Neon

Cyrkle, Circle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B00005QZLK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,638 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way

2. The Visit (She Was Here)

3. Weight Of Your Words

4. I Wish I Could Be Here

5. It Doesn't Matter Anymore

6. Two Rooms

7. Our Love Affair's In Question

8. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You

9. Problem Child

10. Please Don't Ever Leave Me

11. I'm Not Sure What I Wanna Do

12. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way (alt. version)

13. You Can't Go Home Again

14. Terry's Theme

15. We Said Goodbye (And Went Our Separate Ways Or So We Thought)

16. Turn Of The Century

17. Friends

18. Where Are You Going

19. Red Chair Fade Away

20. Camaro

Editorial Reviews

From Sundazed Music, 1966 was a good year for the Cyrkle in rapid succession, they inked a contract with Columbia Records, scored a #2 hit with Paul Simon's 'Red Rubber Ball', gained a coveted spot on the Beatles' final U.S. tour, and recorded Red Rubber Ball and Neon, two longplayers with some of the most soaring three-part harmonies and intricate arrangements that '60s pop music had to offer. Each original album now comes with a veritable plethora of bonus tracks, including rare singles, alternate versions, and previously unissued outtakes, interviews with the Cyrkle, and tons of great unseen photos from their archives!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neon - A personal view, January 1, 2002

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Gregory Swiderski (ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neon (Audio CD)

There are some excellent cuts on this album as well as a few clunkers. During that time of the 60's many a band tried some sort of novelty and the Cyrkle was no exception. Problem Child and Weight of Your Words come to mind.
However there was some beauty. Michael Losekamp singing The Visit (She Was Here) is a great track. Maybe it should have been a release. I Wish You Could Be Here, In my opinion just never received the air time it should have. It is a beautiful song and Don Dannemans voice made a good song better.
Terry's Theme and Camaro give the album some good balance.
Don't Cry No Fears, No Tears Coming Your Way, might have been a top twenty song had it been released.
All in all it is a good album and a die hard Cyrkle fan would want this for their collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for Two Rooms, July 25, 2003

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Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neon (Audio CD)

The Cyrkle had some great songs, but none better than the very short "Two Rooms." This song has terrific lyrics, an interesting musical arrangement and a great tune, with a unique tone colour.

The album, Red Rubber Ball had several good songs, especially the title track and [on the Best Hits album of that name] We Had a Good Thing Goin'. This Neil Sedaka-Howard Greenfield composition was originally a single with Two Rooms on the reverse side.

What memories, what memories!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good and a half, December 25, 2010

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Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neon (Audio CD)

How you feel about Cyrkle depends what you are expecting. The band recorded Paul Simon's "Red Rubber Ball" in 1966. A delicious pop tune, perhaps too chipper for Simon and Garfunkel, but a perfect slice of melodic AM pop.

Neon does not contain this track. Nor does it have a track as brilliant. Most of this is jangly pop, or ballads played by the band with little orchestration. Nothing here is bad, but has the bite of "Red Rubber Ball." The bonus tracks are actually better than the proper album ones, featuring some pop soul and a beautiful instrumental boss nova.

As an album, you may find pieces of Neon a little nondescript, but if you are curious, you may find it enjoyable.