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4.0 out of 5 stars
I thought I'd die, October 2, 2003
This is the debut album of the semi-legendary pop group. It contains their two major hits, "Laugh Laugh" and "Just a Little". Of course, these songs are great, but there are some other good songs here too. "Still in Love With You Baby" is the best of the "other" songs here. It's great and deserved to be a hit in it's own right. Guitarist Ron Elliott wrote 10 of the 12 songs on the album, most of which are very good. Amazingly enough, in the liner notes he says he didn't even particularly like rock music! Well, for someone who didn't like rock music, he was pretty good at writing rock songs. Fans of 60s pop rock should enjoy this CD.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fine Debut Album., September 17, 2006
This review is from: Introducing the Beau Brummels (Audio CD)
The Beau Brummmels' 1965 debut-album contains to band two biggest hit-singles "Laugh Laugh" and "Just a Little" both of which are still great listening. Their early music was greatly inspired by the Beatles but also by some of their American contemporaries like the Lovin Spoonful. In fact one of their other 1965 singles "Good Time Music" was written by John Sebastian of the Lovin Spoonful. Great to find this fine song among the bonus-tracks.
The music on the original album was mostly written by guitarist Ron Elliott, and he was obviously a fine songwriter. Besides the two hits, catchy songs like "Stick Like Glue" and "Not Too Long Ago" stand out. Also their cover of "Oh, Lonesome Me" is fine - sounds a little like the Everly Brothers.
Occasionally their vocal harmonies sound a little odd - especially on a couple of the bonus-tracks which are mostly demos or weaker versions of the album-tracks. On the other hand besides "Good Time Music" some of the bonus-tracks are actually quite good. Elliott's "Gentle Wandering Ways" and "I'll Tell You" are fine recordings - also lead-singer Sal Valentino's "It's So Nice" is good.
Nice 8-pages booklet with a fine biography witten by Chris Welch.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Can I Give This 10 Stars? :-D, May 31, 2010
Wow, what a criminally underrated band! I bought the Rhino collection some time ago and loved everything on it. After being dissuaded by other reviewers against the Magic Hollow Box set, I took someone's advice and began purchasing seperate discs. So far, I love Introducing best.
I have to be honest; before I found out they were from San Francisco, I really believed they might be British. This album doesn't do much to dissuade that fact, but that is in no way an insult. This album is simply chock-full of great material without a reject in the bunch. Aside from obvious hits such as "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little," I can't understand why such a fabulously catchy song like "Still in Love with You Baby" didn't score as a huge hit for them. I love that song!
"They'll Make You Cry" is unfortunately as true today as it was back then. God, I just love every little British beat inspired thing on here, simply because it's so well done. Sal Valentino's vibrato laden voice is just too irresistible, and Ron Eliott's songwriting is impeccably tasteful. Aside from the fact that "I Would be Happy" sounds a bit too reminiscent of the Beatles' "If I Fell," there is nothing not to love here. My personal favorites are "I Want More Loving" and the bonus track "Good Time Music."
This album is just so good, the first time I put it into my car's CD drive, it was apparent that the word had to be spread. This album is great vintage rock without compromise or apology. In fact, I dare you not to feel better just listening to it when you're in a bad mood. It's just way too infectious for that!
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