Meeting of the Minds (album)

Meeting of the Minds is a 1974 studio album by American soul music vocal group Four Tops, released by Dunhill Records.

Meeting of the Minds
Studio album by Four Tops
Released	1974 (1974)
Genre	Soul music
Length	41:10
Language	English
Label	Dunhill
Producer	Steve Barri Dennis Lambert Brian Potter
Four Tops chronology
Main Street People (1973) Meeting of the Minds (1974) Live & in Concert (1974)

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release three out of five stars, with reviewer Jason Elias criticizing that the "production failed to capitalize on the group's chemistry, offering songs that were formulaic and stale", but also noting that there are a few good tracks, particularly "Tell Me You Love Me (Love Sounds)".

Track listing

1. "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" (Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter) – 4:29
2. "Midnight Flower" (Reginald Dozier and McKinley Jackson) – 4:03
3. "The Well Is Dry" (Lambert and Potter) – 3:48
4. "Love Ain't Easy to Come By" (Lambert and Potter) – 3:38
5. "No Sad Songs" (Leonard Caston, Ronald Foster, and Len Perry) – 5:14
6. "Right On Brother" (Lambert and Potter) – 4:05
7. "Tell Me You Love Me (Love Sounds)" (Al Cleveland and Lawrence Payton) – 3:30
8. "All My Love" (Joe Ely) – 4:29
9. "I Found the Spirit" (Renaldo Benson and Val Benson) – 3:54
10. "Meeting of the Minds" (Lambert and Potter) – 4:22

Personnel

Four Tops

• Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
• Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
• Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals
• Levi Stubbs – lead and baritone vocals

Additional personnel

• Steve Barri – percussion, production
• Ben Benay – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• King Errisson – percussion
• Wilton Felder – bass guitar
• Howard Gale – recording
• Ed Greene – drums
• Paul Humphrey – drums
• Phil Kaye – recording
• Dennis Lambert – keyboards, production
• Michael Omartian – keyboards
• Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Barney Perkins – recording
• Brian Potter – percussion, production
• Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
• Ron Slenzak – photography
• David Willardson – illustration
• Vic Zaslav – mastering

Chart performance

Meeting of the Minds peaked at 118 on the Billboard 200 and reached 22 on the R&B charts.

See also

• List of 1974 albums

External links

• Meeting of the Minds at Discogs (list of releases)
• Meeting of the Minds at MusicBrainz (list of releases)