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The Common People's only album is melancholy psychedelia, quirky but in a pretty forgettable way. The mood's set by the opening "Soon There'll Be Thunder," where an appealing two-chord melancholy melody is set to raindrop-falling haunting electric keyboard and sweeping, gloomy strings. It's a groove that's mined too often by the subsequent tracks, which are passably pleasing moody pop-psychedelia in limited doses, but too similar to each other when grouped so closely. The constant rain-cloud-hovering-over-a-hung-head ethos begins to turn sour rather than soothing after a few songs, even though the string arrangements used on just a few cuts have a nicely shivering, weepy quality. "They Didn't Even Go to the Funeral" is a most unfortunate departure into mock vaudeville humor, and while a couple other songs get dressed up with some peppy horns, it's hard to tell whether the embarrassing grunts in "This Life She Is Mine" are an attempt at funky soul or simulations of the moment of orgasm. The pace does get broken up by the hard but monotonous fuzz-guitar piano rock of "Go Every Way," as well as some more folk-rockish and melodically limited sullen stuff.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Jerrald Robinett, ComposerLyricist - Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
John Hill, ComposerLyricist - Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerrald Robinett, ComposerLyricist - Common People, MainArtist - Lord Tim Hudson, Producer - Denny Robinett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
The Common People's only album is melancholy psychedelia, quirky but in a pretty forgettable way. The mood's set by the opening "Soon There'll Be Thunder," where an appealing two-chord melancholy melody is set to raindrop-falling haunting electric keyboard and sweeping, gloomy strings. It's a groove that's mined too often by the subsequent tracks, which are passably pleasing moody pop-psychedelia in limited doses, but too similar to each other when grouped so closely. The constant rain-cloud-hovering-over-a-hung-head ethos begins to turn sour rather than soothing after a few songs, even though the string arrangements used on just a few cuts have a nicely shivering, weepy quality. "They Didn't Even Go to the Funeral" is a most unfortunate departure into mock vaudeville humor, and while a couple other songs get dressed up with some peppy horns, it's hard to tell whether the embarrassing grunts in "This Life She Is Mine" are an attempt at funky soul or simulations of the moment of orgasm. The pace does get broken up by the hard but monotonous fuzz-guitar piano rock of "Go Every Way," as well as some more folk-rockish and melodically limited sullen stuff.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:17
- Main artists: Common People
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1969 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
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