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The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl Audio CD

A fair review of the The Four Tops "When She Was My Girl" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Four Tops reviews here, or go back to the The Four Tops tabs.

The Four Tops Band: The Four Tops
Title: When She Was My Girl
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Release Date: 1992-11-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: When She Was My Girl 2: One More Mountain to Climb 3: Sad Hearts 4: Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over 5: Nobody's Gonna Love You Like I Do 6: Let Me Set You Free 7: Don't Walk Away 8: Dream On 9: All I Do 10: I Believe in You and Me 11: I'll Never Ever Leave Again 12: Back to School Again

Four Tops in the early 80's
The name of the album is Tonight!. I have one of the original albums which features
When She Was My Girl, Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over, Don't Walk Away, Dream On, All I Do, I'll Never Ever Leave Again and a few others. The thing is it's excellent music but it's too much of the same thing. The songs are all too similar. But it is worth getting if you are a FOur Tops fan or a fan of early 80's music.


Great summation of short period of Tops' career
While their tenure at Casablanca was short, both albums were among their strongest ever. In 1981 the Tops signed with Casablanca for a two album deal. The highlights are all found here: the retro smash "When She Was My Girl," the bouncy "One More Mountain Left To Climb" and Nobody's Gonna Love You" (co-written by lead singer Levi Stubbs), the romantic "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over," and the wedding staple "I Believe In You And Me" (Levi's performance buries Whitney Houston's hit version). A bonus cut (not on either of the original two albums) is the sassy Grease 2 theme "Back To School Again. " It's the only redeeming component of that film.

When I interviewed Four Tops member Duke Fakir, he told me this collection was one of the few Tops' cds that he plays in his car. It is easy to see why: When She Was My Girl is the Tops at their most melodic!.


Superb soul
The best of that material is excellently remastered for this CD, which also includes the dire "Back to school again". When other soul acts were "selling out" by coming up with dubious inferior disco tracks (the Spinners, Diana Ross, etc etc), the fabulous Four Tops stuck by their principles and came up with 2 excellent soulful albums for Casablanca Records. Maybe these aren't the classics from the Motown era, but the Four Tops put in brilliant performances on quality songs. The only problem is that it would have been better to have the whole of the 2 Casablanca albums released, not just a selection of tracks.


This one's a sleeper!
Frankly, the majority of the other songs put me to sleep, which is why I prefer the 'Tops music from the Motown and Dunhill/ABC eras. Overall, the songs on this CD are mediocre at best, with the exception of "When She Was My Girl" and "Back To School Again", from the motion picture "Grease 2". Pass on this one for the most part.


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