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Sugar, Sugar Import, Original recording remastered

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Bang-Shang-A-Lang
  2. Feelin' So Good(S.K.O.O.B.Y.D.O.O.)
  3. Sugar Sugar
  4. Sunshine
  5. Jingle Jangle
  6. Who's Your Baby
  7. Everything's Alright
  8. This Is Love
  9. Truck Driver
  10. Love Light
  11. Melody Hill
  12. Over And Over
  13. Justine
  14. Rock And Roll Music
  15. Don't Touch My Guitar
  16. You Little Angel
  17. Hot Dog
  18. Inside Out
  19. Upside Down
  20. Get On The Line
  21. Sugar And Spice
  22. "Bicycles, Roller Skates
  23. Seventeen Ain't Young
  24. Who's Gonna Love Me
  25. Archie's Party


Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 22, 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Repertoire
  • ASIN: B000023XG5
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,612 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Ok, time to staighten out this online database review mix-up. There have been many CD issues simply titled "Sugar, Sugar - The Archies" and over time, the reviews have gotten mixed up. This review is for the 24 track compilation released on the Repertoire label, not the heart-shaped CD single with the same name released earlier on the 32 Records label, although, most of the reviews that follow are for that CD single. This 24-track compilation is without a doubt the BEST Archies compilation to hit the market yet. Songs are included from all 6 of the original Archies albums. The sound is clean, bright, and at the right pitch. While most of these songs have been included on other Archies compilations, this is the only one I have found that took great care and used good quality source material to get the job done right. If you are an Archies fan, THIS is the CD to get. Do not let this one slip by. I have been an Archies fan for over 30 years, and have my own Archies web-site, so you can trust my judgement on this one.
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After finding himself ousted as The Monkees' music supervisor, Don Kirshner put together the ultimate Svengali's group. This faceless collection of writers, producers and studio musicians were publicly fronted by a televised cartoon series, and neither the musicians nor the cartoons were prone to demanding artistic freedom. The result is among the purest expressions of Kirshner's bubblegum ethos (ultra-catchy songs with simple stories aimed at pre-rock pre-teens), while also some of the best pure-pop crafted in the late-60s and early-70s.

The musical mastermind behind the material was Brill Building (and Spector-cohort) Jeff Barry, who'd written landmark hits for The Ronettes ("Be My Baby"), Crystals ("Da Doo Ron Ron"), Shangri-Las ("Leader of the Pack"), Ike & Tina Turner ("River Deep Mountain High") and dozens more. The voice-behind-the-cartoon, Ron Dante, was a great front-man for Barry's songs, with a voice that was sugar-sweet without turning to treacle. Dante was backed by all-star vocliasts, which variously included Barry, his former wife and songwriting partner Ellie Greenwich, Toni Wine, Ray Stevens, Bobby Bloom and Andy Kim. The studio musicians assembled for the sessions were equally talented, churning out tight pop productions with a soulful edge.

This 1968 debut LP included the TV show's theme song ("Everything's Archie"), the group's first-single, "Bang Shang-A-Lang," and it's B-side "Truck Driver." Kirshner and Barry's music stood in stark contrast to the heavy psychedelic rock of the era, capitalizing instead on the sort of material Kirshner had charted with the Monkees in '66 and '67. The Archies weren't the first bubblegum artists ("Incense and Peppermints" hit #1 the previous year, for example), but the deep musical talent made them among the best.
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I remember the true excitement that "The Archie Show" and this album generated back in 1968. The Archies were hip and fun... we couldn't wait to grow up to be teenagers! Needless to say, the highlight of "The Archie Show" was the musical number each week. We thought that the synchronized animation of the band playing was just the coolest...especially Betty bumping her tambourine and Veronica pedaling the organ. Of course, part of the allure was never knowing who actually was the singing voice of Archie.

Now, some 40 years later, this terrific recording is back in print, sounding better than ever. Ron Dante's vocals are simply fantastic...he can do it all, from uptempo dance songs to ballads to hard-driving pop numbers such as "Hide and Seek." For me, the entire album is epitomized by "Catchin' Up on Fun," an irresistible pop confection with a little sonic guitar thrown in for hipness. (This little-known song was later covered by The Love Generation. Their version is pleasant, but can't compare.) A second favorite is "Time for Love," which is one of those rare songs so perfectly written and executed as to seem effortless.

At some point, didn't each of us long to be one of The Archies? (For me, it was Betty, but being a young boy in 1968, I didn't tell Mom and Dad!) If you know this album...pick up a copy and rediscover it. And if you haven't heard it...happiness awaits!

A special thanks to Ron Dante for making these recordings available again. Let's hope that The Archies' other albums see the light of day, too!
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The year 1969 was a year in which unbelievable things happened: human beings walked on the moon and the New York Mets won the World Series. But such things usually come in threes and one nomination for that final spot would be that in 1969 the biggest selling pop song of the year was "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies. The group was created by producer Don Kirschner after he was fired by the Monkees. Behind the animated figures of Archie and the gang were a group of seasoned session vocalists including Andy Kim, Ron Dante, Ellie Greenwich, Jeanie Thomas and Toni Wine. Most of the songs recorded by the group were written by Jeff Barry, who usually wrote with his wife, Greenwich. But the two big Archies hits, "Sugar,Sugar" (#1) and "Jingle Jangle" (#10), were both co-written by Barry and Kim. You would have thought that would have been a giant clue for the pair to do more, but Barry wrote the majority of these songs by himself, and once he left the picture the Archies faded from music history.
The other minor hits by the Archies would be "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" (#22), "Feelin' So Good (S.k.o.o.b.y-D.o.o)" (#53), "Sunshine" (#57), and "Who's Your Baby?" (#40). Notice that the six singles that charted are the first six cuts on the album, so do not be surprised when this collection starts off strong and then by the time you get to the end of the album the flavor has gone out of it (what other metaphor would you suggest?). All of these songs fit the same mold, which means a catchy melody and meaningless lyrics about love. It would be easy to dismiss all bubblegum music as ear candy, but "Sugar, Sugar" sold six million copies.
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