Butterfly (The Hollies album)

Butterfly is the second studio album released by British band The Hollies in 1967, their seventh in England overall. 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 songs written solely by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks.

As noted below, this album was really a Graham Nash-led project, and he featured as lead vocal more than on any prior album.

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 while "Try It" and "Elevated Observations?" were issued as B-sides of the "Jennifer Eccles" and "Do The Best You Can" singles, respectively. In Canada the single "Dear Eloise" reached #36. The mono single and stereo CD versions of "Try It" differ greatly in terms of sound effects and vocals.

Reissues

In 1978, Parlophone reissued Butterfly with new cover art, and again in 1999.^[2] Almost all current CD issues of this album contain the original cover art. 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 to the tracklisting.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks.

Original UK edition

Side 1

1. "Dear Eloise" (Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash) - 3:04
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
2. "Away Away Away" (Nash) - 2:19
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash
3. "Maker" (Nash) - 2:52
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash
4. "Pegasus" (Hicks) - 2:38
   • Lead vocals: Tony Hicks
5. "Would You Believe?" (Clarke) - 4:08
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
6. "Wishyouawish" (Clarke, Nash) - 2:04
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash

Side 2

1. "Postcard" (Nash) - 2:17
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash
2. "Charlie and Fred" (Clarke, Nash) - 2:56
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
3. "Try It" (Clarke, Nash) - 3:04
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke and Graham Nash
4. "Elevated Observations?" (Clark, Hicks, Nash) - 2:32
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke and Graham Nash
5. "Step Inside" (Clarke, Hicks, Nash) - 2:51
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
6. "Butterfly" (Nash) - 2:42
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash

US edition

The U.S. edition of Butterfly, retitled Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse and released via Epic Records (BN 26344) on November 27, 1967, featured different tracks in a modified lineup:

Side 1

1. "Dear Eloise"
2. "Wishyouawish"
3. "Charlie and Fred"
4. "Butterfly"
5. "Leave Me" (left off U.K. version of Evolution)
6. "Postcard"

Side 2

1. "King Midas in Reverse"
2. "Would You Believe?"
3. "Away Away Away"
4. "Maker"
5. "Step Inside"

References