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- A1 Doggone My Soul (How I Love Them Old Songs)
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- A2 Evergreen
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songwriter
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songwriter
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- A3 Something in the Way He Moves
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- A4 Sweet Louise
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- A5 Good Old Fashioned Music
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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songwriter
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- A6 Move Me Lord
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lead vocals, songwriter
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- B1 No Mans Land
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- B2 Child of Mine
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lead vocals
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- B3 Tonight
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- B4 Lay Me Down
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songwriter
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lead vocals
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- B5 Too Many Trips to Nowhere
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lead vocals
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songwriter
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- B6 Boom Town
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lead vocals, songwriter
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4 Issues
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New Colours [p] 33 rpm
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New Colours 33 rpm
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3 Reviews
Happy folk pop rock.
I can dig it.
Previous New Seekers albums I've heard are a bit dumbed down in a teeny bopper way.
New Colours attempts to grow up a little...and, rock out a little more...but only a little.
I can see these teeny boppers now sort of being 16 and growing with the group.
New Colours attempts to go toe to toe with their contemporaries.
C+/C
I can dig it.
Previous New Seekers albums I've heard are a bit dumbed down in a teeny bopper way.
New Colours attempts to grow up a little...and, rock out a little more...but only a little.
I can see these teeny boppers now sort of being 16 and growing with the group.
New Colours attempts to go toe to toe with their contemporaries.
C+/C
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Even though The New Seekers did not write their material themselves, this issue of We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing sounds mostly very good. The combination of covers and guest songwriting can make nice results, and listening to this album, especially Side A, feels just like that. The classic "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" is included of course, but even though it is clearly the best track on the album, it is not alone. "Tonight" (originally by The Move), "Too Many Trips to Nowhere" and "Boom-Town" are surprisingly rocking tracks, which is a thing I like. On the other hand, there is a lot of beauty on this album as well.
Unfortunately, I need to stop listening to the album before the last two numbers. "Good Old Fashioned Music" is what can be feared, this means: rather bad country music. It is followed by a version of Carole King's "Child of Mine", which has straightened the complex rhythmic patterns of the original version and ends up being completely useless while it is so much worse than Carole's 1970 recording. But still, up to "Sweet Louise" this album sounds nice to me and can even be kind of recommended.
Unfortunately, I need to stop listening to the album before the last two numbers. "Good Old Fashioned Music" is what can be feared, this means: rather bad country music. It is followed by a version of Carole King's "Child of Mine", which has straightened the complex rhythmic patterns of the original version and ends up being completely useless while it is so much worse than Carole's 1970 recording. But still, up to "Sweet Louise" this album sounds nice to me and can even be kind of recommended.
Published
EKS-74115 Vinyl LP (1971)
Palatable hippie bubblegum folk the probably is most significant for its visionary sell-out strategy: release the single concurrently with an ad campaign that changes some of the words to move a specific product. Voila, extra money and those who like our sound can buy the record and find that not only would we like to teach the world to sing about Coke, but we'd also like to teach it to sing about love and peace, stuff like that.
Somewhere Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton and Sting were taking notes. Post-Moby, it's relatively hard to find recording artists that haven't aided their career with some variation on this strategy. Hell, Nick Drake even gave it a try and he's been dead for decades.
Somewhere Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton and Sting were taking notes. Post-Moby, it's relatively hard to find recording artists that haven't aided their career with some variation on this strategy. Hell, Nick Drake even gave it a try and he's been dead for decades.
Published
EKS-74115 Vinyl LP (1971)
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Catalog
25 Oct 2023
1 Jul 2023
1 Jul 2023
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A1
Tonight
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A2
Too Many Trips to Nowhere
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A3
Wanderer's Song
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A4
Boom-Town
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A5
Evergreen
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A6
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
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B1
The Nickel Song
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B2
Lay Me Down
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B3
No Man's Land
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B4
Sweet Louise
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B5
Good Old Fashioned Music
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B6
Child of Mine
22 Feb 2023
21 Nov 2021
19 Aug 2021
17 Aug 2021
3 Jul 2020
28 Oct 2019
15 Apr 2019
2 Apr 2019
19 Mar 2019
28 May 2018
25 Sep 2017
19 Dec 2015
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