Tonight!
Casablanca records 1981 – NBLP 7258
notes:
Tonight! is the nineteenth 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
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".
credits:
Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, vocal arrangement
Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
additionnal personnel:
Crusher Bennett – percussion
Ron Carter – string bass
Richard Crooks – percussion
Henry Davis – bass guitar on "From a Distance"
Nathan East – bass guitar
David Friedman – vibraphone, orchestra bells
Neil Jason – bass guitar on "All I Do"
Kashif – synthesizer, synthesizer solo on "All I Do"
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
Carlos Rios – guitar
Elliott Rossoff – concertmaster
Tom Saviano – saxophone solo
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
recorded:
Studio
Cherokee, Hollywood, California, US (rhythm tracks)
Al Schmidt – engineering
Brad Gliderman – assistant engineering
Larry Rebhun – assistant engineering
RCA Studio 1, New York City, New York, US
Dennis Ferrante – engineering at RCA Recording Studios,
tracklist:
A1 When She Was My Girl
Written-By – Larry Gottlieb, Marc Blatte
3:26
A2 Don't Walk Away
Written-By – Jerry Knight
4:13
A3 Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over
Written-By – Michael Williams*, Rick Ferguson
4:34
A4 Who's Right, Who's Wrong
Written-By – Kenny Loggins, Richard Page
5:16
B1 Let Me Set You Free
Written-By – David Wolfert, Sandy Linzer
4:24
B2 From A Distance
Written-By – Henry Gaffney
4:07
B3 Something To Remember
Written-By – David Wolfert, Sandy Linzer
4:48
B4 All I Do
Written-By – C. Paul*, M. Broadnax*, S. Wonder*
3:44
B5 I'll Never Leave You Again
Written-By – Bill Allen (3), Earl Klugh, Fred Bridges, George Martin*, Lawrence Payton
4:10
Tonight! is the nineteenth 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
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".
credits:
Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, vocal arrangement
Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
additionnal personnel:
Crusher Bennett – percussion
Ron Carter – string bass
Richard Crooks – percussion
Henry Davis – bass guitar on "From a Distance"
Nathan East – bass guitar
David Friedman – vibraphone, orchestra bells
Neil Jason – bass guitar on "All I Do"
Kashif – synthesizer, synthesizer solo on "All I Do"
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
Carlos Rios – guitar
Elliott Rossoff – concertmaster
Tom Saviano – saxophone solo
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
recorded:
Studio
Cherokee, Hollywood, California, US (rhythm tracks)
Al Schmidt – engineering
Brad Gliderman – assistant engineering
Larry Rebhun – assistant engineering
RCA Studio 1, New York City, New York, US
Dennis Ferrante – engineering at RCA Recording Studios,
tracklist:
A1 When She Was My Girl
Written-By – Larry Gottlieb, Marc Blatte
3:26
A2 Don't Walk Away
Written-By – Jerry Knight
4:13
A3 Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over
Written-By – Michael Williams*, Rick Ferguson
4:34
A4 Who's Right, Who's Wrong
Written-By – Kenny Loggins, Richard Page
5:16
B1 Let Me Set You Free
Written-By – David Wolfert, Sandy Linzer
4:24
B2 From A Distance
Written-By – Henry Gaffney
4:07
B3 Something To Remember
Written-By – David Wolfert, Sandy Linzer
4:48
B4 All I Do
Written-By – C. Paul*, M. Broadnax*, S. Wonder*
3:44
B5 I'll Never Leave You Again
Written-By – Bill Allen (3), Earl Klugh, Fred Bridges, George Martin*, Lawrence Payton
4:10