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Come a Little Bit Closer was an odd album. Although it doesn't say as much, it's virtually a compilation of singles -- it's not a hits collection, however, although there are a couple of those on there. Mostly, it's just a slapped together effort, to get a 12" CD out there to cash in on the hit status of "Come a Little Bit Closer" late in 1964. That said, most of what's here is good if not exceptional pop-rock -- the best cut here, along with the title track, is the one new cut, "She Doesn't Know It," which shows the group going off in some unexpected thematic and vocal directions and could have been the core of a really good LP of new material. "To Wait for Love" is nothing to write home about, however, and was right where it belonged as a B-side; "Friday" has a slightly dark edge that makes one think it might've been potentially part of a musical; apart from the different voice in the lead, "This Is It," which was recorded by the Jay Traynor version of the group more than three years before, sounds quaintly old-fashioned in the midst of these newer tracks; and "Come Dance With Me" was a rewrite of "Save the Last Dance for Me" on which the group sound absurdly like the Drifters. It all ends on a sufficiently melodramatic note with "Goodbye Boys Goodbye" (aka "Ciao Ragazzi Ciao," with one of the densest arrangements in the group's history, approaching Phil Spector territory.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Bobby Hart, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Farrell, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Boyce, ComposerLyricist - Artie Ripp, Producer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Keller, ComposerLyricist - Artie Ripp, Producer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist - Kronfeld, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Norman Meade, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Winifred Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Artie Ripp, Producer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC, Licensed Courtesy of EMI Commerical Markets
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Ellie Greenwich, ComposerLyricist - Tony Powers, ComposerLyricist - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Ellie Greenwich, Composer - Tony Powers, Composer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
T. Powers, Composer - Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist - M. Maurer, Composer
℗ 1963 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Ted Daryll, Composer - Greg Richards, Composer - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Michele Del Prete, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - Mogol, ComposerLyricist - Sid Tepper, ComposerLyricist - Adriano Celentano, ComposerLyricist - Jay & The Americans, MainArtist - Roy C. Bennett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Come a Little Bit Closer was an odd album. Although it doesn't say as much, it's virtually a compilation of singles -- it's not a hits collection, however, although there are a couple of those on there. Mostly, it's just a slapped together effort, to get a 12" CD out there to cash in on the hit status of "Come a Little Bit Closer" late in 1964. That said, most of what's here is good if not exceptional pop-rock -- the best cut here, along with the title track, is the one new cut, "She Doesn't Know It," which shows the group going off in some unexpected thematic and vocal directions and could have been the core of a really good LP of new material. "To Wait for Love" is nothing to write home about, however, and was right where it belonged as a B-side; "Friday" has a slightly dark edge that makes one think it might've been potentially part of a musical; apart from the different voice in the lead, "This Is It," which was recorded by the Jay Traynor version of the group more than three years before, sounds quaintly old-fashioned in the midst of these newer tracks; and "Come Dance With Me" was a rewrite of "Save the Last Dance for Me" on which the group sound absurdly like the Drifters. It all ends on a sufficiently melodramatic note with "Goodbye Boys Goodbye" (aka "Ciao Ragazzi Ciao," with one of the densest arrangements in the group's history, approaching Phil Spector territory.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:15
- Main artists: Jay & The Americans
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1964 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
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