Butterfly (Hollies album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Butterfly
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Hollies


Released = October 1967
Recorded =
Genre = Rock/Pop
Length =
Label = Parlophone PMC7039
Producer =
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Last album = "Evolution"
(1967)
This album = "Butterfly"
(1967)
Next album = "Hollies Sing Dylan"
(1969)

"Butterfly" is the second of two 1967 albums by The Hollies. It was also the last new Hollies album to feature Graham Nash until 1983's "What Goes Around".

This, like its predecessors "For Certain Because" and "Evolution", featured all the songs written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks.

As with "Evolution", none of the songs on the album were selected for single or EP release in the UK. In the U.S., "Dear Eloise" was issued as a single A-side, but "Try It" and "Elevated Observations?" were issued as B-sides.

In 1978, Parlophone reissued "Butterfly" with new cover art. Almost all current CD issues of this album contain the original cover art.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks

Side 1
#"Dear Eloise"
#"Away Away Away"
#"Maker"
#"Pegasus"
#"Would You Believe?"
#"Wishyouawish"Side 2
#"Postcard"
#"Charlie and Fred"
#"Try It"
#"Elevated Observations?"
#"Step Inside"
#"Butterfly"

The U.S. edition of "Butterfly", titled "Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse" (Epic LN 24344/BN 26344) featured different tracks in a modified lineup:

# Dear Eloise
# Wishyouawish
# Charlie and Fred
# Butterfly
# Leave Me (left off U.S. version of "Evolution")
# Postcard
# King Midas In Reverse
# Would You Believe?
# Away Away Away
# Maker
# Step Inside

The 1998 U.S. CD reissue of "Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse" by Sundazed presents the original UK "Butterfly" track lineup with "King Midas In Reverse", "Leave Me", and "Do The Best You Can" added.