- Audio CD (Jun 26 2012)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Universal Music
- ASIN: B007ZIMB0M
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #133,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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One has only to hear the Tokens' remake of their 1961 hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight (here entitled Wimoweh 5 Years Later) that leads off this album to appreciate how far this vocal group and pop music in general had come by 1967. Legendary engineer Brooks Arthur was behind the board for this one, and the arrangements were by Jimmy Wisner of Kokomo fame. We've also added the Tokens' non-LP Warner Brothers singles, which at times range even farther afield than the album - Animal in particular is reminiscent of some of Frank Zappa's collaborations with the Turtles! Original Token Phil Margo makes sense of it all in Richie Unterberger's liner notes.
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Schizophrenic! Big time
July 17 2012
By AsiancCharm
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Format:Audio CD
I don't have a whole lot of the Tokens in my library. The two discs that I own are the RCA 1994 compilation "THE BEST OF" and the Varese Sarabande 2004 compilation "THE VERY BEST OF 1964-1967". I must say I am quite fond of this folk group.
As this CD includes the ablum "It's a happening world" and 11 bonus tracks, it's a very generous offering. But to listen to the whole CD from the beginning to the end is a rather excruciating and schizophrenic experience. One minute it's folk, next minute it's sunshine/Baroque pop or surf rock. Similarly, the vocal harmony often switches from four-part folk-rock to multi-layer Beach Boy and/or the late Beatles without any warning. Track 17 "Animal" is a great example of what goes wrong: the group is trying so very hard to sound "hip", it ends up sounding like a caricature of themselves.
As this CD includes the ablum "It's a happening world" and 11 bonus tracks, it's a very generous offering. But to listen to the whole CD from the beginning to the end is a rather excruciating and schizophrenic experience. One minute it's folk, next minute it's sunshine/Baroque pop or surf rock. Similarly, the vocal harmony often switches from four-part folk-rock to multi-layer Beach Boy and/or the late Beatles without any warning. Track 17 "Animal" is a great example of what goes wrong: the group is trying so very hard to sound "hip", it ends up sounding like a caricature of themselves.
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