Still Waters Run Deep (album)

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Still Waters Run Deep
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Studio album by
Four Tops
ReleasedMarch 1970
Recorded1969-70
Hitsville USA (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan
GenreSoul, pop
Length29:43
LabelMotown
ProducerFrank Wilson, Smokey Robinson
Four Tops chronology

(1969) 		Still Waters Run Deep
(1970)
(1970)

Still Waters Run Deep is a 1970 album by the American vocal group Four Tops.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars [1]

Released in March 1970 on the Motown label. Produced by longtime Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson, the album returned (the) Four Tops to the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart where it remained for 42 weeks peaking at #21. The album yielded 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 and Lawrence Payton singing alongside prominent lead Levi Stubbs. The album also served as inspiration behind singer Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, the hit title track, which was written by Benson.

Track listing[]

Side One

  1. "Still Water (Love)" (Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson) 3:09
  2. "Reflections" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 3:25
  3. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) 2:44
  4. "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) 2:53
  5. "Love is the Answer" (Smokey Robinson, Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson) 2:26

Side Two

  1. "I Wish I Were Your Mirror" (Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson) 3:09
  2. "Elusive Butterfly" (Bob Lind) 3:07
  3. "Bring Me Together" (Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson) 2:59
  4. "L.A. (My Town)" (Sherlie Matthews) 3:09
  5. "Still Water (Peace)" (Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson) 2:42

Personnel[]

Four Tops[]

Others[]

  • David Van DePitte, Jerry Long, Jimmy Roach - arrangers
  • The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
  • Marv Tarplin - guitar
  • Brenda Joyce Evans, Billie Rae Calvin, and The Andantes - additional backing vocals
  • Curtis McNair - art direction
  • Larry Raphael - photography

Charts[]

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 21
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 3

Singles[]

Year Single Chart positions[3]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
1970 "Still Water (Love)" 11 4
"It's All in the Game" 24 6

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Lowe, John. The Four Tops: Still Waters Run Deep > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 01 September 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Four Tops US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  3. ^ "The Four Tops US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
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