The Magnificent 7
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| Cover album by The Supremes and The Four Tops | ||
| Released | September 1970 | |
| Recorded | 1970 | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Label | Motown MS 717 |
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| Producer(s) | Frank Wilson Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
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| The Supremes chronology | ||
| Right On (1970) |
The Magnificent 7 (1970) |
New Ways But Love Stays (1970) |
| The Four Tops chronology | ||
| Changing Times (1970) |
The Magnificent 7 (1970) |
The Return of The Magnificent 7 (1971) |
The Magnificent 7 is a collaborative album combining Motown's premier vocal groups, The Supremes and The Four Tops. Issued by Motown in 1970, it was a replay of the collaborative albums the group did with The Temptations in the late-sixties. The album featured their hit cover of Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep Mountain High", which reached number fourteen on the pop singles chart.
All of the twelve tracks on the album were cover songs of recent rock and soul songs including "Everyday People", "Knock on My Door", "For Your Love", and ironically a cover of former Supremes band mate Diana Ross' 1970 debut solo hit, "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)".
[edit] Tracklisting
- "Knock on My Door"
- "For Your Love"
- "Without the One You Love"
- "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
- "Stone Soul Picnic"
- "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
- "River Deep Mountain High"
- "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
- "Everyday People"
- "It's Got to Be a Miracle (This Thing Called Love)"
- "Taste of Honey"
- "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music"
[edit] Personnel
- Jean Terrell: vocals
- Mary Wilson: vocals
- Cindy Birdsong: vocals
- Levi Stubbs: vocals
- Abdul "Duke" Fakir: vocals
- Lawrence Payton: vocals
- Renaldo "Obie" Benson: vocals
- Frank Wilson: producer, executive producer
- Various Los Angeles area session musicians: instrumentation
