Groovin'

Enjoyable, if a tad bit generic.

I didn’t know this group or the songs but they were fun and catchy for a Saturday morning.

nice sound, i like it!

I've long believed The Rascals to be among the most underrated bands of their era. These dudes had a ton of pop chops with a decent flair for rock. I think one thing that holds them back from the acclaim they deserve (other than this, and multiple other, absolutely ghastly album covers) is the fact that they may be more of a Greatest Hits type of band. They've got a bunch of great tunes, but I'm not sure they have any one great album. I can't say this listen changed that opinion for me, but you won't catch me giving them even a mid rating when I know how much these boys cooked.

Ranging from pointless to annoying, this album was not for me.

Groovin’

Ohne of a million! 60er-Sound ohne das besondere Extra!

Pretty good, chill music

One of many Beatles imitators around at the time. However, this attempt to copy the Fab Four has been quite successful. Many songs appear to be catchy, with some surprising hooks, and a nice variety of songs throughout the album. I wasn't that convinced before listening to it, due to the mixed reviews; however, it scored much better for me than expected. Been doubting between giving it 3 and 4 stars, but will give it the benefit of the doubt, so 4 stars it is. 4/5

Nice, easygoing mix of 60s pop ranging from soul to psychedelic rock. Pleasant and enjoyable, though not particularly memorable. Sometimes I wanted a little extra oomph from the songs, but overall I liked this.

"Groovin'" is a really special song. It's a perfect little encapsulation of a great afternoon. Just groovin'. I feel like I'm walking down the street with my wife, we just had a pre-game cocktail and we're walking to our favorite restaurant and it's our only plan for the day. It's a wonderful 74 degrees F and everything is well. Great album cover. How amazing is it that it has that little "This LP has the big hit How can I be Sure" on it... and that's not even the track that's stood the test of time!

Nice beatlesque

This is crystal clear a 5-star-album.

Good, but didn’t do much for me.

- Mom can we get The Beatles? - No but we have The Beatles at home. The Beatles at home:

the past!

Title song a classic. The rest felt like a so so collection of show tunes

I wanted to dislike it given 1) shit album cover 2) shit album name 3) shit band name and the fact that it feels the list is over stuffed with derivative late 60's American bands. Anyhow notwithstanding the above I was rather charmed by the album and its mix of pop/rock/soul.

Groovin’ I was slightly, and nicely, surprised by the early 70s soft-rock blue-eyed-soul yacht-rock feel to the A Girl Like You, having assumed it would be more psychedelia, less Gilbert O’Sullivan. Some of that psychedelia surfaces on Find Somebody, but I like the acid-Byrds feel to the riff and the chorus has a fun garage rock feel, it definitely grew on me. I’m So Happy Now is quite Turtles-esque, another nice blue eyed soul feel with some Sgt Pepperiness. Sueno is a bit Love and a bit Mariachi and does feel a little flimsy. I wasn’t that keen How Can I Be Sure, again it’s a bit Love, although the horn line is nice. Groovin’ is great, I didn’t know it wasn’t a Booker T original, it has some lovely almost samba/bossa nova sway to it. If You Knew seems to hit a similar seam as A Girl Like You and I’m So Happy, a nice bit of soul inflected pop. I Don’t Love You Anymore feels a bit of a retread of Groovin, albeit quite a successful one. You Better Run is good, it has a fun, rough-edged garage rock feel to it, recalling Find Somebody. A Place In The Sun has a nice little melody and groove even if the whole thing feels a little slight. It’s Love again has elements of Love, although I like that it feels like there is a bit more weight to it than some of Love’s more winsome and fey stuff. I enjoyed this, more than I was expecting, even if it feels like they have 3 types of song they do variations upon, either blue eyed soul, latin groove or garage-rock, all influenced by Love and The Beatles. But enjoyable enough to be a solid to high 3. 🪇🪇🪇 Playlist submission: A Girl Like You

In addition to the dreamy 'Groovin'', a few others here feel familiar. Maybe I know them from Capital Gold osmosis back in the day, by one of their respective cover artists. 'How Can I Be Sure' is a very familiar melody, a cross between soul and musical. Maybe it's the Dusty Springfield version I know - this song suits her melodramatic soul sound perfectly. 'A Place in the Sun' also feels familiar; it feels like a singalong standard, and deserves to be more widely known. Overall you have the superb titular track, and a couple of others that feel like true standards, along with some very pleasant filler that can't quite decide in which direction it wishes to go.

