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Groovin' (The Young Rascals album)

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Groovin'
Studio album by
the Young Rascals
ReleasedJuly 31, 1967
RecordedMay 9, 1966 – June 22, 1967
GenreBlue-eyed soul
Length34:34
LabelAtlantic
ProducerThe Young Rascals
The Young Rascals chronology
Collections
(1967) 		Groovin'
(1967) 		Once Upon a Dream
(1968)
Singles from Groovin'
  1. "Groovin'" / "Sueño"
    Released: April 10, 1967
  2. "A Girl Like You" / "It's Love"
    Released: July 3, 1967
  3. "How Can I Be Sure" / "I'm So Happy Now"
    Released: August 28, 1967

Groovin' is the third album by the rock band the Young Rascals. The album was released on July 31, 1967 and rose to #5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, number 7 on the R&B chart, and number 2 in Canada.[1] Eight of the songs were released on singles with the title track reaching number 1 on the Pop chart in the U.S.

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History

This was the last album on which the band was billed as The Young Rascals; their next album, Once Upon a Dream, would be credited to simply The Rascals. The album began the Rascals' first forays into the psychedelic genre that they would explore further on Once Upon a Dream.[2]

Eight of Groovin''s eleven songs were issued by Atlantic Records as single A- or B-sides. The three songs specific to the album are "Find Somebody", "I Don't Love You Anymore", and the Rascals' cover of "A Place in the Sun". "If You Knew", upon its initial release as the B-side of the single "I've Been Lonely Too Long", was jointly credited to all the Rascals' members; the writing credit was changed upon the album's release. Atlantic Records was at first reluctant to release the title song as a single, but its popularity was such that Italian and Spanish versions were released on different sides of a subsequent single.[2]

Flutist Hubert Laws is featured in a sessions role on the album's final track, "It's Love".

Booker T. & the MG's took a cover of "Groovin'" to the charts later in 1967[2] and the song "You Better Run" was later covered by Pat Benatar and was a hit for her in 1980.

Cover design

The front cover design was conceived (but not illustrated) by the Young Rascals' drummer Dino Danelli. The illustration was a work of his friend, Lynn Rubin.[3] Affixed to the front cover was one of two stickers indicating: "THIS LP HAS THE BIG HIT", followed by either "How Can I Be Sure" (as shown in the cover photo on the right) or "A Girl Like You" as both tracks climbed into the Top 10.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Bruce Eder wrote the album moved into the psychedelic genre while retaining a "soulful core". He called the album "their best of their entire history... but 'Groovin'' was only one small strong point on the album of the same name."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLead vocal(s)Length
1."A Girl Like You"Felix Cavaliere2:51
2."Find Somebody"Eddie Brigati3:48
3."I'm So Happy Now" (Gene Cornish)Cornish2:50
4."Sueño" (Cavaliere/Brigati, but attributed incorrectly to another writer on some labels[2])Cavaliere2:48
5."How Can I Be Sure"Brigati2:56
Side two
No.TitleLead vocal(s)Length
1."Groovin'"Cavaliere2:33
2."If You Knew" (Brigati, Cavaliere, Cornish, Dino Danelli)Brigati with Cavaliere3:04
3."I Don't Love You Anymore" (Cornish)Cornish3:09
4."You Better Run"Cavaliere2:28
5."A Place in the Sun" (Ronald Miller, Brian Wells)Brigati4:52
6."It's Love"Cavaliere3:15

Certifications

US-Gold (500,000 copies sold).[5]

Personnel

The Rascals

Additional musicians

Singles

  • "Groovin'" / "Sueño" (March 27, 1967) US: #1, UK: #8
  • "A Girl Like You" / "It's Love" (July 3, 1967) US: #10
  • "Groovin' (Italian version)" / "Groovin' (Spanish version)" (July 17, 1967; these remixes do not appear on the album)
  • "How Can I Be Sure" / "I'm So Happy Now" (August 28, 1967) US: #4

References

  1. ^ "RPM Top 25 LPs - October 2, 1967" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c d Unterberger, Richie. "Groovin' > Reissue liner notes". Richie Unterberger. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  3. ^ "The backstory of making the 'Groovin'' album by The Young Rascals". The Vinyl Dialogues Blog. 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  4. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "Groovin' > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
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