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Lou Christie's self-titled debut LP introduces a singer and songwriter of uncommon substance. Where other teen idols swooned over puppy love, Christie explored the ugly twists and turns of the male psyche with depth and honesty, unleashing the operatic intensity of his potent falsetto to articulate emotions long verboten in popular music. Compare the facile drama of covers like Maurice Williams' "Stay" and Little Anthony's "Tears on My Pillow" to Christie-penned hits like "The Gypsy Cried" and "Two Faces Have I." The latter songs travel into dark, disturbing terrain where no one else dared go, exploring romantic turmoil in explicitly adult terms. Because the cover material wins out -- only four of the album's 12 songs were penned by Christie and writing partner Twyla Herbert -- Lou Christie is by no means a great album in any conventional sense; the material worth hearing is readily available on several greatest-hits collections, however, and demands the attention of all serious pop aficionados.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Twyla Herbert, Composer - Lou Christie, Composer, MainArtist
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Gregory Carroll, Composer - Lou Christie, MainArtist - Earl Jackson, Composer
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Twyla Herbert, Composer - Lou Christie, Composer, MainArtist
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Twyla Herbert, Composer - Lou Christie, Composer, MainArtist
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JOE JONES, Writer - Lou Christie, MainArtist - The Haber Corporation, Contributor - Carl McGinnis, Writer - Kenneth Goodloe, Writer - Ted Goodloe, Writer - Willie Munson, Writer
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Twyla Herbert, Composer - Lou Christie, MainArtist - Lou Christie Sacco, Composer
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Lou Christie, MainArtist - Rick Rodell, Composer
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Henry Medress, Writer - Philip Margo, Writer - Lou Christie, MainArtist - Mitchell Stuart Margo, Writer
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Leroy Kirkland, Writer - Andrew Jones, Writer - Lou Christie, MainArtist
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Maurice Williams, Writer - Lou Christie, MainArtist
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Al Lewis, Composer - Sylvester Bradford, Composer - Lou Christie, MainArtist
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Lou Christie, MainArtist - Douglas Lapham, Composer - Herbert Cohen, Composer
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Album review
Lou Christie's self-titled debut LP introduces a singer and songwriter of uncommon substance. Where other teen idols swooned over puppy love, Christie explored the ugly twists and turns of the male psyche with depth and honesty, unleashing the operatic intensity of his potent falsetto to articulate emotions long verboten in popular music. Compare the facile drama of covers like Maurice Williams' "Stay" and Little Anthony's "Tears on My Pillow" to Christie-penned hits like "The Gypsy Cried" and "Two Faces Have I." The latter songs travel into dark, disturbing terrain where no one else dared go, exploring romantic turmoil in explicitly adult terms. Because the cover material wins out -- only four of the album's 12 songs were penned by Christie and writing partner Twyla Herbert -- Lou Christie is by no means a great album in any conventional sense; the material worth hearing is readily available on several greatest-hits collections, however, and demands the attention of all serious pop aficionados.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:27:50
- Main artists: Lou Christie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1963 Roulette Records ℗ 1963 Roulette Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company for the US, Canada and Mexico and Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company for world excluding US, Canada and Mexico
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