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2 Track listing  





3 Personnel  





4 Chart performance  





5 See also  





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The Show Must Go On
A photo of the band posing in a dressing room closet
Studio album by
Released1977 (1977)
Genre
  • soul music[1][2]
  • Length41:08
    LanguageEnglish
    LabelABC
    Producer
    Four Tops chronology
    Catfish
    (1976)
    The Show Must Go On
    (1977)
    At the Top
    (1978)

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

    Reception[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Four Tops

    Additional personnel

    Chart performance[edit]

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

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Hogan, Ed. "The Four Tops – The Show Must Go On". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  • ^ a b "Soul". Top Album Picks. Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 40. October 8, 1977. p. 98. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly; Henke, James, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist. Random House. p. 260. ISBN 9780679737292.
  • ^ "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  • External links[edit]


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