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




Reception


A brief review in Billboard recommended this release to retailers for the "tight, strong vocal harmony offering a bigger than usual sound".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. The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars.




Track listing


"The Show Must Go On" (Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, and Roquel L. Payton) – 6:59
"I Can't Live Without You" (Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 5:45
"Save It for a Rainy Day" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32
"Runnin' from Your Love" (Bridges and L. Payton) – 3:13
"See the Real Me" (Sharon Riley) – 6:02
"Love Is a Joy" (Bridges, Michael Franklin, and L. Payton) – 8:04
"You'll Never Find a Better Man" (Benson and McNeir) – 3:59
"Candy" (Bridges and Richard Knight) – 3:03




Personnel


Four Tops

Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, keyboards, arrangement, rhythm arrangement, production
Levi Stubbs – lead 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 Bohanon & 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




Chart performance


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




See also


List of 1977 albums




References






External links


The Show Must Go On at Discogs (list of releases)
The Show Must Go On at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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