Still Waters Run Deep//Changing Times [Import]

The Four Tops | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Island UK
• ASIN: B000055XXQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,565 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Still Water (Love)

2. Reflections

3. It's All in the Game

4. Everybody's Talkin'

5. Love Is the Answer

6. I Wish I Were Your Mirror

7. Elusive Butterfly

8. Bring Me Together

9. L.A. (My Town)

10. Still Water (Peace)

11. In These Changing Times

12. Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)

13. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

14. Right Before My Eyes

15. I Almost Had Her (But She Got Away)

16. Try to Remember

17. Something's Tearing at the Edges of Time

18. Sing a Song of Yesterday

19. The Long and Winding Road/In These Changing Times

Editorial Reviews

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Track: 10: Still Water (Peace),

Track: 11: In These Changing Times,

Track: 12: Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life),

Track: 13: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head,

Track: 14: Right Before My Eyes,

Track: 15: I Almost Had Her (But She Got Away),

Track: 16: Try To Remember,

Track: 17: Somethings Tearing At The Edges Of Time,

Track: 18: Sing A Song Of Yesterday,

Track: 19: The Long And Winding Road - In These Changing Times,

Track: 1: Still Water (Love),

Track: 2: Reflections,

Track: 3: Its All In The Game,

Track: 4: Everybodys Talkin,

Track: 5: Love Is The Answer,

Track: 6: I Wish I Were Your Mirror,

Track: 7: Elusive Butterfly,

Track: 8: Bring Me Together,

Track: 9: L A (My Town)
Media Type: CD
Artist: FOUR TOPS
Title: STILL WATERS/CHANGING TIMES
Street Release Date: 11/02/2001
Import
Genre: SOUL/R & B

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two great albums from 1970, May 16, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still Waters Run Deep//Changing Times (Audio CD)

The first of the albums featured in this twofer - Still waters run deep - contains two major international hits. It's all in the game was a hit for various singers in the fifties. Originally a USA hit for Tommy Edwards in 1951, it became a much bigger USA hit for him in 1958, when it also became a massive UK hit. It was also a huge UK hit for Cliff Richard in the sixties, but all that didn't stop the Four tops having a top five UK hit and a top thirty USA hit. Still water (love) just missed the USA top ten but just made the UK top ten. There are some notable covers here, including Elusive butterfly (Bob Lind), Everybody's talking (Harry Nilsson), Reflections (Diana Ross and the Supremes).

The second album - Changing times - yielded Just seven numbers, a minor hit in the UK and the USA, plus another minor USA hit, In these changing times. On the album, this latter song is the second half of a medley with Long and winding road, the Beatles classic. Other covers on this album are Raindrops keep falling on my head and Try to remember.

Most, if not all, of the other songs on this collection are originals and definitely worth listening to. Perhaps the Four tops were past their absolute peak by the time these albums were recorded, but there is still plenty of interest here. So don't begin your Four tops collection here, but if you're really into Motown, this is well worth investing in.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the price., July 18, 2005

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Juan Guzman (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still Waters Run Deep//Changing Times (Audio CD)

By the time these two albums were released, The Four Tops weren't very high on Motown's priority list. That's really a shame because these albums contained some of their strongest material. Frank Wilson was the appointed producer for both albums and the production is top notch, using many of Motown's highly talented musicians. Some of the recordings truly stand out. Although skimpy in the lyric department, "Still Water (Love)" is a true R&B classic. The Tops rendition of "Reflections" is better and tighter than the Supremes original version, in my opinion. "Love Is The Answer" brings back memories from when I was a child. (I owned a copy of the single.) It's a fun song with some really swinging horns.
I also owned the Changing Times album when I was very young and I played it to death. The track "In These Changing Times" with it's strange collage of street sounds and distorted voices taking up over two minutes before the song actually kicks in, is one of those songs that easily gets stuck in one's head.
Levi Stubbs lead vocal on "I Almost Had Her (But She Got Away)" is heartbreaking and the arrangement is brilliant. "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" is a moderately paced gem about a fella whose male ego keeps him from calling his girl first to talk things through. My favourite track on the album has to be "Right Before My Eyes." The vocals and musicianship on this great track are stunning. The rhythm section alone is priceless.
I would have given this cd five stars if it weren't for the fact that I would have preferred more original tunes on the albums. Motown was notorious for putting a lot of remakes on their albums, even having several of their own artists record the same material.
Still, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. I highly recommend this cd.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars vintage and fabulous!, November 20, 2009

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N. Y. Richardson (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still Waters Run Deep//Changing Times (Audio CD)

I had been looking for Still Waters Run Deep . . . for years. I did not want it as part of a "best of" cd; I wanted all the songs from the album, with the reprise at the end. Getting and hearing it was wonderful. The Four Tops are masters at setting a mood and their vocals are outstanding.