For Certain Because

For Certain Because
Studio album by The Hollies
Released 9 December 1966
Recorded 16 August - 17 October 1966 at Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Rock
Pop
Length 32:24
Label Parlophone PMC 7011 (Mono)
Producer Ron Richards
The Hollies chronology
Would You Believe?
(1966)		 For Certain Because
(1966)		 Evolution
(1967)
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For Certain Because is the fifth UK album by The Hollies and their second released in 1966.[2][3] This was also the first Hollies album in which all the songs were written by members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. Retitled Stop! Stop! Stop! for the US and Canadian markets, this was the first Hollies album in which the track listing on both US and UK versions remained the same. In addition, other markets used the title Stop! Stop! Stop! when reissuing this album. In 1983, Liberty Records reissued this album as Pay You Back With Interest without the tracks "Stop! Stop! Stop!" and "High Classed".

Stop! Stop! Stop! was also the Hollies' last new album for Imperial Records in the US and Capitol Records in Canada. Their next album, Evolution, would be released in the US and Canada on Epic Records while remaining on Parlophone/EMI in the UK.

Stop! Stop! Stop! tells the story of a young man watching an exotic dancer who completely captivates him, so much so that he jumps up on stage to dance with her and promptly gets thrown out of the nightclub (presumably by a bouncer).

All current CD issues of this album retain the original album title and artwork.

Track listing

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

Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "What’s Wrong with the Way I Live"   Clarke 2:02
2. "Pay You Back with Interest"   Clarke 2:46
3. "Tell Me to My Face"   Nash 3:09
4. "Clown"   Nash 2:16
5. "Suspicious Look in Your Eyes"   Clarke 3:37
6. "It's You"   Clarke 2:17
Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
7. "High Classed"   Clarke 2:21
8. "Peculiar Situation"   Clarke 2:51
9. "What Went Wrong"   Clarke 2:12
10. "Crusader"   Clarke and Nash 3:48
11. "Don't Ever Think About Changing"   Clarke 2:13
12. "Stop! Stop! Stop!"   Clarke 2:58

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ For Certain Because at Discogs (list of releases)
  3. ^ http://www.hollies.co.uk/information.php?idx=13 hollies.co.uk discography

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