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After enjoying major solo hits with adult pop songs like "My Cup Runneth Over" and the socially conscious "Who Will Answer?," Ed Ames decided to combat his slipping sales by embracing message-oriented music with a hipster veneer. He had found an artistically rewarding style on his albums My Cup Runneth Over and When the Snow Is on the Roses, but commercial desperation drove him to create the misbegotten mess that is Love of the Common People. Ames' trained baritone crooning "Let's Get Together" and Wally Whyton's "Leave Them a Flower" might have gone over well on a television variety show in 1969, but on record it wears thin fast and bears an unfortunate resemblance to the worst of Jim Nabors. The album has a bit of a flower power theme with most of the songs advocating brotherly love or expressing uplifting sentiments, but the mismatch between the singer and the songs is a serious problem. Jerry Reed's "A Thing Called Love" holds up to Ames' faux hipster treatment and is about the only bright spot on the album.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Chet Powers, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Haskell, Conductor, Arranger - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Byron Walls, Composer, Lyricist - AL CAPPS, Conductor, Arranger - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Randy Myers, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Holiday, Composer, Lyricist - Artie Butler, Conductor, Arranger - Jackie DeShannon, Composer, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ronnie Wilkins, Composer, Lyricist - John Hurley, Composer, Lyricist - AL CAPPS, Conductor, Arranger - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Fogelsong, Producer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmie Haskell, Conductor, Arranger - Burt Bacharach, Composer, Lyricist - Hal David, Composer, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
AL CAPPS, Conductor, Arranger - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Jerry Hubbard, Composer, Lyricist - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmie Haskell, Conductor, Arranger - Wally Whyton, Composer, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mastering Engineer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmie Haskell, Conductor, Arranger - Ernie Sheldon, Composer, Lyricist - Jack Keller, Composer, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmie Haskell, Conductor - Russell, Composer, Lyricist - Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Haskell, Arranger - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Artie Butler, Conductor, Arranger - Joe South, Composer, Lyricist - Jim Foglesong, Producer - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Sid Feller, Conductor, Arranger - James Weldon Johnson, Composer, Lyricist - J. Rosamond Johnson, Composer, Lyricist - Ed Ames, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Fogelsong, Producer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
After enjoying major solo hits with adult pop songs like "My Cup Runneth Over" and the socially conscious "Who Will Answer?," Ed Ames decided to combat his slipping sales by embracing message-oriented music with a hipster veneer. He had found an artistically rewarding style on his albums My Cup Runneth Over and When the Snow Is on the Roses, but commercial desperation drove him to create the misbegotten mess that is Love of the Common People. Ames' trained baritone crooning "Let's Get Together" and Wally Whyton's "Leave Them a Flower" might have gone over well on a television variety show in 1969, but on record it wears thin fast and bears an unfortunate resemblance to the worst of Jim Nabors. The album has a bit of a flower power theme with most of the songs advocating brotherly love or expressing uplifting sentiments, but the mismatch between the singer and the songs is a serious problem. Jerry Reed's "A Thing Called Love" holds up to Ames' faux hipster treatment and is about the only bright spot on the album.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:08
- Main artists: Ed Ames
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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