California Nights (studio album) by Lesley Gore
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Lesley Gore bestography
California Nights is ranked 8th best out of 9 albums by Lesley Gore on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lesley Gore is I'll Cry If I Want To which is ranked number 16931 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 64.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (7 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
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All 2 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2021 |  Listmeister | Top 36 Music Albums of 1967 | 28/36 | 1 |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 97 Music Albums of 1967 | 81/97 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 2 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2 | |||
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75/100  | 02/23/2023 20:17 | Rovers | | 76/100 |
50/100 | 07/07/2018 01:22 | TodFitz | | 63/100 |
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The 1967 release ”California Nights” was the last Mercury album with Lesley Gore from her golden period. An eighth album "Magic Colors" remained unreleased until 1994, despite several fine songs. The title track, "California Nights" was Gore's last top 20 hit. This version of the album contains 15 bonus tracks, most of which originate from her slightly overlooked (perhaps deservedly) 1965 album "All About Love".
Compared to her other Mercury albums, "California Nights" has a more modern sound with musical influence from many genres and a sound not unlike European colleagues such as Lulu, Marianne Faithful og Dusty Springfield There are many fine songs, of which more are written by producer Bob Crewe in collaboration with Gary Knight. The hit song, "California Nights", is not a Crewe / Knight song, but written by Hamlisch / Liebling. It is a catchy song and a nice opening number. Two really fine Crewe / Knight songs "Treat Me Like a Lady" and "I'm Going Out", were in fact pretty big hits for the Swedish group, Tages in 1967. Other favorites on the album are the two upbeat "Off and Running" and "The Bubble Broke" as well as the ballads "Lilacs and Violets" and "Cry Like a Baby".
The general level drops a bit on the bonus numbers; Especially the songs from "All About Love" may seem somewhat over-arranged and missing the simpler pop-rock sound that suits Gore best. Best among the bonus numbers I find "My Town and Me" and the outtake "That's What Ill Do" best.
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