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Ouch. Say what you will about the earlier Osmonds albums, they knew what their audience wanted. That unerring eye for the crowd had wavered somewhat lately, with both The Plan and Love Me for a Reason trying just a little too hard to break the teenybop lock. Compared to The Proud One, however, they are masterpieces. In fairness, four years had now passed since the Osmonds first emerged to send a generation of teenyboppers crazy with desire. Those kids had all grown up now...or, at least, had presumably moved beyond the kind of things they got excited about when they were 11, 12, 13 years of age. But what did they move on to? Wild rock, heavy metal, disco, all of which were flourishing at this time? Or po-faced balladeering of the kind that the Osmonds themselves would have witnessed when they were first breaking through, courtesy of Andy Williams and company? Because that's the direction the Osmonds took, and the madness faded away overnight. The title track, already one of the Gaudio-Crewe team's lesser concoctions, proved a barely memorable hit single shortly before the album was released; the remainder of the set, however, simply drifts aimlessly around the cocktail party, slick and glib and so over-produced that it makes your teeth hurt to listen to it. The Osmonds were already falling from grace before they cut this album. The Proud One was the sound of them hitting the bottom.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Lloyd, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Ingersoll, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist - Lawrence Ronald Preyer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Robert Solomon, ComposerLyricist - Vernon O'Dell Bullock, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Denny Randell, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist - Letty Jo Randell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alan Osmond, ComposerLyricist - Merrill Osmond, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alan Osmond, ComposerLyricist - Merrill Osmond, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lambert, ComposerLyricist - Brian Potter, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Lloyd, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Crewe, ComposerLyricist - Bob Gaudio, ComposerLyricist - Michael Lloyd, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist - Marvin Payne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Lloyd, Producer - Donny Osmond, ComposerLyricist - Alan Osmond, Producer - Wayne Osmond, ComposerLyricist - The Osmonds, MainArtist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Goodison, ComposerLyricist - Tony Hiller, ComposerLyricist - Mike Curb, Producer - The Osmonds, MainArtist - Billy Day, ComposerLyricist - Sunny Leslie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Ouch. Say what you will about the earlier Osmonds albums, they knew what their audience wanted. That unerring eye for the crowd had wavered somewhat lately, with both The Plan and Love Me for a Reason trying just a little too hard to break the teenybop lock. Compared to The Proud One, however, they are masterpieces. In fairness, four years had now passed since the Osmonds first emerged to send a generation of teenyboppers crazy with desire. Those kids had all grown up now...or, at least, had presumably moved beyond the kind of things they got excited about when they were 11, 12, 13 years of age. But what did they move on to? Wild rock, heavy metal, disco, all of which were flourishing at this time? Or po-faced balladeering of the kind that the Osmonds themselves would have witnessed when they were first breaking through, courtesy of Andy Williams and company? Because that's the direction the Osmonds took, and the madness faded away overnight. The title track, already one of the Gaudio-Crewe team's lesser concoctions, proved a barely memorable hit single shortly before the album was released; the remainder of the set, however, simply drifts aimlessly around the cocktail party, slick and glib and so over-produced that it makes your teeth hurt to listen to it. The Osmonds were already falling from grace before they cut this album. The Proud One was the sound of them hitting the bottom.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:52
- Main artists: The Osmonds
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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