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Tower of Power
Released 1999

Just Enough And Too Much
03:27
974 plays

As Surely As I Stand Here
05:17
960 plays

The Soul Of A Child
04:59
828 plays

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- 1
- Knock Yourself Out
- 07:11
- 1,808 plays

- 2
- Back On The Streets Again
- 05:52
- 1,674 plays

- 3
- Sparkling In The Sand
- 09:03
- 1,528 plays

- 4
- Down To The Nightclub
- 02:45
- 1,787 plays

- 5
- You're Still A Young Man
- 05:37
- 2,383 plays

- 6
- You Got To Funkifize
- 04:34
- 1,539 plays

- 7
- What Happened To The World That Day?
- 04:13
- 1,109 plays

- 8
- What Is Hip?
- 05:07
- 3,338 plays

- 9
- Will I Ever Find A Love?
- 03:50
- 1,282 plays

- 10
- This Time It's Real
- 02:53
- 1,569 plays

- 11
- So Very Hard To Go
- 03:40
- 2,213 plays

- 12
- Soul Vacation
- 05:15
- 1,543 plays

- 13
- Below Us, All The City Lights
- 04:17
- 1,268 plays

- 14
- Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)
- 02:56
- 1,268 plays

- 15
- Squib Cakes
- 07:39
- 1,939 plays

- 16
- Oakland Stroke (Unedited Single Version)
- 01:45
- 1,517 plays

- 17
- Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)
- 04:44
- 1,550 plays

- 18
- Time Will Tell
- 03:09
- 1,179 plays

- 19
- It's Not The Crime
- 01:48
- 1,417 plays

- 20
- I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To
- 03:33
- 1,044 plays

- 21
- Only So Much Oil In The Ground
- 03:50
- 1,860 plays

- 22
- Willing To Learn
- 04:38
- 1,203 plays

- 23
- You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous
- 03:13
- 1,113 plays

- 24
- Just Enough And Too Much
- 03:27
- 974 plays

- 25
- As Surely As I Stand Here
- 05:17
- 960 plays

- 26
- Stroke '75
- 01:29
- 1,190 plays

- 27
- The Soul Of A Child
- 04:59
- 828 plays

- 28
- You Ought To Be Havin' Fun
- 03:09
- 1,413 plays

- 29
- Simple As That
- 04:37
- 818 plays

- 30
- Credit
- 04:08
- 1,079 plays

- 31
- A Little Knowledge (Is A Dangerous Thing)
- 04:26
- 1,059 plays

- 32
- I Like Your Style
- 04:21
- 1,261 plays

- 33
- Soul With Capital 'S'
- 05:00
- 1,275 plays

- 34
- Souled Out
- 03:51
- 1,122 plays

- 35
- So I Got To Groove
- 05:43
- 1,063 plays

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album review

Having played on hundreds of hit records, it was only fitting that this Oakland-based group of studio hornmen should strike out on their own and this two-disc anthology from Rhino captures the ups, downs, ins, and outs of T.O.P.'s 30-year career. In many ways, the group retrospective is not just a document of the group's evolving sound, but a microcosm of the changing sound of R&B throughout the '70s and '80s. The soul band sound of early tracks like "Knock Yourself Out" sound as if the group is doing a muscular workout at a soul music revue and the oily R&B of "Back on the Streets Again" and "Down to the Nightclub" perfectly reflects the post-Motown pre-disco period of early-'70s rhythm and blues. As the songs progress the band goes on to dabble in funk ("You Got to Funkifize"), jazz soul ("Sparkling in the Sound"), and disco before ultimately (and unfortunately) giving way to the slick, hollow production standards of the '80s. Throughout the 35 tracks, however, singer Lenny Williams' voice sparkles and the group's tight musicianship, being honed through years of session work, is undeniable. At two discs, Rhino has made sure not to stretch the music thin and with a relative cost, the anthology is a good entrance to T.O.P.'s long career. ~ Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide