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Reach Out is the fourth studio album by the Four Tops, issued on Motown Records in July 1967. The group's biggest-selling studio album, Reach Out includes six of the Four Tops' most successful singles including the US and UK #1 hit "Reach Out I'll Be There", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "Bernadette" and "7-Rooms of Gloom".
"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a song recorded by the American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967). Written and produced by Motown 's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland , [ 3 ] the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is ...
"Just as Long as You Need Me" (from Four Tops Second Album) 18 5 — 52 — — — — On Top "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "I Like Everything About You" (from Four Tops Second Album) 45 12 — 35 — — — 21 "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Until You Love Someone" (from On Top) 1 1 10 6 13 4 6 1 RIAA: Gold [14] BPI: Gold [5] Reach Out ...
“Reach Out” became the second Motown song ever to top the UK pop singles chart, after The Supremes’ “Baby Love.” What Four Tops were singing about, though, was no baby love.
August 1966 brought the release of the Four Tops' all-time biggest hit and one of the most popular Motown songs ever. "Reach Out I'll Be There" reached number 1 on the U.S. pop and R&B charts [4] and the UK chart and soon became the Tops' signature song. [3]
A review in Billboard recommends this album to retailers as a "super set" with "stunning live performances". [1] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton praising the "crack sound system" for the recording and opining that several of the live versions rival their studio recordings in quality.
Domestically, Four Tops Live! was a hit, topping the R&B charts that year [2] and ranking third in Billboard ' s Top R&B LP's of 1967. [3] In the United Kingdom, the record had even more sustaining popularity, reaching fourth place on the charts, [2] staying in the top 10 for three months, [1] and spending 72 total weeks charting. [4]
The Four Tops Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the Four Tops, released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the UK Albums Chart in 1968.