Still Waters Run Deep (album)
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Studio album by The Four Tops | ||||
Released | March 1970 | |||
Recorded | 1969-70 Hitsville USA (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan |
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Genre | Soul, pop | |||
Length | 29:43 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Frank Wilson | |||
The Four Tops chronology | ||||
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Still Waters Run Deep is a 1970 album by the American vocal group the Four Tops.
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Released in March 1970 on the Motown label. Produced by longtime Norman Whitfield associate Frank Wilson, the album returned the Four Tops to the top forty on the album charts where it peaked at number twenty-one on the albums chart yielding the popular Top 30 hits, "Still Water (Love)" (#11), which was co-written by Smokey Robinson and their cover of "It's All in the Game" (#24), which featured rare co-leads by Four Tops members Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton singing alongside prominent lead Levi Stubbs. The album also served as inspiration behind singer Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, the hit title track, which was written by Benson.
Track listing
- "Still Water (Love)" (Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson) 3:09
- "Reflections" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) 3:25
- "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) 2:44
- "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) 2:53
- "Love is the Answer" (Smokey Robinson, Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson) 2:26
- "I Wish I Were Your Mirror" (Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson) 3:09
- "Elusive Butterfly" (Bob Lind) 3:07
- "Bring Me Together" (Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson) 2:59
- "L.A. (My Town)" (Sherlie Matthews) 3:09
- "Still Water (Peace)" (Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson) 2:42
Personnel
Four Tops
- Abdul Fakir
- Lawrence Payton
- Levi Stubbs, Jr.
- Renaldo Benson
Others
- David Van DePitte, Jerry Long, Jimmy Roach - arrangers
- Curtis McNair - art direction
- Larry Raphael - photography
Charts
Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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Billboard Pop Albums[2] | 21 |
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] | 3 |
Singles
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | US R&B |
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1970 | "Still Water (Love)" | 11 | 4 | |
"It's All in the Game" | 24 | 6 |