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      • Tonight! is a 1981 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Casablanca Records. This was the first album the group recorded for this label followed a short period of commercial a decline in the 1970s, as well as a failed experiment at recording with former Motown associates Holland–Dozier–Holland. This release resulted in much higher chart performance than Four Tops had experienced in several years and the hit single "When She Was My Girl".


      Reception


      A brief review of this album for Billboard recommended this album to retailers on the strength of "When She Was My Girl" and Levi Stubbs' vocals. Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Richie Unterberger noting the commercial and critical decline of the band in the 1970s and criticizing this album as, "fairly faceless early-'80s R&B... due much more to the material and arrangements than the singing" with production that is "lush in a very dated way". The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release three out of five stars.


      Track listing


      "When She Was My Girl" (Marc Blatte, Laurence B. Gottlieb) – 3:21
      "Don't Walk Away" (Jerry Knight) – 4:07
      "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over" (Rick Anthony Ferguson, Michael Dewayne Williams) – 4:36
      "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" (Kenneth Clark Loggins, Richard James Page) – 5:10
      "Let Me Set You Free" (Sandy Linzer, David Wolfert) – 4:23
      "From a Distance" (Henry Gaffney) – 4:06
      "Something to Remember" (Linzer) – 4:48
      "All I Do" (Morris Ervan Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder) – 3:38
      "I'll Never Ever Leave Again" (Bill Allen, Fred Bridges, Earl Klugh, George Martin, Lawrence Payton) – 3:58


      Personnel


      Four Tops

      Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
      Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
      Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, vocal arrangement
      Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
      Additional personnel

      Montxo Algora – artwork
      Crusher Bennett – percussion
      Ron Carter – string bass
      Richard Crooks – percussion
      Henry Davis – bass guitar on "From a Distance"
      Nathan East – bass guitar
      Dennis Ferrante – engineering at RCA Recording Studios, New York City, New York, United States
      David Friedman – vibraphone, orchestra bells
      Linda Gerrity – production coordination
      Brad Gliderman – assistant engineering at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
      Bob Heimall – design
      Greg Heisler – photography
      Neil Jason – bass guitar on "All I Do"
      Kashif – synthesizer, synthesizer solo on "All I Do"
      Charles Koppelman – executive production
      George Marge – flute, oboe
      Greg Mathieson – piano on "Something to Remember", rhythm arrangement on "Something to Remember"
      Bill Meyers – piano, rhythm arrangement
      Jeff Porcaro – drums
      Greg Poiree – nylon string guitar on "I'll Never Ever Leave Again"
      Seldon Powell – flute
      Larry Rebhun – assistant engineering at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
      Carlos Rios – guitar
      Elliott Rossoff – concertmaster
      Tom Saviano – saxophone solo
      Al Schmidt – engineering at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
      Ralph Schuckett – organ, synthesizer, acoustic piano on "When She Was My Girl" and "I'll Never Ever Leave Again", synthesizer solo on "Something to Remember"
      Joe Shepley – flugelhorn
      Lou Soloff – flugelhorn
      Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
      Ed Walsh – synthesizer
      David Williams – guitar
      David Wolfert – guitar, synthesizer, orchestra bells, rhythm arrangement on "Let Me Set You Free" and "From a Distance", production


      Chart performance


      Tonight! peaked at 37 on the Billboard 200 and reached fifth on the R&B charts.


      See also


      List of 1981 albums


      References




      External links


      Tonight! at Discogs (list of releases)
      Tonight! at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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