The Magnificent 7 (album)


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 followed two collaborative albums the group did with The Temptations in the late 1960s. The album featured their hit cover of Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep – Mountain High", which reached #14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Apart from "Knock on My Door", the rest of the tracks on the LP were also covers of rock and soul songs, including the duet by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton "Baby ", Bobby Scott's "A Taste of Honey", Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People", Ed Townsend's "For Your Love" and Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic", as well as hits by other Motown artists: the Tops' own "Without the One You Love ", the duet "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Gaye's and Kim Weston's "It's Got to Be a Miracle ", The Spinners' "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" and former Supremes' bandmate Diana Ross' 1970 debut solo single, "Reach Out and Touch ".
"River Deep - Mountain High" was released as a single in the Netherlands, with "Knock on My Door" on the flip side. Two more singles were issued in the United Kingdom in 1972: "Without the One You Love" with "Let's Make Love Now" on the B side; and "Reach Out and Touch " backed by "Where Would I Be Without You, Baby".

Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Knock on My Door" - 2:15
  2. "For Your Love" - 2:54
  3. "Without the One You Love" - 3:10
  4. "Reach Out and Touch " - 4:20
  5. "Stoned Soul Picnic" - 3:10
  6. "Baby " - 2:59
;Side two
  1. "River Deep – Mountain High" - 4:52
  2. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" - 2:29
  3. "Everyday People" - 2:52
  4. "It's Got to Be a Miracle " - 3:55
  5. "Taste of Honey" - 2:57
  6. "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" - 2:59

    Personnel

;The Supremes
;The Four Tops
;Technical