Renaissance (The Association album)

Renaissance
Studio album by The Association
Released November 1966[1]
Recorded August–October 1966
Genre Sunshine pop, baroque pop
Label Valiant, Warner Bros.
Producer Jerry Yester
The Association chronology
And Then... Along Comes the Association
(1966)
Renaissance
(1966)
Insight Out
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Renaissance is the second album by The Association. This was their last album recorded for the Valiant Records label, and was reissued by Warner Bros. Records after the company acquired Valiant. The album peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Although it had no chart toppers like the LPs that came before and after it, two singles reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" reached #35 in late 1966 and "No Fair At All" peaked at #51 in early 1967.[3]

The single version of "No Fair at All" featured overdubbed vocals by Jim Yester, while early pressings of the LP featured the same track with re-recorded vocals and no overdubs. This was replaced on later copies with the single version.

In 1967, Warner Bros. absorbed the Valiant label and reissued this album along with the group's first album, And Then...Along Comes The Association. However, unlike the first album's reissue, all known Warner Bros. copies of Renaissance were issued in original, unaltered album covers in which all Valiant identifications were kept intact.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleLead vocals Length
1. "I'm the One" (Russ Giguere)Giguere 2:30
2. "Memories of You" (Jim Yester)Yester 2:20
3. "All Is Mine" (Terry Kirkman)Kirkman 3:16
4. "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (Jules Alexander)Alexander 2:49
5. "Angeline" (Alexander, Kirkman)Kirkman 3:10
6. "Songs in the Wind" (Ted Bluechel)Bluechel 2:41
Side two
No. TitleLead vocals Length
1. "You May Think" (Alexander, Kirkman)Group 1:55
2. "Looking Glass" (Alexander)Giguere 2:13
3. "Come to Me" (Alexander, Yester)Yester, Alexander 2:17
4. "No Fair at All" (Yester)Yester 2:37
5. "You Hear Me Call Your Name" (Alexander, Kirkman)Group 2:24
6. "Another Time, Another Place" (Alexander)Giguere 1:51

Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Position
1967 US Billboard 200 100

References

  1. The Association, Technicolor Web of Sound. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. The Association USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  4. http://www.discogs.com/Association-Renaissance/release/4168484


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