The Four Tops I'm In A Different World Gimme your impressions

[mysterysinger]

Let's face it they "Holland-Dozier-Holland iarised" the Four Tops and it worked really well but that was only for a short time. The Tops were a 4 piece vocal harmony group before and after that H-D-H burst and [[just my opinion of course) I much prefer the smoother sound of the Tops. Thus "Ask The Lonely", "Do What You Gotta Do", "Walk Away Renee" and even "MacArthur Park" work better for me than many of their "classic" hits [[though I love them too). It's probably more to do with my getting in late on the Motown Sound because the classic period was over by 1970 and more diverse things were happening which I loved. Can't beat the sight of the Tops rocking to "It's The Same Old Song" etc though.

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

Let's face it they "Holland-Dozier-Holland iarised" the Four Tops and it worked really well but that was only for a short time. The Tops were a 4 piece vocal harmony group before and after that H-D-H burst and [[just my opinion of course) I much prefer the smoother sound of the Tops. Thus "Ask The Lonely", "Do What You Gotta Do", "Walk Away Renee" and even "MacArthur Park" work better for me than many of their "classic" hits [[though I love them too). It's probably more to do with my getting in late on the Motown Sound because the classic period was over by 1970 and more diverse things were happening which I loved. Can't beat the sight of the Tops rocking to "It's The Same Old Song" etc though.

You bring up a good point about the Four Tops being a 4 piece vocal group. One thing I noticed after awhile is that "Different World" and a lot of album tracks after the HDH years finally allowed us to HEAR the guys without the Andantes. In that regard, I do appreciate some of the album tracks on the Tops' later 60s albums. I also think the group benefited from going to ABC Dunhill in the 70s. Motown would have caused them to stagnate. ABC was like a rebirth. Something like "Are You Man Enough" probably would never have been done at Motown.