The Easybeats
It's 2 Easy - Parlophone 1966
Tracks: 1. Let Me Be / 2. You Are The Light / 3. Women / 4. Come And See Her / 5. Ill Find Somebody To Take Your Place / 6. Someway Somewhere / 7. Easy As Can Be / 8. I Can See / 9. Sad And Lonely And Blue / 10. Somethin Wrong / 11. In My Book / 12. What About Our Love / 13. Then Ill Tell You Goodbye / 14. Wedding Ring / 15. Me Or You / 16. Too Much / 17. Ill Make You Happy / 18. A Very Special Man / 19. Trying So Hard / 20. Friday On My Mind / 21. Make My Bed Gonna Lie In It / 22. Happy Is The Man / 23. How You Doing Now / 24. All Gone Boy / 25. Mandy
Comments:
Already on The Easybeat's second album from 1966, you will notice that this is a band with talent beyond the ordinary. The songwriting, which is still primarily handled by George Young and Stevie Wright jointly, has been raised significantly in level compared to the debut; and instrumentally there is greater variation and certainty.
The singles on the album "Women" and "Wedding Ring" were big hits in Australia; both are pretty raw r & b tracks, written by Wright / Young. The pair also wrote a third single together, "Come and See Her", which became the group's first single in the UK, and which points a lot in the direction of what the group would later release. A fourth single was the fine "Sad, Lonely and Blue"; which strangely enough disappointed on the charts.
Other strong album tracks include "You are the Light", "Someway, Somewhere", "What About Our Love" (A Fleet song) and the album's only Vanda / Young composition, the great "The I'll Tell You Goodbye" - all songs fine, melodic and well composed.
Among the bonus tracks you will find i.a. four tracks from the EP "Easyfever", which contained strong tracks such as "A Very Special Man" and the whimsical "Too Much" written by Vanda / Wright / Young.
Songs like "Friday on My Mind", "Made My Bed", "Happy is the Man", "All Gone Boy" and "Mandy" come from some later sessions and would logically be better suited as bonus songs on the "Good Friday" The album; especially the first three are really great.
Back to Band pages
|
