Collections (album)
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Collections | |||||
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Studio album by The Young Rascals | |||||
Released | January 9, 1967 | ||||
Recorded | May 10, 1966 - December 30, 1966 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
The Young Rascals chronology | |||||
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Collections is the second album by rock band The Young Rascals. The album was released on January 9, 1967 and rose to #15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Despite the album's title, it is not a compilation, but mostly contains original material.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side One
- "What Is the Reason" (Felix Cavaliere/Eddie Brigati) – 2:23
- "Since I Fell For You" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:25
- "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" (Felix Cavaliere) – 2:57
- "No Love to Give" (Gene Cornish) – 2:42
- "Mickey's Monkey" (B. Holland/L. Dozier/E. Holland) / "Love Lights" (D. Malone/J. Scott) – 4:41
[edit] Side Two
- "Come On Up" (Felix Cavaliere) – 2:41
- "Too Many Fish In The Sea" (Eddie Holland/Norman Whitfield) – 2:16
- "More" (R. Ortolani/N. Diviero/N. Newell/M. Ciorciolini) – 4:20
- "Nineteen Fifty-Six" (Gene Cornish) – 2:28
- "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (Felix Cavaliere/Eddie Brigati) – 2:30
- "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 1:58
On the album's original release, Gerald Roslie was incorrectly credited as the author of "Love Lights," as he had written a different song by that name for his band The Sonics.
[edit] Singles
- "You Better Run" (non-album single) / "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (May 30, 1966) US: #20
- "Come On Up" / "What Is the Reason" (September 12, 1966) US: #43
- "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" (2:04 edit) / "If You Knew" (January 16, 1967) US: #16
Note that upon its single release in late 1966, "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long" was credited to Cavaliere/Brigati; this was changed upon the song's inclusion in this album.
"You Better Run" was a non-LP single at this point; it would made its album debut on the next LP, "Groovin'"
The Rascals |
Discography |
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The Young Rascals: The Young Rascals (1966) | Collections (1967) | Groovin' (1967) |
The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream (1968) | Freedom Suite (1969) | See (1970) | Search and Nearness (1971) | Peaceful World (1971) | The Island of Real (1972) |