Pretty mid. Nothing memorable but I did recognize the title track.

Partió sonando piola, pero terminó siendo super genérico. De verdad que no entiendo por qué está en esta lista.

sorry, I don't think I HAD to hear this before I died. It just makes me think of all the things I could have been listening to instead...

i enjoyed this, lots of songs i'd revisit.

Pleasant but forgettable.

Chill

(60/100)

Another groovy late 60s band. "Groovin" is the hit that I know and have heard everywhere but never knew it was them. They sang on happy and sad topics so it didn't feel entirely like the "world is the best" groovy feelings.

I don’t know what to think of the album cover. A lot of sixties albums had hand-drawn covers, but this one’s bad in a special way. The center guy with the red shirt has no neck for Christ’s sake. Honestly, the cover is the only worthwhile thing to talk about here. Other than that, it’s just your average boy band album from the sixties, riding the bandwagon that was following the Beatles’ success. Nothing terrible, but only average. The real question is why is it on this list. Kind of a wasted spot if you ask me. Favorite track: How Can I Be Sure Other hits: Groovin’, You Better Run, Find Somebody, I’m So Happy Now

Pretty good but very 60s

Groovin’ is a great song and I knew a few others on here as well. A fun trip down memory lane with mildly psychedelic influences it really straight ahead 60s pop. Can definitely hear the Beatles influence throughout. 3.5⭐️

Not one I'd have known or considered but it's a great listen and has the incredible title song!

I enjoyed listening to this much more than I thought I would...it made a nice soundtrack to the morning. It's very late 60's and it's an awful album cover.

Problem is, I'm just not into it Groovin is an ok single and title track Funny to listen to an album in mono

*Here’s another one I’ll use an A.I. construct to explain.* If you asked A.I. to make you a cliche pop-rock album from 1966, you’d end up with this. Rather than trying to explain the state of music in 1966 to someone, this album seems like it would be the easiest way to distill pop radio down into one album. I don’t say that as a bad thing either. The 34min of this record flew by, and I added 2 tracks to my Spotify ‘liked songs’ playlist. Admittedly, I accidentally put too much whiskey in my coffee this Saturday morning, and there’s a possibility I’m being overly generous here. “Groovin’”, is the most played song from this album on Spotify, and it’s easy see why it would end up on 60s playlists. The other, “You Better Run”, is a fun proto-new wave track that certainly furthered the concept of blue-eyed soul. It feels a little weird to listen to this objectively middle-of-the-road album and consider giving it 4 stars, but here I am.

If you asked me what decade is my least favorite decade for music, I would say the 1960s. Perhaps it’s simply because I like all the other decades more or maybe it’s because I’m sparsely familiar with 60s music. This album gave me a glimmer of hope. I knew Groovin’, but nothing else from The Young Rascals. I am happy to say I rather enjoyed this album. I thought the writing was quite nice, the vocals were pleasing, and the music was interesting. I did a double take when I got to You Better Run because I was unaware Pat Benatar’s version is a cover (although I still like her version better). I also really enjoyed their version of A Place In the Sun. Overall, it was a fun, groovy listen.

Ehhh... I don't hate it but there was so much other music being made in 1967 that I am so much more interested in. Definitely not something anyone needs to hear before they die IMO. I didn't know until today that they wrote and originally performed "You Better Run," the Benatar cover of which I also learned was the second video ever shown on MTV.

2/10

So very, very 60s. Thank God for those bands that pushed us beyond trite, inoffensive platitudes in sung poetry

More versatile that I expected Groovin’ moved between pop, Motown soul and rock sounds without sounding disjointed or erratic. The only major negative is that Apple Music only has a Mono mix which unfortunately does sound flat and lifeless at times. Fun album

Não achei memorável, mas achei um bom álbum dos anos 60, com boa batida!

