- Collections (The Young Rascals album)
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Collections Studio album by The Young Rascals Released January 9, 1967 Recorded May 10, 1966 - December 30, 1966 Genre Rock Length 32:50 Label Atlantic Producer The Young Rascals The Young Rascals chronology The Young Rascals
(1966)Collections
(1967)Groovin'
(1967)Singles from Collections - "You Better Run"/"Love Is a Beautiful Thing"
Released: 1966 - "Come On Up"/"What Is the Reason"
Released: 1966 - "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long"/"If You Knew"
Released: 1967
Collections is the second album by rock band The Young Rascals. The album was released on January 9, 1967 and rose to #15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.
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History
Collections was the Rascals' first album to showcase their songwriting talent, with six of the album's songs written by band members. On its original release, the song "Turn On Your Love Light" was incorrectly titled as "Love Lights," and credited to The Sonics' bandleader Gerald (Gerry) Roslie, who had written a song called "Love Lights" for that band. Upon its release as a single, "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" was credited to Cavaliere/Brigati, rather than to Felix Cavaliere alone.
The album featured two Top 20 U.S. hits; "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (released as a double A-side with non-album single "You Better Run") preceded it at #20.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
In his review for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote the "garage rock" sound of the band's first album was gone called it a "wonderfully soulful body of music that picks up right where "In the Midnight Hour" from the prior album left off. Most of this record is among the most danceable white rock music of its period..."[1]
Track listing
Side One
- "What Is the Reason" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) – 2:23
- "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:25
- "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" (Cavaliere) – 2:57
- "No Love to Give" (Gene Cornish) – 2:42
- "Mickey's Monkey" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) / "Turn On Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott) – 4:41
Side Two
- "Come On Up" (Cavaliere) – 2:41
- "Too Many Fish In The Sea" (Eddie Holland/Norman Whitfield) – 2:16
- "More" (R. Ortolani, N. Diviero, N. Newell, M. Ciorciolini) – 4:20
- "Nineteen Fifty-Six" (Cornish) – 2:28
- "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (Cavaliere, Brigati) – 2:30
- "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 1:58
Personnel
The Rascals
- Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards
- Eddie Brigati – vocals, percussion
- Gene Cornish – vocals, guitar, bass
- Dino Danelli – drums
Singles
- "You Better Run" (non-album single) / "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (May 30, 1966) US: #20
- "Come On Up" / "What Is the Reason" (September 12, 1966) US: #43
- "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" (2:04 edit) / "If You Knew" (January 16, 1967) US: #16
References
- ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Collections > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r75843. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
The Young Rascals The Rascals Once Upon a Dream (1968) · Freedom Suite (1969) · See (1970) · Search and Nearness (1971) · Peaceful World (1971) · The Island of Real (1972) · Rascals (1973)Compilations Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits (1968) · The Very Best of The Rascals (1993)Categories:- 1967 albums
- Atlantic Records albums
- The Rascals albums
- English-language albums
- Albums produced by Eddie Brigati
- Albums produced by David Brigati
- Albums produced by Gene Cornish
- Albums produced by Felix Cavaliere
- Albums produced by Dino Danelli
- "You Better Run"/"Love Is a Beautiful Thing"
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