Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers

Infobox Album |
Name = Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers
Type = Album
Artist = The Walker Brothers


Released = 1965
Recorded =
Genre =
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Label = Philips
Producer = John Franz
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcfexqq5ldje link]
Last album =
This album = "Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers"
(1965)
Next album = '"Portrait"
(1966)

"Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers" is the début album by The Walker Brothers, released in 1965. It is often known simply as, Take It Easy.

In the USA the album was released on Smash Records as "Introducing the Walker Brothers". This alternate version shifted the running order around and substituted "Lonely Winds", "Girl I Lost in the Rain" and "Tell the Truth" for singles "Love Her", and "My Ship Is Coming In" with their respective b-sides "Pretty Girls Everywhere", and "Doin' the Jerk".

Track listing

Side One
# "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:14
# "There Goes My Baby" (George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson) - 3:08
# "First Love Never Dies" (Bob Morris, Jim Seals) - 3:37
# "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 3:50
# "Lonely Winds" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) - 2:37
# "Girl I Lost in the Rain" (David Gates) - 2:48Side Two
# "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Chris Kenner) - 2:35
# "You're All Around Me" (Lesley Duncan) - 2:39
# "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Bob Dylan) - 3:05
# "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" (Randy Newman) - 3:48
# "Here Comes the Night" (Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus) - 2:27
# "Tell the Truth" (Lowman Pauling) - 1:51

Expanded track listing

# "Make It Easy on Yourself" - 3:14
# "There Goes My Baby" - 3:08
# "First Love Never Dies" - 3:37
# "Dancing in the Street" - 3:50
# "Lonely Winds" - 2:37
# "Girl I Lost in the Rain" - 2:48
# "Land of a Thousand Dances" - 2:35
# "You're All Around Me" - 2:39
# "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" - 3:05
# "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" - 3:48
# "Here Comes the Night" - 2:27
# "Tell the Truth" - 1:51
# "Love Her" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) - 3:23
# "Seventh Dawn" (Riz Ortolani) - 2:40
# "But I Do" (Paul Gayten, Robert Guidry) - 2:56
# "My Ship Is Coming In" - 3:15
# "Looking for Me" (Randy Newman) - 2:11
# "Young Man Cried" (Scott Engel, John Franz) - 2:33
# "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" - 2:16
# "I Need You" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 3:10

Personnel

*Gary Walker - Drums and Vocals
*John Walker - Guitar and Vocals
*Scott Walker - Vocals, Guitar, and Keyboards
*The Quotations - accompaniment
*Jack Nitzsche - Arranger and Conductor
*Ivor Raymonde - Music Director

Charts

Album - (UK)