The Show Must Go On

1977 studio album by Four Tops

The Show Must Go On is a 1977 studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records.

Reception

A brief review in Billboard recommended this release to retailers for the "tight, strong vocal harmony offering a bigger than usual sound".[2]Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ed Hogan praising the title track and the songs written by Ronnie McNeir.[1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars.[3]

Track listing

1. "The Show Must Go On" (Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, and Roquel L. Payton) – 6:59
2. "I Can`t Live Without You" (Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 5:45
3. "Save It for a Rainy Day" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32
4. "Runnin` from Your Love" (Bridges and L. Payton) – 3:13
5. "See the Real Me" (Sharon Riley) – 6:02
6. "Love Is a Joy" (Bridges, Michael Franklin, and L. Payton) – 8:04
7. "You`ll Never Find a Better Man" (Benson and McNeir) – 3:59
8. "Candy" (Bridges and Richard Knight) – 3:03

Personnel

Four Tops

• Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
• Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
• Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, keyboards, arrangement, rhythm arrangement, production
• Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals

Additional personnel

• Johnny Allen – arrangement
• Gil Askey – arrangement
• Pete Bishop – engineering
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, strings, clavinet
• Lorenzo "Bag of Tricks" Brown – percussion
• Robert Budson – keyboards
• Philip Chiang – design
• Ronald Coleman – keyboards
• Greg "Thumper" Coles – bass guitar, rhythm arrangement
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Bob Dennis – engineering
• Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• Charles Fearing – guitar
• Carolyn Franklin – vocals
• James Gadson – drums
• George Bohanon & The Cats from Karma – horns
• Joe Guastella – guitar
• McKinley Jackson – keyboards
• John Trudell & Company from Detroit – horns
• Uriel Jones – drums
• Tom Katella – guitar
• Anthony Lowe – photography
• "My Man" Ronnie McNeir – synthesizer, strings, clavinet
• Frank Mulvey – art direction
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
• David Penney – drums
• Barney Perkins – engineering
• Jerry Peters – keyboards, arrangement
• Greg Poree – guitar
• Sharon Ridley – keyboards, rhythm arrangement
• Sidney Sharp – strings
• Joe Smith – guitar
• Crathman P. Spencer – vocals
• Earl Van Dyke – keyboards
• Charles Veal, Jr. – strings
• Jim Vitti – engineering
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson – guitar
• Robert White – guitar

Chart performance

The Show Must Go On reached 54 on the R&B charts.[4]

See also

• List of 1977 albums