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Just Like Us!

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Released
  
January 3, 1966

Label
  
Columbia, Sundazed

Here They Come! (1965)
  
Just Like Us! (1966)

Recorded
  
1965

Producer
  
Terry Melcher

Genre
  
Pop rock, rock and roll, garage rock, proto-punk

Just Like Us! is the fourth studio album by American pop rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders. Produced by Terry Melcher and released on January 3, 1966, by Columbia Records, it featured the U.S. hit single "Just Like Me". Unlike their later albums, on which Mark Lindsay was the primary lead singer, the lead vocal duties on Just Like Us! were split among him and the other band members, guitarist Drake Levin, bassist Phil Volk, and drummer Mike Smith. This was their last album of cover songs, their next album Midnight Ride was mostly self-penned material.

Contents

Release and reception

Just Like Us! was the band's first album to be released after they had started appearing regularly on the 1960s television variety show Where the Action Is. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 6, 1967. The album cover art was taken from a Guy Webster photo session at Clark Gable's ranch in Encino, California.

This album was remastered and rereleased May 19, 1998 by Sundazed Records with extra tracks.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Steppin' Out" — (Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere) - 2:13
  2. "Doggone" (Marvin Tarplin, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore) — 2:50
  3. "Out of Sight" (Ted Wright)— 2:35
  4. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) — 2:30
  5. "I Know" (Barbara George) — 2:30
  6. "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins, Oscar Washington) — 2:30

Side two

  1. "Just Like Me" (Richard Dey, Roger Hart) — 2:23
  2. "Catch the Wind" (Donovan Leitch) — 2:00
  3. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) — 3:18
  4. "I'm Crying" (Alan Price, Eric Burdon)— 3:05
  5. "New Orleans" (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)— 2:57
  6. "Action" (Steve Venet, Tommy Boyce) — 1:28

Sundazed Records 1998 Version

  1. "Steppin' Out" — 2:13
  2. "Doggone" — 2:50
  3. "Out of Sight" — 2:35
  4. "Baby, Please Don't Go" — 2:30
  5. "I Know" — 2:30
  6. "Night Train" — 2:30
  7. "Just Like Me" — 2:23
  8. "Catch the Wind" — 2:00
  9. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" — 3:18
  10. "I'm Crying" — 3:05
  11. "New Orleans" — 2:57
  12. "Action" — 1:28
  13. "Ride Your Pony" (Naomi Neville) - 2:44 (Bonus track)
  14. "Just Like Me" (R. Dey, R. Brown) - 2:34 (Bonus track)
  15. "B.F.D.R.E. Blues" (R. Hart) - 5:07 (Bonus track)

Personnel

  • Mark Lindsay - vocals, saxophone
  • Drake Levin - guitar
  • Paul Revere - organ
  • Philip "Fang" Volk - bass
  • Mike "Smitty" Smith - drums

    • References

    Just Like Us! Wikipedia
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