Would You Believe? (Hollies album)

Infobox Album
Name = Would You Believe?
Type = studio
Artist = The Hollies


Released = June 1966
Recorded = 1966
Genre = Rock
Pop
Length =
Label = Parlophone PMC7008
Imperial LP-9312 ("Beat Group!")
Producer = Ron Richards
Reviews =
Last album = "Hollies"
(1965)
This album = "Would You Believe?"
(1966)
Next album = "For Certain Because"
(1966)

"Would You Believe?" is an album by the Hollies, released in 1966. It features a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock," which displayed progression for the band at the time—the rising folk-rock nascent was on the horizon. However, "Would You Believe" also features a cover of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" - by 1966, R&B and blues covers were becoming passe.

Another sign of growth for the band on "Would You Believe" includes the Chip Taylor cover "I Can't Let Go," a major hit for the band.

The band-written songs are also considered to be among the more progressive tunes on the album: "Hard Hard Year," "Oriental Sadness," "Fifi the Flea," and "I've Got a Way of My Own." "Fifi," covered by the Everly Brothers, had lyrics outside of the band's norm; "Oriental Sadness" featured distinctly Asian-sounding chords; and "Hard Hard Year" and "I've Got A Way Of My Own" (which had previously appeared on the B-Side of "If I Needed Someone") are both folky sounding waltzes.

Track listing

Side 1
# "I Take What I Want" (David Porter, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Isaac Hayes)
# "Hard Hard Year" (Ransford)
# "That's How Strong My Love Is" (Roosevelt Jamison)
# "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Chuck Berry)
# "Oriental Sadness" (Ransford)
# "I Am a Rock" (Paul Simon)Side 2
# "Take Your Time" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)
# "Don't You Even Care" (Clint Ballard Jr.)
# "Fifi the Flea" (Ransford)
# "Stewball" (Bob Yellin, Ralph Rinzler, John Herald)
# "I've Got a Way of My Own" (Ransford)
# "I Can't Let Go" (Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni)

US Track listing ("Beat Group!")

In the USA, the album was released under the title "Beat Group!" (Imperial LP-9312)

Side 1
#I Can't Let Go
#That's How Strong My Love Is
#Running Through The Night
#Oriental Sadness
#A Taste of Honey
#Mr MoonlightSide 2
#Don't You Even Care
#Hard Hard Year
#Take Your Time
#Fifi the Flea
#I Take What I Want

References

External links

* [http://www.hollies.co.uk/ The Hollies Official Website]