Main Street People
1973 studio album by The Four Tops
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Studio album by The Four Tops | ||||
Released | September 1973[1] | |||
Studio | ABC, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 40:35 | |||
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Producer | Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter | |||
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Main Street People is the twelfth album by R&B group the Four Tops, released in 1973. It produced three singles, one of which, "Sweet Understanding Love" was the group's last top 40 single in the US for eight years. The album itself did not enjoy the commercial success the group was used to: 'Main Street People didn't do near what it should have done,' Abdul Fakir said in 1982, 'considering the quality of the material.'[3][4]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter; except where indicated
Side A
- "Main Street People" (Intro) – (1:42)
- "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind" – (3:59)
- "It Won't Be The First Time" – (3:53)
- "Sweet Understanding Love" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Renaldo Benson, Val Benson) – (3:00)
- "Am I My Brother's Keeper" (Len Perry, Renaldo Benson, Val Benson) – (3:25)
- "Are You Man Enough?" from the MGM movie Shaft in Africa – (3:24)
Side B
- "Whenever There's Blue" – (5:20)
- "Too Little, Too Late" – (3:20)
- "Peace of Mind" (Abdul Fakir, Huey Davis, Renaldo Benson) – (4:28)
- "One Woman Man" (Len Perry, Phil Townsend) – (4:39)
- "Main Street People" (3:22)
Personnel
- Levi Stubbs (Tracks 2–9 & 11), Lawrence Payton (Tracks 1, 5 & 10) — lead vocals
- Renaldo "Obie" Benson , Abdul "Duke" Fakir — backing vocals
- Wilton Felder — bass
- Paul Humphrey — drums
- Ben Benay, David T. Walker, Joe Smith, Larry Carlton — guitars
- Chip Crawford, Dennis Lambert, Michael Omartian, Michael Wofford — keyboards
- Gary B.B. Coleman, King Ericsson — percussion
- Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
- Dennis Lambert, Don Hockett, Gil Askey, Jimmie Haskell – arrangements
References
- v
- t
- e
- Ronnie McNeir
- Lawrence "Roquel" Payton, Jr.
- Alexander Morris
- Michael Brock
- Four Tops
- Four Tops Second Album
- On Top
- On Broadway
- Reach Out
- Yesterday's Dreams
- Four Tops Now!
- Soul Spin
- Still Waters Run Deep
- Changing Times
- Keeper of the Castle
- Main Street People
- Meeting of the Minds
- Night Lights Harmony
- Catfish
- The Show Must Go On
- At the Top
- Tonight!
- One More Mountain
- Back Where I Belong
- Magic
- Indestructible
- Christmas Here with You
The Supremes
- The Magnificent 7
- The Return of the Magnificent Seven
- Dynamite
and live albums
- Four Tops Live!
- The Four Tops Greatest Hits
- Live & in Concert
- The Ultimate Collection
- "Baby I Need Your Loving"
- "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)"
- "Ask the Lonely"
- "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
- "It's the Same Old Song"
- "Something About You"
- "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
- "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
- "Reach Out I'll Be There"
- "Standing in the Shadows of Love"
- "Bernadette"
- "7 Rooms of Gloom"
- "Walk Away Renée"
- "If I Were a Carpenter"
- "Yesterday's Dreams"
- "I'm in a Different World"
- "It's All in the Game"
- "Still Water (Love)"
- "A Simple Game"
- "Keeper of the Castle"
- "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
- "When She Was My Girl"
- "Loco in Acapulco"