The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967 uk, psychedelia)

The Pretty Things - Emotions (1967 uk, psychedelia)

In accordance with their label's (and not the band's) wishes, the Pretties were teamed with a middle-aged orchestra directed by Reg Tilsley on this album, which saw the Phil May-Dick Taylor songwriting team making an effort to move beyond R&B knockoffs into more sophisticated territory. Sometimes the arrangements (dubbed onto tracks without much involvement from the group) worked? more often, they were an unnecessary hindrance. An interesting failure, it contained some genuinely top-rank originals that saw the group expanding their vision into social observation and tentative psychedelia, including "My Time," "The Sun," and especially the moody, folk-rock-ish "Death of a Socialite."
by Richie Unterberger

And here is this enchanted garden of psychedelia. The Pretty Things' third album has its admirers - but The Pretty Things are not among them. Released in May of 1967, "Emotions" saw this stubborn band embarking, just for once, on a path that was not of their choosing. Doubtful of the Pretty Things' place in a changing music scene, Fontana's hierarchy thought the beat group formula was fading and needed dressing up with mainstream pop arrangements. So they summoned new producer Steve Rowland. But the most radical coloring of the Pretties' sound was done by another outsider, one Reg Tilsey, who overdubbed the elaborate arrangements, much to the bands disgust.

1. Death Of A Socialite (P. May, D. Taylor, I. Stirling) - 0:00

2. Children (P. May, D. Taylor, W. Waller) - 2:43

3. The Sun (P. May, W. Waller) - 5:48

4. There Will Never Be Another Day (P. May, D. Taylor, W. Waller) - 8:54

5. House Of Ten (P. May, D. Taylor, W. Waller) - 11:17

6. Out In The Night (D. Taylor, Stirling) - 14:11

7. One Long Glance (P. May, D. Taylor, W. Waller) - 16:55

8. Growing In My Mind (P. May, D. Taylor) - 19:50

9. Photographer (P. May, D. Taylor, I. Stirling) - 22:11

10.Bright Lights Of The City (P. May, W. Waller) - 24:19

11. Tripping (P. May, D. Taylor) - 27:20

12.My Time (P. May, D. Taylor, W. Waller) - 30:48


The Pretty Things

*Phil May - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
*Dick Taylor - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
*John Povey - Percussion, Vocals
*Wally Allen Waller - Bass, Vocals
*Skip Alan - Drums, Vocals


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