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The Merry-Go-Round's self-titled 1967 album is a breathtaking blend of chiming folk-rock guitars, British Invasion harmony vocals, baroque pop arrangements, and pure pop songcraft that sounds daisy fresh in 2005. The Beatles are a huge influence, and there is plenty of McCartney in Emitt Rhodes' sweet vocals and their vocal harmonies. You can hear the Byrds a bit, some Left Banke (especially on the sweeping orchestral pop gem "You're a Very Lovely Woman"), some L.A. garage on rockers like "Where Have You Been All My Life" and "Lowdown"; the group definitely didn't exist in a vacuum. But there are some songs that are quite unique and original like "Time Will Show the Wiser" with its otherworldly sped up and backward guitars and enchanting melody, the bouncy and warm hit single "Live," and "Had to Run Around," an exquisite ballad whose tender beauty foreshadows Rhodes' classic 1970 Emitt Rhodes album. These songs, and the overall quality of the songs and the group's loose and earthy playing, help lift the album above the pack and should lead to it being mentioned in the same breath as Love's first album or Buffalo Springfield's first when talking about classic American debut albums of the '60s.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
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Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist - Gary Kato, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist - Gary Kato, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Marks, Producer - Emitt Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - The Merry-Go-Round, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Merry-Go-Round's self-titled 1967 album is a breathtaking blend of chiming folk-rock guitars, British Invasion harmony vocals, baroque pop arrangements, and pure pop songcraft that sounds daisy fresh in 2005. The Beatles are a huge influence, and there is plenty of McCartney in Emitt Rhodes' sweet vocals and their vocal harmonies. You can hear the Byrds a bit, some Left Banke (especially on the sweeping orchestral pop gem "You're a Very Lovely Woman"), some L.A. garage on rockers like "Where Have You Been All My Life" and "Lowdown"; the group definitely didn't exist in a vacuum. But there are some songs that are quite unique and original like "Time Will Show the Wiser" with its otherworldly sped up and backward guitars and enchanting melody, the bouncy and warm hit single "Live," and "Had to Run Around," an exquisite ballad whose tender beauty foreshadows Rhodes' classic 1970 Emitt Rhodes album. These songs, and the overall quality of the songs and the group's loose and earthy playing, help lift the album above the pack and should lead to it being mentioned in the same breath as Love's first album or Buffalo Springfield's first when talking about classic American debut albums of the '60s.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:53
- Main artists: The Merry-Go-Round
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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