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The sleeve credits are vague enough that it's difficult to tell precisely what five were the We Five on this release. It's for certain, though, that their original female voice, Beverly Bivens, was gone, that role being taken over by Debbie Burgan. Original members Jerry Burgan (Debbie Burgan's husband) and Peter Fullerton were still around too, but other than that, personnel identification is lacking. Surprisingly enough, it does sound fairly similar to the We Five's prior records, with the same strident yet stirring male-female vocal combinations. Yet the material -- some by the Burgans, but mostly covers -- is unexciting. As they did back at the peak of their fame, their repertoire is maddeningly diverse, taking in Rogers-Hart, Jimmie Rodgers, folkie Travis Edmonson, Mason Williams, and Bacharach-David's "Walk on By." On some of the songs on side two, they reach beyond pop-folk-rock arrangements to different territory -- vaudeville on "Any Old Time," soul on "Walk" -- but these are by far the worst cuts on the record. This LP bears all the hallmarks of a label trying to cash in on whatever mileage was left in a has-been group, and one that definitely sounded two or three years out of date by the time it came out.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist - Jerry Burgan, ComposerLyricist - Debbie Burgan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Tom Jones, ComposerLyricist - Harvey Schmidt, ComposerLyricist - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MASON WILLIAMS, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist - Jerry Burgan, ComposerLyricist - Debbie Burgan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist - Travis Edmonson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist - Jerry Burgan, ComposerLyricist - Frank W. Denson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Riopelle, Producer - Johnny Mercer, Author - Henry Lewy, Editor, StudioPersonnel - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - BILL HALVERSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - We Five, MainArtist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The sleeve credits are vague enough that it's difficult to tell precisely what five were the We Five on this release. It's for certain, though, that their original female voice, Beverly Bivens, was gone, that role being taken over by Debbie Burgan. Original members Jerry Burgan (Debbie Burgan's husband) and Peter Fullerton were still around too, but other than that, personnel identification is lacking. Surprisingly enough, it does sound fairly similar to the We Five's prior records, with the same strident yet stirring male-female vocal combinations. Yet the material -- some by the Burgans, but mostly covers -- is unexciting. As they did back at the peak of their fame, their repertoire is maddeningly diverse, taking in Rogers-Hart, Jimmie Rodgers, folkie Travis Edmonson, Mason Williams, and Bacharach-David's "Walk on By." On some of the songs on side two, they reach beyond pop-folk-rock arrangements to different territory -- vaudeville on "Any Old Time," soul on "Walk" -- but these are by far the worst cuts on the record. This LP bears all the hallmarks of a label trying to cash in on whatever mileage was left in a has-been group, and one that definitely sounded two or three years out of date by the time it came out.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:48
- Main artists: We five
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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