Groovin' was fine, but just sounds like 60's pop

Groovin is a great song but the rest a kinda of middling for me

i liked it thiiis much

while initially i didn't have my hopes up because of the time period in which this album released and the... very interesting album art, i was pleasantly surprised with what i heard! first time i'm ever hearing of these guys and if this is my first window, i'm pretty amazed by what i hear. very soulful, animated pop music from the 60s. besides the usual staples that music around this time had, from big bands, midcentury mixing and panning and yes, even the few weird backwards samples... there's a real gem here. these men sing their little hearts out, and most every track is just so full of emotion, wit... you WILL be groovin' by the end of this 30-something minute LP's runtime. good stuff!

One of the handful of bands whose name just immediately sends me in the opposite direction. Which is too bad for me, Brigati and Cavaliere really had something. Groovin’ is a bit more a collection of singles TYR released throughout 1966-67 than a standalone effort, typical for the time. Two things relearned: Groovin’ was not sung by a couple of Black guys The lyric is not “you and me and Leslie” Groovin’ really is impeccable. I first heard it to my knowledge on the Platoon soundtrack, which I for some reason had and adored (alongside Good Morning Vietnam...which says maybe too much about US foreign policy blowback). There was a whole industry of 1960s nostalgia throughout the 1980s, which curdled by the 1990s such that this all became shorthand for boomers always being obsessed with themselves. Which is unfair for a few reasons: on a practical level, a lot of these songs weren’t super available in modern, portable formats - my parents’ own scattered music collection is testament to this, random 45s and the occasional LP, which would be a hassle to throw on except on the record player. So, thanks to the Big Chill soundtrack, you could now go out and buy your favourites in one collection on tape or CD. Moreover, these are all classics for a reason! (Not sure how streaming has changed that for subsequent generations - Gen X is hardly in need of a jukebox CD collection of all the hits from 1993.)

I'm groovin'

Whatever. 2.65

I have no words, sorry.

what i'd listen while driving in the delhi rains, but i don't have a car

Fun album but a bit too incoherent and on the surface.

This album is really good, it's a very nice listening. It's not great, but pleasant and entertaining. The music is well done and it has some different sounds that make the album flow and not feel repetitive or plain. It was nice, I liked it.

Another 60s Beatles clone that has 1 maybe 2 songs that are good.

This is an album. Yep. It sure is. Yeah, this one's kind of uninteresting. It's a fairly standard 60s pop rock affair. Nothing crazy, but nothing bad. Compared to legends like the Beatles and Beach Boys, the Young Rascals just kind of exist. The sound doesn't really do anything new, but it doesn't do anything bad either. Well, unless you listen to the stereo version. I had to switch to mono during the second song because of how off-putting the panning was. The songs are alright. Nothing too bad here. The title track is nice. It's not exactly a song I'd groove to, but a nice listen nonetheless. The singing is very much that of a 60s pop rock album. This album isn't bad by any stretch of the word, but it also doesn't do much to stick out of the crowd. Also the album cover's weird. Light 3/5.

Groovin' is a good song, the rest was standard 60's rock fare. It was okay.

God this was fucking boring.

I didn't feel it was that remarkable, but there was a couple of songs that I liked, it was okay

Typical radio friendly late 60s-early 70s pop, with more of a soul feeling of similar bands of the era. A couple of the songs on this album were in steady rotation on the radio during the early 80s. Standard instrumentation of the period as well as recording style.

Another one I'm not sure why is on the list. It's not particularly bad, but nothing about it as a whole seems special enough for me to hear before I die. It had a few good tracks that stood out. Otherwise, I didn't find it very impressive. As I noted above, nothing on the album was bad. Most of it was just bland. It sounded of its era, with love-focused lyrics and rather boring musical backing on most tracks. Sort of like it was still following the format of 50s pop, but starting to come into the 60s sound at times. There were a few moments of musical intricacy, but not very many. It was easy for me to zone out on it. That said, it did pick up for the last half, starting with Groovin'. My ears actually perked up at that track, sounding much more distinct and interesting than what I had heard from the first five songs. It got me to keep focused for the rest of the album, which I wasn't able to do for the whole first half. As a result, I liked a number of the songs I heard there, even if I still found them a little bland. I do think there are some good tracks, but the album as a whole is what I'm evaluating. I don't see it as an all-timer or even all that good. It's just a little too dull for me. I give it points for having no bad tracks and for having a few good ones. I still don't think it's much better than fine, though. Overall: 2.5/5

