| Keeper of the Castle | ||||
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| Studio album by The Four Tops | ||||
| Released | Nov. 1972 | |||
| Studio | ABC, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Label | Dunhill • Probe | |||
| Producer | Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter | |||
| The Four Tops chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Keeper of the Castle | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Robert Christgau | C− |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Keeper of the Castle is an album by R&B group the Four Tops, released in 1972.
The title track peaked at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
Critical reception
Robert Christgau wrote that with "superschlockers" Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert, and Brian Potter producing, "the results are too overbearing to interest anyone but professional theorists of camp."
Track listing
All tracks written by Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert where indicated
- "Keeper of the Castle"
- "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
- "Put a Little Love Away"
- "Turn On the Light of Your Love" (Len Perry, Levi Stubbs, Jr., Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir)
- "When Tonight Meets Tomorrow" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
- "Love Music"
- "Remember What I Told You to Forget"
- "(I Think I Must Be) Dreaming"
- "The Good Lord Knows" (Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
- "Jubilee With Soul" (Joe Smith, Val Benson, Renaldo Benson)
- "Love Makes You Human" (Val Benson, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
- "Keeper of the Castle (Reprise)"
Personnel
- Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
- Lawrence Payton – second tenor background vocals
- Renaldo "Obie" Benson –bass background vocals
- Abdul "Duke" Fakir – first tenor background vocals
- David Cohen, Joe Smith, Larry Carlton, Richard Bennett – guitar
- Ron Brown, Wilton Felder – bass
- Paul Humphrey – drums
- Brian Potter, Gary Coleman, King Errisson, Victor Feldman – percussion
- Dennis Lambert – keyboards
- Jimmie Haskell – Moog synthesizer, string and horn arrangements
- Dennis Lambert, Don Hockett, Gil Askey – string and horn arrangements
- Jerome Richardson – piccolo flute solo on "When Tonight Meets Tomorrow" and saxophone solo on "Love Makes You Human"
- Tony Terran – trumpet solo on "Love Music"
- Chip Crawford – organ solo on "Love Makes You Human"
- Sid Sharp – string conductor
- Rudy Mazur – art work
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 566.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Four Tops". www.robertchristgau.com.
- Keeper of the Castle at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 260.
- "The Four Tops | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 11, 1972 – via Google Books.
- "FOUR TOPS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.