Butterfly (Hollies album)

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Butterfly
Studio album by The Hollies
Released	October 1967
Genre	Rock/Pop
Label	Parlophone
The Hollies chronology
Evolution 1967	Butterfly 1967	Hollies Sing Dylan 1969

Butterfly (Parlophone PCS 7039/PMC 7039) 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Dear Eloise"
2. "Away Away Away"
3. "Maker"
4. "Pegasus"
5. "Would You Believe?"
6. "Wishyouawish"
7. "Postcard"
8. "Charlie and Fred"
9. "Try It"
10. "Elevated Observations?"
11. "Step Inside"
12. "Butterfly"

The U.S. edition of Butterfly, titled Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse featured different tracks in a modified lineup:

1. Dear Eloise
2. Wishyouawish
3. Charlie and Fred
4. Butterfly
5. Leave Me (left off U.S. version of "Evolution")
6. Postcard
7. King Midas In Reverse
8. Would You Believe?
9. Away Away Away
10. Maker
11. 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.