The Show Must Go On (Four Tops album)

The Show Must Go On is the seventeenth studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records.

Reception A brief review in Billboard recommended this release to retailers for the "tight, strong vocal harmony offering a bigger than usual sound".Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Ed Hogan praising the title track and the songs written by Ronnie McNeir. The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide rated this release two out of five stars.

Track listing "The Show Must Go On" (Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, and Roquel L. Payton) – 6:59 "I Can't Live Without You" (Renaldo Benson and Ronnie McNeir) – 5:45 "Save It for a Rainy Day" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:32 "Runnin' from Your Love" (Bridges and L. Payton) – 3:13 "See the Real Me" (Sharon Riley) – 6:02 "Love Is a Joy" (Bridges, Michael Franklin, and L. Payton) – 8:04 "You'll Never Find a Better Man" (Benson and McNeir) – 3:59 "Candy" (Bridges and Richard Knight) – 3:03

Personnel Four Tops Renaldo Benson – bass vocals Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, keyboards, arrangement, rhythm arrangement, production Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals

Additional personnel Johnny Allen – arrangement Gil Askey – arrangement Pete Bishop – engineering Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, strings, clavinet Lorenzo "Bag of Tricks" Brown – percussion Robert Budson – keyboards Philip Chiang – design Ronald Coleman – keyboards Greg "Thumper" Coles – bass guitar, rhythm arrangement Paulinho Da Costa – percussion Bob Dennis – engineering Scott Edwards – bass guitar Charles Fearing – guitar Carolyn Franklin – vocals James Gadson – drums George Bohanon & The Cats from Karma – horns Joe Guastella – guitar McKinley Jackson – keyboards John Trudell & Company from Detroit – horns Uriel Jones – drums Tom Katella – guitar Anthony Lowe – photography "My Man" Ronnie McNeir – synthesizer, strings, clavinet Frank Mulvey – art direction Ray Parker Jr. – guitar David Penney – drums Barney Perkins – engineering Jerry Peters – keyboards, arrangement Greg Poree – guitar Sharon Ridley – keyboards, rhythm arrangement Sidney Sharp – strings Joe Smith – guitar Crathman P. Spencer – vocals Earl Van Dyke – keyboards Charles Veal, Jr. – strings Jim Vitti – engineering Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson – guitar Robert White – guitar

Chart performance The Show Must Go On reached 54 on the R&B charts.

See also List of 1977 albums

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