Description: DESCRIPTION Digitally remastered edition in gatefold mini LP jacket including inner sleeve with complete information. 45 years after it's original release (March 1970) and almost 15 since it's last reissue, Elemental Music proudly announces the ultimate remastered edition of one of the most acclaimed and emblematic albums of the Motown sound: Still Waters Run Deep, by the legendary Detroit vocal quartet The Four Tops. Produced by longtime Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson, the album returned the Four Tops to the top forty on the album charts where it peaked at number twenty-one, yielding the popular Top 30 hits, "Still Water (Love)" (#11), which was co-written by Smokey Robinson, and their cover of "It's All in the Game" (#24), which featured rare co-leads by Four Tops members Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton and Levi Stubbs. This 1970 album found The Four Tops embracing the era's changing musical, political, and cultural landscapes. It saved their careers, and yet it's an overlooked gem in their catalog. This sensational release features a sexy remake of "It's All in the Game" and Smokey Robinson's pretty perfect "Still Water (Love)." The rest of the album is equally and pleasingly eclectic. There's a beautiful reworking of Bob Lind's spellbinding "Elusive Butterfly" highlighted by Levi Stubbs' soulful lead vocal, while a gender-switched rendition of The Supremes' classic "Reflections" shows how certain songs can never tire. Wah-wah guitars and a country-soul-psych feel enhance "Everybody's Talkin'," a version released a year after Harry Nilsson's hit from the film Midnight Cowboy. The Four Tops' cover of Sherlie Matthews' terrific "L.A. (My Town)" predates Motown Records' move to L.A., which, ironically, left The Four Tops back in Detroit to sign with a new label. Tracks1 Still Water (Love) 3:022 Reflections 3:253 It's All in the Game 2:444 Everybody's Talking 2:535 Love Is the Answer 2:266 I Wish I Were Your Mirror 3:097 Elusive Butterfly 3:078 Bring Me Together 2:599 L.A. (My Town) 3:0910 Still Water (Peace)
Price: 42.99 USD
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
End Time: 2025-01-21T18:16:53.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Four Tops
CD Grading: Mint (M)
Record Label: Motown
Release Title: Still Waters Run Deep
Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
Case Condition: Mint (M)
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Catalog Number: 88502
Edition: Limited Edition
Type: CD
Format: CD
Language: English
Producer: FRANK WILSON
Release Year: 2016
Era: 1970s
Style: Classic R&B
Features: Sealed
Genre: Soul/R&B & Soul
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
