Keeper of the Castle

Keeper of the Castle
Studio album by The Four Tops
Released	1972
Recorded	ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B
Label	Dunhill Records
Producer	Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
The Four Tops chronology
Nature Planned It (1972) Keeper of the Castle (1972) Main Street People (1973)

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Keeper of the Castle is an album by R&B group the Four Tops, released in 1972.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert; except where indicated

1. "Keeper of the Castle"
2. "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
3. "Put a Little Love Away"
4. "Turn On the Light of Your Love" (Len Perry, Levi Stubbs, Jr., Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir)
5. "When Tonight Meets Tomorrow" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
6. "Love Music"
7. "Remember What I Told You to Forget"
8. "(I Think I Must Be) Dreaming"
9. "The Good Lord Knows" (Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
10. "Jubilee With Soul" (Joe Smith, Val Benson, Renaldo Benson)
11. "Love Makes You Human" (Val Benson, Renaldo Benson, Len Perry)
12. "Keeper of the Castle (Reprise)"

Personnel

• Levi Stubbs, Jr. — lead vocals
• Lawrence Payton — background vocals
• Renaldo "Obie" Benson — background vocals
• Abdul "Duke" Fakir — 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

Four Tops
Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples
Studio albums	Four Tops (1964) Four Tops Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) Reach Out (1967) Yesterday's Dreams (1968) The Four Tops Now! (1969) Soul Spin (1969) Still Waters Run Deep (1970) Changing Times (1970) Nature Planned It (1972) Keeper of the Castle (1972) Main Street People (1973) Meeting the Minds (1974) Night Lights Harmony (1975) Catfish (1976) The Show Must Go On (1977) At The Top (1978) Tonight! (1981) One More Mountain (1982) Back Where I Belong (1983) Magic (1985) Hot Nights (1986) Indestructible (1988)
Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 (1970) The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971)
Other albums	The Ultimate Collection (1997)
Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles)	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) "Bernadette" (1967) "Walk Away Renée" (1967) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1968) "It's All in the Game" (1970) "Still Water (Love)" (1970) "A Simple Game" (1971) "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) "When She Was My Girl" (1981) "Loco in Acapulco" (1988)
Related topics	Discography Members Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes
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