded -- indeed, had the album that comprises Breaking Through (1963-1964) been put out in 1964, it likely wouldnt have found much of an audience. Still, Breaking Through is a strong record, firmly within its tradition and working well on those terms. The Four Tops may not sound as distinctive singing jazz as they did with pop-soul, but they are convincing, as are the Motown house band. Neither of them take many chances, however. The songs are primarily standards, plus four new songs that feel like standards, all given good generic arrangements. This may sound like a dismissal, but it isnt; its hard to do this kind of music right, but the group most certainly does. And its not just one member that shines; everyone gets to take a lead, and the results are uniformly strong. Even so, Breaking Through appeals primarily to hardcore fans of the group, plus a handful of straight-ahead vocal-jazz aficionados. Reminiscent of a cross between Eckstine and the Four Freshmen, its good stuff, but its essentially a curiosity.
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