I’m too depressed to be listening to such a happy album

Gear: Grado Hemp Artwork: 🖍️👌🤨 Production: 🔊🔇😐 Music: 🔃6️⃣0️⃣ Rating: 👌(👌)/5

ok 60/100

Genial. Necesito saber la historia de los Young Rascals y sobre todo, enterarme por qué, siendo lo geniales que me parecieron, solamente sacaron un disco. El álbum completo me fascinó y tuve que repetir enseguida. De hecho ni siquiera he eliminado su descarga, porque quiero repetirlo varias veces esta semana. Gran música, grandes letras, una gozada.

Pk

Like someone took the worst of The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Monkees and threw them into a blender. Garbage 60s pop.

Tut niemandem weh

Sounds a bit dated to me. Just because of "Find Somebody" and "Groovin'" I give it weak three stars. 2,5

Favorite: I don't love you anymore and You better run I really like the songs Sueno, Groovin', I don't love you anymore and You Better Run I definitely like the second half of this album better than the first.

This is alright. It has all the hallmarks of 60’s pop music and not too much beyond that. Some songs reminded me of stuff Sam Cooke did years earlier or like other contemporary bands like Love or the Monkees. Favorites were Find Somebody, Groovin’, and You Better Run.

This is a very fun record that has a lot of creative aspects to it. I imagine in its day it got lost in the whole Beatles / Beach Boys thing. Very good performances and production. The songs are solid tho a few border on a little goofy. Overall a great record that I am glad I was introduced to in this project.

One of the more interesting sounding albums I've uncovered through this list I must say! Didn't sound too much like a copy of The Kinks, Beatles or Beach Boys. Found 'Groovin' and 'A Girl Like You' to be particularly interesting, but overall I enjoyed the unexpectedly good composition and interesting sound of the album! Weak 4.

Felt like a copy of The Beatles and/or The Kinks. Quite uninspired though the harmonic playing on "Groovy" was quite nice. I have difficulty motivating why you would listen to this compared to many other good 60s records on this list.

I left my wallet in El Segundo sample!! Worth 2 stars at least for that. Doesn't quite have the same level of interest as A Tribe Called Quest have for me though.

Nicht unbedingt mein Geschmack aber gibt schlimmeres

Minusta jää vähän ulkokultaiseksi. Tyylikäs ja hiottu, mutta en saa tästä tunnetta irti. Ei groovaa ihan nimensä oikeuttavasti.

Meh

Generic late 60s boomer-dad pop. There are a ton of bands that sound like this. Most of them are better.

Nothing wrong with it, but it didn’t stand out to me. Title track is good and Stevie wonder cover is good

Listening to this feels like stepping into a simpler time - when love could be expressed with wide-open sweetness. There’s a kind of Jack-and-Jane innocence running through the album, a youthful sincerity that’s charming even when it edges into the saccharine. At times it can feel a little over the top, but the heart behind it is undeniable. And it’s kind of cute, that little thing called love - and it’s captured freely here. Standouts for me were Sueno, Groovin’, You Better Run, and It’s Love. It’s the sort of album that begs to be played on a road trip, bringing its carefree mood along for the ride.

