Growing Concern [Import]

Growing Concern | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 21, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Radioactive
• ASIN: B0002X4UE2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,243 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hard Hard Year

2. Edge Of Time

3. Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled

4. Boy I Once Knew Well

5. All I Really Want

6. Mister You're A Better Man Than I

7. What Kind Of Life

8. Other Side Of Life

9. I Know A Girl

10. Sit Down I Think I Love You

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars Tomorrow has been cancelled, January 3, 2012

By 

Golovanov Alexey (Limassol, Cyprus) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Growing Concern (Audio CD)

Quite an impressive aggregation (7 musicians) originally from Chicago, often called "psychedelic" (probably because nobody bothered to listen to the album), and praised for their pleasant vocal harmonies and melodic guitar work.
In fact, it is unashamed third-rate West Coast pop outfit with a pale hint of decaffeinated psychedelia about them - nice clean boys & girls, trying to be cool and to cash in on the new trend, but also to avoid offending parents, or being banned from playing at high school dances. If there is anything to admire about the band, it's the way they admire themselves while singing their elaborated harmonies.Pleasant vocals were not a novelty or a hot item since "Mamas & Papas" ("Growing Concern", without catchy tunes, couldn't be a challenge to "Mamas"), while melodic guitar work was confined to some two-bit twangy chords, better fitting some early 60s beat combo. There is some uninspiring organ thrown in for good measure. Few shy ventures into acid folk on the first side (yes, Bonnie McDonald and Mary Garstki have nice voices - so what's new? nice voices were dime a dozen in the market those days), and more pleasant mothballed pop covers on the second. To hear the real thing, try Flashes (Exp) or Floating Opera.
It was recorded and released in 1968 under personal supervision of Bob Shad (owner of Mainstream label, which contributed its share of wannabe pop-stars in the 60s). The album is considered to be one of the better Mainstream releases (can you imagine worse ones?)
If the band suffered from any growing concern, it should have been the wish to become famous. It didn't happen although: "The First Album of THE GROWING CONCERN" proved to be the last, there was no second
To my humbles opinion, the artwork is uninspiring either - some helpless doddling also trying to look "psychedelic"
P.S. Not a must - maybe for a completist. Be sure that you know what you are bying - because I bought it after reading the editorials and reviews on the Net