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Goin' Down 3:10 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Annabella 2:31 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Sweet Pain 2:50 ░▐ ▌░ 04. It Takes The Best 3:12 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Don't Refuse My Love 2:57 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Long Road 2:52 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Don't Pull Your Love Out 2:43 ░▐ ▌░ 08. What Can You Say 2:49 ░▐ ▌░ 09. Behold 2:44 ░▐ ▌░ 10. Young, Wild And Free 2:41 ░▐ ▌░ 11. Nora 4:58 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, and Tommy Reynolds went Top ░▐ ▌░ Five in 1971 under the guidance of Grass Roots co-producer ░▐ ▌░ Steve Barri and on the strength of the Dennis Lambert/Brian ░▐ ▌░ Potter hit "Don't Pull Your Love Out." Two minutes and 40 ░▐ ▌░ seconds of adult contemporary rock, a bit more of an edge ░▐ ▌░ than the Happenings could muster, but not as hip as the Mamas ░▐ ▌░ & the Papas. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The lead vocalist on the song, Danny Hamilton, was around 25 ░▐ ▌░ years of age when this went Top Five, he was 19-ish when, as ░▐ ▌░ a member of the T-Bones, the group went Top Three with an ░▐ ▌░ Alka Seltzer jingle. This self-titled Hamilton, Joe Frank, ░▐ ▌░ and Reynolds album is sophisticated adult pop for such a ░▐ ▌░ young crew, with "Behold" and "Nora" having more than their ░▐ ▌░ share of Spanish influences and "What Can You Say" showing ░▐ ▌░ that Tom Reynolds can write country-pop α la what Kenny ░▐ ▌░ Rogers & the First Edition would initiate on their Transition ░▐ ▌░ album. Reynolds writes or co-writes five of the ten songs, a ░▐ ▌░ mantle Dan Hamilton took upon himself when Dennison replaced ░▐ ▌░ Tom Reynolds for the Fallin' in Love album. Joe Frank Carollo ░▐ ▌░ could fit perfectly on a Delaney Bramlett album with "Sweet ░▐ ▌░ Pain." ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Make no mistake that these twenty-something guys are pros, ░▐ ▌░ with all titles but the experimental "Nora" clocking in at ░▐ ▌░ under three minutes. Where "It Takes the Best" is fine adult ░▐ ▌░ contemporary, the album does have a turkey or two; "Don't ░▐ ▌░ Refuse My Love" is a rocker that doesn't work for Danny ░▐ ▌░ Hamilton and Joe Frank's duet. The Steve Barri-induced horns ░▐ ▌░ don't help matters either, but these were the days when ░▐ ▌░ ABC/Dunhill was into the hit single, thank you very much, and ░▐ ▌░ a fun little ditty like "Long Road" isn't Danny Hutton or ░▐ ▌░ Chuck Negron, nor is it Cory Wells. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The band does come off like an easy listening Three Dog ░▐ ▌░ Night, and given the label's success with that group, what's ░▐ ▌░ wrong with attempting to merge the styles of the Grass Roots ░▐ ▌░ and Three Dog Night? That's the concept at play here, an ░▐ ▌░ image they would eradicate four years later with some ░▐ ▌░ exquisite tracks on the Fallin' in Love album released by ░▐ ▌░ Playboy Records. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ By that point, with one member change, the group was in total ░▐ ▌░ production control, but the sound they developed started on ░▐ ▌░ this self-titled debut. Having Larry Knechtel on keyboards ░▐ ▌░ and Venetta Fields, Maxine Willard, and Ginger Blake on the ░▐ ▌░ girls' background vocals (the stars did all their own backing ░▐ ▌░ vocals for the guy parts), and with Three Dog Night ░▐ ▌░ photographer Ed Caraeff in the mix, this album with the first ░▐ ▌░ hit is a more important record than it has been given credit ░▐ ▌░ for. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ marr │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ indie . pop . rock . shoegaze . dream . jangle . twee ░▐ ▌░ chamber . noise . c-86 . college . goth . post . kraut ░▐ ▌░ darkwave . alternative . lo-fi . country . americana ░▐ ▌░ folk . folk/rock . psychedelic . progressive . metal ░▐ ▌░ heavy . hair . math . grunge . classic . southern . aor ░▐ ▌░ west coast . punk . garage . avantgarde . classical ░▐ ▌░ electronic . ambient ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ░▌░ ░ █ █ ░ ░▐░ ▌░ ▓▓█ █▓▓ ░▐ ▌░ ░█ █░ ░▐ ▌░ █ ░ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ █ ░▐ ░ ▌░██ ░ ▒█████░ ░█████▒ ░ ██░▐ ░ ▒ ░ ▌░█ ░ ███▓ ▓██ ▒ ▒ ██▓ ▓███ ░ █░▐ ░ ▒ ░██ ▌█▓ ████ █▒ ▒█ ████ ▓░▐ ██░ ░██████░ ███ █ █ ███ ░██████░ ██████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████ ▒███ ███▒ ██ █ █ ██ ▒███ ███▒ ████ ████████ ▒ █ █ ▒ ████████ ████ ████░ ███████░ ░░ █ █ ░░ ░███████ ░████ █████░ ████▒ ▒ ▓█ █▒ ▒█ █▓ ▒ ▒████ ░█████ █████░ ██████████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████████ ░█████ ▒██████ ░ ███████▒ ████▒▒█ █▒▒████ ▒███████ ░ ██████▒ ░ ███░ ███ ░ * █▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓█ * ░ ███ ░███ ░ █░ ███ █░ *** * * █▒█▒▒██████▒▒█▒█ * * *** ░█ ███ ░█ ████ ██ * ████████ ████████ * ██ ████ ████████ * *** ░ ░██████ ██████░ ░ *** * ████████ █████ ** ░ ████ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ████ ░ ** █████ ▒█████████████▒▒ ░░ ░░ ▒▒█████████████▒ ░▓██████████▒ ░░ ░░ ▒██████████▓░ ▒█████ ░░ ░░ █████▒ ███ ███ ██ ██ ▒█ █▒ https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bah3u45mmjs3dc3ygiqejt3ostu