​Growing up in LA, one could not escape intimately knowing the eponymous "Groovin​'" ​​as a ​storied and iconic lowrider classic, and to be honest, until today, I had no idea this was sung ​by white boys. I reckon the joke's on me, coz although these guys could have been written off as vanilla soul one-hit-wonders, their work really holds up. ​They seem to really embrace their inescapable Smokey Robinson influences​ and also inject this release with some experiments into psychedelia. I guess maybe they tried acid? On this release I'm not too into the more sing-songy happy songs​ that sound like the Monkees over the more psych and soul sounds. ​T​he riffs on "Find Somebody" ​really take ​things to ​H​ipsville, USA.​ ​"How ​Can I ​Be ​Sure​" is ​another familiar​ track, and I do appreciate the ​playfulness of it, especially the chanson accordion​. The footage of them lip-syncing this track on Ed Sullivan conjures swirly soft focus fantasies that I imagine led to some baby-making across the country once horny couples on the couch rolled over onto the remote control for their Zenith and the lights went low. ​"You Better Run​" is a total jam. The drums carry the whole thing forward while ​the Hammond ​B-3 and its incredible interplay with the buzzed​-out guitar punctuate it with ​swelling ​e​nergy, paying off and releasing the rhythmic tension created by ​the drums. No wonder ​pat Benet​ar covered it to ​pretty wide acclaim in the 80s​. (After the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star", Bentar's cover was the second music video to air on MTV). Closing out with ​"It​'s Love​" is a​ surprisingly strong finish​. Surprising because a slightly discordant piano opening and some overblown flute would usually spell disaster for my ears. But this thing fucking grooves and gets a little weird with the atonal background ladies' vocal harmonies. The slight rasp in the singer's voice gives it an earnestness that really sells it. Overall this album doesn't thrill, but it definitely has a few important singles on it that have endured the crushing weight of time. Finally, not sorry to say the cover art design is dorky as fuck. It looks like my kid nephew colored it with magic markers and the poses and arrangement of the band members look strangely violent. I guess the concept was one of the band members' ideas. I reckon that perhaps that acid they tried was some of the bad stuff?

Normally, blue-eyed soul is my jam, but I'm finding I don't love Motown era R&B all that much. The more psychedelic songs are even worse. The title track is the hit and it's the best song on the album. The music is fine but this seems like a really odd choice considering the soul albums left out.

A perfect example of blue-eyed soul. The (Young) Rascals were allegedly the first all-white act signed to Atlantic Records, and they fit well with their contemporaries--these sound like pop songs as performed by soul music musicians--think Motown and Fame Records. Tough luck for The Young Rascals to release this album within months of Their Majesties' Satanic Service and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Hard to get traction in the press, even with an album this good, when those two albums were rocketed into the public consciousness around the same time.

This record feels like an attempt at soul but it is missing all of the heart that should go there. No songs are bad, but none are elevated by vocal performances that stand out besides perhaps the title track.

Just about as close to generic as you can get. There's a few good parts, but its like the Monkees without the charm or the Beatles without the talent.

3.25

Interesting and talented band I would like to check out more but this particular album would not be in my top 1001.

I know it's not really a fair comparison, but The (Young) Rascals seem like a weird mashup of the Beatles, the Monkees, and maybe something like the Moody Blues or the Bee Gees, plus plenty of 50s R&B added in. And I'll give them credit for cramming a lot of variety in 35 minutes. I'm not sure a lot of this spaghetti really stuck, at least with me, but I enjoyed the opening "A girl like you", the unexpected "Sueno", and "You better run" (which Pat Benatar disappointingly failed to improve on with her version), although I'm not sure those really offset painful tracks like their hit "How can I be sure" or "I don't love you anymore". But this isn't really their fault--I'm just not a big fan of their style.

Fun but not too interesting for me. Groovin is a good song though!

great

fun, harmless rock classics. Mellow and so 67. I like the hits and was overall pretty solid

Pop pap.

This album is very dull, very standard, very uninteresting, very safe pop rock album. The more listenings I gave it to, the more I hated it. The only elements that got my attention were the horns in 'A Girl Like You' and 'I'm So Happy Now'; the flamenco intro to 'Sueno', which last only just 10 sencods before starting to play another plain song; and the distortion of the guitars in 'You Better Run' makes the song stand out from the rest and gives it a bit of attitude. I'm giving it 2 stars, as in my last two listenings I was doing a lot of skips. Finally, I want to rant a little bit about these type of records in this list. I don't get it. They feel like pure filler. These albums that clearly didn't do anything to push forward the music boundaries are the ones that makes me hate this list the most. Not the album, but the list.

Wait this was surprisingly good

Dear god, the 1960s were full of albums like this, they're a bit much to be honest. A pain to listen to.

