The Show Must Go On (Four Tops album)

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]

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

Four Tops

• Renaldo Benson – baritone vocals
• Abdul Fakir – tenor vocals
• Lawrence Payton – tenor vocals, keyboards, arrangement, rhythm arrangement, production
• Levi Stubbs – lead and 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 Bohannon & 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

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

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