Would You Believe? (Hollies album)

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Would You Believe?
Studio album by The Hollies
Released	1966
Genre	Rock/Pop
Label	Parlophone
The Hollies chronology
The Hollies 1965	Would You Believe? 1966	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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Take What I Want"
2. "Hard Hard Year"
3. "That's How Strong My Love Is"
4. "Sweet Little Sixteen"
5. "Oriental Sadness"
6. "I Am a Rock"
7. "Take Your Time"
8. "Don't You Ever Care?"
9. "Fifi the Flea"
10. "Stewball"
11. "I've Got a Way of My Own"
12. "I Can't Let Go"