Nice oldies. Groovin’ is classic.

own

I already knew the song Groovin', but there are numerous other catchy tunes on this record.

Groovin' in deed.

Except for a few songs, I didn't really connect with the band's musical style, even though I love the music of this era...

Fav: Groovin’ Least Fav: If You Knew What a terrible album cover, I’ll be seeing that in my nightmares

rockcito playero

2/5. The genre is called blue-eyed soul and that feels weird, I don't know why. And I appreciate them writing their own works, compared to the Byrds for the most part. It just didn't hit me, like in a playlist, one song here could be good but a whole album felt a little tired by the end. I wouldn't even say it's bad but it's not for me. Best Song: How Can I Be Sure, Groovin, A Girl Like You

Was a lil skeptical about the title of the album but listening to this it kinda grooved. Shocked for 60’s music haha I’m low-key disappointed from the decade typically.

Decent 60s album that is smooth and easy to listen to. Doesn't do much, but does that well.

A pleasant but ultimately underwhelming entry in the rich tapestry of 1967’s musical landscape. You Better Run stands head and shoulders above anything else on the album.

Not my jam. Couldn't finish it. 1 Star.

Inoffensive background noise. Nothing you have to listen to before you die. 2.4.

Another band trying to be the Beatles. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 1/5

It’s fine for what it is. A couple of songs I actually like. But the rest comes across as fairly derivative for the time. 2.5/5

- war immerhin entspannt aber ansonsten wirklich langweilig. Selbst der meistgehörte Track "Groovin'" ist nicht groß herausgestochen. Dazu kurz, auch gut 2 – Respektiere ich, aber nicht meins 🤷‍♂️ Ich sehe, warum das Album wichtig ist oder geschätzt wird, aber es hat mich nicht gepackt.

Underwhelming bland Beatles wannabes. Favorite songs: You Better Run, Groovin', A Place in the Sun, I'm So Happy Now Least favorite songs: How Can I Be Sure 2/5

Groovy

Jah, dit was nu niet zo opmerkelijk vond ik. Beatlesque, maar als je van zo'n dergelijke albums een boek zou maken, kom je al aan 1001 denk ik dan. 2.4

Nada del otro mundo, pop tranquilo de los 60 sin nada especial a destacar

5/10 Favourite: A Place in the Sun Least Favourite: Sueno

Classic blue eyed soul with strong songs

What a lovely little collection of bops

Not terrible - - but would I ever listen to this again? No

Not the British psychedelia we're used to. This is a poppier offering, but that tends to work in The Young Rascals' favor. The music is digestible, while still throwing enough eccentricities or flair to remain interesting throughout. I love the jazz flute

This was a lot more jaunty and entertaining than what I was expecting from an album cover like that. They make themselves look like The Beatles but slightly worse and kind of end up going in a different direction while still clearly being Beatles inspired. Regardless, it's just good fun.

Слушал в моно. Интересно, надо бы ещё послушать, поискать.

3,5

This was good. It had that oldies feel mixed with a little bit of psychedelia. I don’t know that I would ever go back to it, but it was fine

5/10 - it was groovy I’ll give them that

Not really special but definitely more enjoyable than I was expecting considering how shit most of the 60s psychedelic stuff on this list is

Bit of a weaker ending, but the album overall was quite solid.

Boring. Upbeat. But boring. 2/5

The album starts fairly middle of the road inoffensive 60s pop rock and then you reach Sueno. Sueno suddenly introduces flamenco stylings, but this still doesn’t lift the overall album from mundanity. Groovin is however a great song. Overall the album is a pleasant enough snapshot of the era but nothing to write home about.

I genuinely could not tell you anything about this album, except I don’t think I hated it?

This is one of those albums where I just have no strong opinions. It was fine. I wouldn't turn it off if it was playing in the background, but I'm pretty sure it has left absolutely no impression (positive or negative). So: 2/5

Fun! This is such a product of its time, it’s like 3-4 different styles all mashed into one album. It was funny hearing the early-Beatles-esque pop followed by big band followed by that kinda psychedelic pop.

2 sterne

Meh, its ok but it blends in with too much of the 60s not-beatles

Kinda felt like listrening to a parody or "stock music" version of music from the 60s.

