Catfish is the sixteenth studio album by American soul music vocal group, Four Tops, released by ABC Records.
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Reception
Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release three out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton praising the title track as "one of the Four Tops' most entrancing numbers", but complaining that "the rest is strictly second-rate songwriter-workshop stuff". The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide also rated this release two out of five stars.
Track listing
"Catfish" (Fred Bridges, Mikki Farrow, and Lawrence Payton) – 6:36
"Feel Free" (Bridges, Dee Dee McNeil, and Payton) – 6:04
"You Can't Hold Back on Love" (Payton) – 4:25
"I Know You Like It" (Renaldo Benson, Bridges, and Joe Smith) – 3:31
"Strung Out for Your Love" (Benson, Marcus Cummings, and Clarence Paul) – 5:42
"Love Don't Come Easy" (Bridge, Farrow, and Payton) – 6:37
"Disco Daddy" (Greg "Thumper" Coles) – 3:44
"Look at My Baby" (Benson and Val Benson) – 3:58
Personnel
Four Tops
Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
Lawrence Payton – second tenor vocals, keyboards, arrangement, production
Levi Stubbs – lead baritone vocals
Additional personnel
Johnny Allen – arrangement
Gil Askey – arrangement
Steve Barri – percussion, production
Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
Richard "Buddy" Butson – keyboards
Carl Austin & Co. – strings
Clifford Carter – keyboards
Dennis Coffey – guitar
Greg "Thumper" Coles – bass guitar, rhythm arrangement
Reginald Dozier – engineering
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
Joe Guastella – guitar
Doug Hyun – photography
Johnny Trudell & Co. – horns
Uriel Jones – drums
Dave Penney – percussion
Ken Sands – engineering
Chart performance
Catfish peaked at 124 on the Billboard 200 and reached 26 on the R&B charts.