The success of the Electric Prunes' single, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", which charted at number 11 in the U.S. and at number 49 in the UK, prompted the band to tour more and to record adverts. The band was featured in publicity photos for the November 1967 issue of Teen Pin-Ups. They also recorded an advert for the Voxwah-wah pedal and promoted use of the equipment in the Vox Teen Beat magazine.[4] Following the band's extensive promotional campaign, a second single, "Get Me to the World on Time", was released and charted at number 27 in the U.S.[2]
With the band having a busy touring schedule, the recording of the album was hurried in an effort to cash in on their recent success. The band was already composing material for what they hoped would be an album of their own design.[5] However, much of the album's content was out of their control, as producer Dave Hassinger brought in the songwriting team of Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz. They, alone, produced seven of the 12 tracks, much to the frustration of the band. Mark Tulin and James Lowe, the band's main songwriters, were limited to just one track, the song "Luvin'".[4] The band considered some of the tracks to be filler and were disappointed in not having a choice in disclosing them. Tulin stated, "We had nothing resembling freedom, let alone total freedom, in the selection of our songs. Consequently, there are definitely songs that I do believe didn't belong on the album..."[5]
The album was released in late February 1967 and charted with moderate success at number 113 on the Billboard 200.[2]
^ abRichie Unterberger. "Unterberger Album Review". richieunterberger.com.
January 01, 1970
electric, prunes, album, electric, prunes, sometimes, referred, much, dream, last, night, 1967, debut, album, american, garage, rock, band, electric, prunes, released, reprise, records, first, track, much, dream, last, night, became, band, signature, tune, alb. The Electric Prunes sometimes referred to as I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night is the 1967 debut album by the American garage rock band the Electric Prunes released on Reprise Records The first track I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night was a hit and became the band s signature tune The album also contains another notable psychedelic rock composition Get Me to the World on Time The album was listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die The Electric PrunesStudio album by The Electric PrunesReleasedFebruary 1967 1967 02 1 Recorded1966StudioAmerican Recording Co Studio City California Power House No Hollywood CaliforniaGenrePsychedelic rockgarage rock 2 Length29 47LabelRepriseProducerDavid HassingerThe Electric Prunes chronologyThe Electric Prunes 1967 Underground 1967 Singles from The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night Released November 1966 Get Me to the World on Time Released March 1967 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 2 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesBackground editThe success of the Electric Prunes single I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night which charted at number 11 in the U S and at number 49 in the UK prompted the band to tour more and to record adverts The band was featured in publicity photos for the November 1967 issue of Teen Pin Ups They also recorded an advert for the Vox wah wah pedal and promoted use of the equipment in the Vox Teen Beat magazine 4 Following the band s extensive promotional campaign a second single Get Me to the World on Time was released and charted at number 27 in the U S 2 With the band having a busy touring schedule the recording of the album was hurried in an effort to cash in on their recent success The band was already composing material for what they hoped would be an album of their own design 5 However much of the album s content was out of their control as producer Dave Hassinger brought in the songwriting team of Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz They alone produced seven of the 12 tracks much to the frustration of the band Mark Tulin and James Lowe the band s main songwriters were limited to just one track the song Luvin 4 The band considered some of the tracks to be filler and were disappointed in not having a choice in disclosing them Tulin stated We had nothing resembling freedom let alone total freedom in the selection of our songs Consequently there are definitely songs that I do believe didn t belong on the album 5 The album was released in late February 1967 and charted with moderate success at number 113 on the Billboard 200 2 Track listing editAdapted from AllMusic 2 Side OneNo TitleComposer s Length1 I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night Nancie Mantz Annette Tucker2 552 Bangles Johnny Walsh2 273 Onie Mantz Tucker2 434 Are You Lovin Me More But Enjoying It Less Mantz Tucker2 215 Train for Tomorrow James Lowe3 006 Sold to the Highest Bidder Mantz Tucker2 16 Side TwoNo TitleComposer s Length7 Get Me to the World on Time Jill Jones Tucker2 308 About a Quarter to Nine Al Dubin Harry Warren2 079 The King Is in the Counting House Mantz Tucker2 0010 Luvin Lowe2 0311 Try Me on for Size Jill Jones Tucker2 1912 The Toonerville Trolley Mantz Tucker2 34Total length 29 15 CD bonus tracksNo TitleComposer s Length13 Ain t It Hard Roger Tillison Terrye Tillison2 1414 Little Olive Lowe2 40Total length 34 09Personnel editThe Electric Prunes James Lowe lead vocals tracks 1 2 5 14 autoharp rhythm guitar tambourine Ken Williams lead guitar James Weasel Spagnola rhythm guitar backing vocals lead vocals tracks 3 4 Mark Tulin bass guitar piano organ Preston Ritter drums percussion Technical Dave Hassinger producer liner notes Richie Podolor engineer Bill Cooper assistant engineer Perry Botkin Jr string and brass arrangements Ed Thrasher art director Jane McCowan photographyReferences edit https www worldradiohistory com Archive All Music Billboard 60s 1967 Billboard 201967 03 04 pdf a b c d e Deming Mark The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night at AllMusic Retrieved 23 January 2016 Larkin Colin ed 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th edn London Omnibus Press p 918 ISBN 978 0 85712 595 8 a b Electric Prunes Biography electricprunes com a b Richie Unterberger Unterberger Album Review richieunterberger com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Electric Prunes album amp oldid 1216647551, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,