Dit doet me wel heel erg denken aan The Monkees en die heb ik al vrij laag gewaardeerd. Ik kan hier eigenlijk moeilijk hoger voor gaan geven, maar het laagje soul wat ze toevoegen is wel leuk gedaan. Het is geen verschrikkelijke muziek gelukkig en het is allemaal goed aan te horen, maar dat dit is toegevoegd aan deze lijst is echt op geen enkele manier te verantwoorden. Erg vergeetbaar, maar ik geef toch een 3.

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Ganz tolles Album!

Its good, nothing mind blowing.

This is NOT Brian Wilson

An album with a nice vibe- songs were relaxed, pleasant, and easy to listen too. Really captured the mood of the late 60s.

8/1001 The Young Rascals - Groovin' Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ A bit of light psych rock, a bit of soul. This all comes together in a very enjoyable way. Just how different it is from other stuff in the 60s, I honestly can't say, but it all felt very familiar.

To me, this just sounded like average commercial pop from the ’60s. While it’s clearly a smooth blend of soul, sunshine pop, and light psychedelia, it ultimately felt too bland for my taste. Nothing really grabbed me, and it’s not something I see myself returning to in the future.

A short pleasant listen.

Dem Album merkt man sein Alter an. Die Lieder sind ok, aber nicht herausragend für mich. 2/5

Väldigt lätt att gilla. Tycker inte det är en klockrena fyra, men tillräckligt bra för att slippa en medioker trea. Det händer ändå mycket lattjo. Sen tror jag inte jag kommer lyssna mer på detta.

Kul överraskning! Poppigt och enkelt att tycka om redan vid första genomlyssningen. Jag gillar det mestadels rockiga med den lite lagom psykadeliska fonden och att det är en del sköna funkiga inslag också. Hög nivå rakt igenom.

New to me and I like it! Of course I had heard of the Young Rascals before but had never listened to them.

Achei um álbum ok. QKZ AK6 Pro.

"We have the Beatles at home"

Not a classic. Not even close. A couple cool tracks, but most of it is mild, safe and radio friendly enough to offend no one, even in 1967. Background music for people who think rebellion means skipping church.

yeah decent standard 60 sstuff

Enjoyable but nothing of note

Rating (1-5): ✩✩✩ Will I be listening to this again: Idk What do I like about it: It was ok, nothing special What I dislike about it: Nothing particularly Higlighted songs: Groovin'

Given the band's overall image I had low expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it was actually decent. That said, it never rose above that: just decent. None of the songs stood out or went above and beyond, and they all felt quite basic.

It has a lot of the structure of things I like (harmonisation of the Beach Boys, catchy tunes like Groovin), but for some reason just doesn't hit. Songs are too minimalistic and restrained for me.

indeed, such a nice Beatles vibe, loved it!

Chilled and good vibes. Felt a lot like the Beatles

Nice harmonies but I don't understand why this is on the list. Just sounds like a weird US Beatles rip-off. 6/10 fav songs : I Don't love you anymore & You Better Run

It's OK but I think that I've heard the songs before and I'm not dead yet.

Nice vocals. The songs were pretty dated and could benefit from some edgier more modern covers.

A couple of well known hits here, but also very dated, and the rest was nothing special.

Not horrible but not something I would choose to listen to.

It's definitely music

Thinks they're the Beatles. Doesn't come close.

Another perfectly fine 60's rock album. Sounds like the Beatles, but maybe just a bit more interesting. I enjoyed it, especially the closing track. Overall, I can't say that it totally wowed me, but it was better than I expected.

5/10 Perfectly servicable 60s jangle pop. Probably more of an impact in its day, but with everything else that has happened since, it is hard to get excited about it

Correcto

A better album than expected from what I assumed was a singles band.

Good and short soul album from 1967, but the thing is that there are at least a dozen better albums from that year alone which didn't make the list.

According to my magical source of information there are currently 6,797 albums better than this one.

Date: 19 June, 2025 Nice airy music for playing on Sunday mornings

Never heard of this band. I liked some of the tracks, Sueno in particular.

