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Live & in Concert

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Live & in Concert
A photo of the band performing onstage
Live album by
Released1974 (1974)
GenreSoul music
Length39:39
LanguageEnglish
LabelDunhill
Producer
Four Tops chronology
Meeting of the Minds
(1974)
Live & in Concert
(1974)
Night Lights Harmony
(1975)

Live & in Concert is a 1974 live album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Dunhill Records.

Reception

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A review in Billboard recommends this album to retailers as a "super set" with "stunning live performances".[1] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton praising the "crack sound system" for the recording and opining that several of the live versions rival their studio recordings in quality.[2]

Track listing

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  1. Intro and countdown – 0:36
  2. "Are You Man Enough" (Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter) – 3:10
  3. "Love Ain't Easy to Come By" – 3:17
  4. Medley: "Love Music" (Lambert and Potter) / "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland) / "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 5:23
  5. "Midnight Flower" (Reginald Dozier and McKinley Jackson) – 3:40
  6. "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 4:36
  7. "Keeper of the Castle" (Lambert and Potter) – 2:34
  8. "I Am Your Man" (Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson) – 9:39
  9. "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (Lambert and Potter) – 3:08
  10. "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" (Lambert and Potter) – 3:09
  11. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 3:07

Personnel

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Four Tops

Additional personnel

Chart performance

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Live & in Concert peaked at 92 on the Billboard 200 and reached 29 on the R&B charts.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pop". Reviews. Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 41. October 12, 1974. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "The Four Tops – Live and In Concert". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "US Albums". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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