Listed below are the best albums of 1967 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 25 minutes ago).
"Glad that you enjoyed her, so influential..She reminds me a little of Rickie lee Jones (1979-present) who I am sure that you are familiar with although she is also not on this website. I guess RLJ is more like a cross between Tom Waits(who she dated) and Laura Nyro, If you haven't heard her befor...""Glad that you enjoyed her, so influential..She reminds me a little of Rickie lee Jones (1979-present) who I am sure that you are familiar with although she is also not on this website. I guess RLJ is more like a cross between Tom Waits(who she dated) and Laura Nyro, If you haven't heard her before, sometime you might check out "We Belong together", "Runaround", "Living it up", and "Juke Box Fury", more intricate arrangements but I can hear LN's influence in her music. "[+]Reply
"The Small Faces' first album for Immediate is really an overlooked classic. The album, consists of entirely new original songs. Bubbling fantasy and playing pleasure is what characterizes the album and it obvious that the band took and enjoyed the freedom given to them by Immediate to further dev...""The Small Faces' first album for Immediate is really an overlooked classic. The album, consists of entirely new original songs. Bubbling fantasy and playing pleasure is what characterizes the album and it obvious that the band took and enjoyed the freedom given to them by Immediate to further develop their musical expression.
Unlike their first album (released on Decca in 1966), this is a real album and not just a collection of singles, supplemented with an appropriate number of outtakes and b-sides. This is really nice songwriting, and though it hardly contains overlooked potential hit singles the album has many strong numbers of which several easily could be called classics. The song "My Way of Giving" probably in a more commercial cover version could have reached charts. "Green Circles" is the an early example of Small Faces psychedelia - and a fine example that Immediate's confidence in the band immediately gave bonus in the form of inspired songwriting. An alternative version of this number is found among the bonus-tracks and is known as one of the very first songs the group recorded after leaving Decca. This rare version is in many ways more interesting than the regular version.
Overall, the album without weak tracks, but a few more than those already mentioned, however, do stand out. Although "Become Like You" and "Feeling Lonely" are short tracks, they are both songs you just have to hear again and again - a little bit like "Mad John" from "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake". "Happy Boys Happy" is a short instrumental, which in full lives up to its optimistic title.
"Talk to You" is classic Small Faces "and could well have been recorded simultaneously with a song like" All or Nothing". "Show Me the Way" shows with the band in a more subdued version with Ronnie Lane as lead singer and classical-inspired keyboard accompaniment.
The first Immediate album released in the United States was entitled "There are But Small Faces." This album was also very strong in a more conventional way containing three big single-hits along with two unusually strong b-sides "I'm Only Dreaming" and "I Feel Much Better". "There are But Small Faces", however, miss seven titles from "The Small Faces"album and contains only 12 titles.
This release contains all tracks from "There are But Small Faces" and has several interesting bonus tracks. Among these the outtake
"Don't Burst my Bubble", the single "I Can't Make it" and alternate versions of several album tracks.
Both mono and stereo versions of the original album are to be found here - and although the differences are not very significant both versions interesting. Also most bonus tracks are found in both mono and stereo versions.
A fine booklet with interesting facts and fine photos follows with the 2 CDs release.
"Groovy" without P.P. Arnold's vocals is found on some re-issues, but it would of course be optimal to hear Marriott on the vocals, but such a version probably does not exist."[+]Reply
"The Monkees most solid effort by virtue of being more of Mike Nesmith and less of everyone else, though still too much Davy Jones. Mike sings Salesman, Door Into Summer, Love Is Only Sleeping, What Am I Doin' Hanging 'Round?, and Don't Call On Me. Mickey Dolenz does well on Words, Pleasant Valley...""The Monkees most solid effort by virtue of being more of Mike Nesmith and less of everyone else, though still too much Davy Jones. Mike sings Salesman, Door Into Summer, Love Is Only Sleeping, What Am I Doin' Hanging 'Round?, and Don't Call On Me. Mickey Dolenz does well on Words, Pleasant Valley Sunday, and the Nesmith-written Daily Nightly. Jones sings the rest, though Tork recites the spoken-word Peter Percival and duets with Dolenz on Words."[+]Reply
"Vivian Stanshall's Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band were one of the most comical UK bands of the late 1960s and this was undoubtedly their best LP release. Its satirical side undoubtedly served, to some, as a welcome release for those tiring of the inundation of so much psychedelia and other less meritable...""Vivian Stanshall's Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band were one of the most comical UK bands of the late 1960s and this was undoubtedly their best LP release. Its satirical side undoubtedly served, to some, as a welcome release for those tiring of the inundation of so much psychedelia and other less meritable music. "[+]Reply
"It seems many of those visiting this site were first introduced to the Bee Gees from their disco days. This album charted in the Top Ten in both the U.K. and the U.S. in 1967. A few of us are still around that remember the group as they burst on to the scene during the Summer of Love. The group i...""It seems many of those visiting this site were first introduced to the Bee Gees from their disco days. This album charted in the Top Ten in both the U.K. and the U.S. in 1967. A few of us are still around that remember the group as they burst on to the scene during the Summer of Love. The group is not in the tainted RRHOF for "Stayin' Alive" By the time the band scored their first #1 single "Massachusetts", released on their next LP "Horizontal", the lads had been at it for 10 years."[+]Reply
""Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?" "...sir" "Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too" "sir, please step away from the girl" That's it for a Gen Z-ers interpretation of '60s blues rock. Other than that, I quite enjoy the simplistic blues rock songs with a h..."""Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?"
"...sir"
"Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too"
"sir, please step away from the girl"
That's it for a Gen Z-ers interpretation of '60s blues rock.
Other than that, I quite enjoy the simplistic blues rock songs with a hint of early hard rock."[+]Reply
"The Monkees' second album was rushed out in early 1967 in wake of the success of their TV series and their chart singles. The group had been frustrated by not being allowed to play on the first album, and they had expected that the second album would be different with the members playing a bigger...""The Monkees' second album was rushed out in early 1967 in wake of the success of their TV series and their chart singles. The group had been frustrated by not being allowed to play on the first album, and they had expected that the second album would be different with the members playing a bigger role in the recordings. This was not to be; the album was released without the band's knowledge, and their frustration grew. The group hated the album.
None the less; it's just as good an album as their first. The concept was more or less the same again. Fine pop-tunes written by some of the most prolific songwriters of the time. Neil Diamond wrote their big international hit "I'm a Believer" and the fine "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow". Goffin/King wrote the fine "Sometime in the Morning" and the great bonus-track "I Don't Think You Know Me". Producers and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart wrote "She" and the now classic "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone". Neil Sedaka's "When Love Comes Knocking" is another highlight on the album.
Once again the Monkees' own fine songwriter Mike Nesmith was allowed to produce his own songs "Mary Mary" and "The Kind of Girl I Could Love".
A few misses is there too. "The Day We Fall in Love" and "Auntie Grizelda" are tracks that may have had some justification in 1967; today they are close to impossible to listen to. Skip those tracks and enjoy the rest of the album. Good bonus-tracks!! "[+]Reply