Length 33:44 Artist The Grass Roots Label Dunhill ABC Genre Psychedelic pop | Feelings
(1968) Golden Grass
(1968) Release date 1968 Producer Steve Barri | |
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Released February 1968 (1968-02) Recorded Western Recorders,
December 1967 Similar Lovin' Things, Golden Grass, Let's Live for Today, Leaving It All Behind, Their 16 Greatest Hits | ||
Feelings the grass roots 1968
Feelings is the third album by the American rock group the Grass Roots. The album was originally released by Dunhill Records in 1968. It contained many songs composed by the group's members and studio performances of the musician's instrumentation. The album was intended to take the group into a heavier psychedelic direction with their music. The A and B side singles released from the album were "Melody For You" b/w "Hey Friend", "Feelings" b/w "Here's Where You Belong", "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" (B-side of "Midnight Confessions"), "Hot Bright Lights" (B-side of "Bella Linda"), "All Good Things Come to an End" (B-side of 1969 issue of "Melody for You") and "You and Love Are the Same" (B-side of "Lovin' Things"). Midway during this run "Midnight Confessions" was released as an A side and became the group's highest charting single.
Contents
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Songs
The songs featured unique touches by arranger Jimmie Haskell. The songs were a 50/50 split between outside composers and the group. It had intricate orchestration and a great example of what the band members were capable of as musicians and songwriters had the record company continued to allow them creative freedom. The title song was created back in 1966 in the pre Grass Roots garage group named the 13th Floor. Fukomoto was the main composer and Entner & Coonce helped with the arrangements. The song featured a powerful sustained fuzz guitar and Eastern influences giving it a heavy 1968 psychedelic flavor.
This theme was continued with other group composed songs. "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" contained references to George Harrison and other pop culture themes, "Hot Bright Lights" reflected the group's stage life. It featured an extended fuzzy lead guitar performance by Bratton moving seamlessly into the songs "Hey Friend" and "You And Love Are The Same" written by Entner & Grill. The contributions by outside composers were a bit lighter but still psychedelic, helping to balance the total experience of the album.
However, Dunhill Records executives became dismayed by the inability of the single releases to chart at their time of release. They decided that since "Midnight Confessions" performed so well in the charts, they would issue the first greatest hits album Golden Grass which included the high charting song. They then decided to take the group output into a new direction with a strong use of horns and wind instruments. A new soulful direction surfaced on their next regular album titled Lovin' Things. This strategy proved wise as the group continued to move forward with multiple hit records until 1973.
Artwork, packaging
Feelings was originally released in February 1968 on the ABC Dunhill label in both mono and stereo. It was one of the label's last albums mixed in mono and one of the last commercially available mono albums and today copies are very scarce. The front cover was designed by Philip Schwartz.
Track listing
All songs produced by Steve Barri.
- "Feelings" (Coonce, Entner, Fukomoto) – 2:58
- "Here's Where You Belong" (Sloan, Barri) – 3:30
- "The Sins of a Family Fall on the Daughter" (Sloan) – 3:02
- "Melody for You" (Sloan) – 2:57
- "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" (Entner, Grill) – 2:37
- "You Might as Well Go My Way" (Podolor) – 2:03
- "All Good Things Come to an End" (Hammond) – 2:46
- "Hot Bright Lights" (Entner, Grill, Bratton) – 5:03
- "Hey Friend" (Entner, Grill) – 3:03
- "You and Love Are the Same" (Entner, Grill) – 2:46
- "Dinner for Eight" (Bratton) – 2:59
- "Feelings, Reprise" (Coonce, Entner, Fukomoto) – 0:39
Personnel
Songs
1Feelings2:50
2Here's Where You Belong3:10
3The Sins of a Family Fall on the Daughter3:00