Real peaceful music

Great 60’s rock sound combined with some doo wop and groove. Really enjoyed this.

Harmless 60s pop but did nothing for me

Groovy

Something new I discovered and liked quite a bit!

Not great, not terrible, not memorable

Pretty groovy. 3/5

#607. Pretty standard hippie music. Terrible album cover though. 3/5: acceptable

It was fine, but hardly memorable and I didn't hear anything which made me think it was amongst the finest or most influential albums of all time.

Listenable.

Pretty great stuff. How Can I Be Sure was one of my favorite songs as a kid, but I’d only hear it when my dad played the classic rock station. I’d forgotten completely about it! Then Groovin’ came on, and I understood immediately how this album got a slot on this list. A lot of people here have shrugged this off as a forgettable Beatles imitation. I think there’s more here than that. If anything, it was good to hear a band I didn’t know about, who surprised me with two hits that sent me back to childhood.

This is powerful early adventures into daring new sounds. Worth listening to many times.

Итс окэй для очередной попытки в Битлз. Лучшая песня - Find Somebody.

3- Stars (7/15)

Gillade ändå, kanske återkommer till!

Had a couple songs I recognized but a very sub par record.

Not for me

I grew up with the Rascals-- they were one of my mom's favorite groups. There was more than one mix tape featuring a Rascals song. "Good Lovin'", "In The Midnight Hour", and "Groovin'" are all songs I recall from my childhood. Revisiting this stuff was such a treat. Their sound is refreshing and holds up still today.

Cool. I like the horns.

It is pretty groovin' so it does what it says on the tin. It's also uneven with some early 1960s sounding tracks, easy listening, soul, and psychedelic pop. Pleasant enough but the first time I've asked: why is this included in the list? The Zombies, the Easybeats, and, heck, The Monkees all did this better.

I never knew that Groovin', You Better Run, and Hw Can I Be Sure were by The Young Rascals. They are clearly classics. The rest is ok.

Just serviceable. Pretty enjoyable, but not especially one to come back to. It's a truly terrible album cover by the way.

Nice

3.5

Pretty good mid-60s bluesy pop-rock. I recognized "Groovin'" from oldies stations which were always playing in our kitchen growing up. Would rate 3.5.

Well I can't say I didn't groove

This is just background music. Nothing really exciting.

The title track is stellar, but alot of this album is pretty bland. Also it felt strange to hear this very white guys do a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “A Place in the Sun”.

I didn't like the start of this album but it grew on me. I don't know if it's a strength or weakness that the album is tapping into to so many *different* 60's vibes -- from seemingly squeaky-clean crooning to rough guitar rock to hints of early psychedelic. As a whole, it's a fascinating time capsule.

Grupo italoamericano de NJ , simpático, astral bacana, boas composições. 4 estrelas

Niet echt mijn soort muziek.

1967, das Jahr in dem Sgt. Pepper und andere wegweisende Alben von Pink Floyd und Hendrix und den Doors und Cream und... veröffentlicht wurden. Da tue ich mich mit diesem Album schwer, auch wenn einige Songs von anderen Interpreten zum Leben erweckt wurden.

Haven't heard of them before. Huh, that was a whole bunch of nothing 1/5

A Girl Like You and Groovin' are nice songs that still feel relevant. The rest of this feels very much like the mid 60s early rock album that it is. A bit dusty, but not without its pleasures.

Possibly the worst album cover I've ever seen. I would have been embarrassed to have had to pick this up and walk over to the cashier in a record store. I think I would have had to have hidden it under another album or something. The music isn't quite as bad, but was lacklustre. There's one big hit, which last all of two and a half minutes, and everything else sounds like a cross between The Beatles and The Stones. Tawdry two points.

Pretty cool

Absolutely loved this!

60s vibes. The flute comes out for the last 2 songs of the album. Of its time.

One or two songs in thinking it wasn’t too bad but it was very repetitive and dated.

Lot more fun than anticipated.

Went in only knowing one song (which I don't even particularly care for) but enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. Some good solid pop songs. Love the organ on 'You Better Run'. Favorites: A Girl Like You, Sueno, How Can I Be Sure, You Better Run Would I listen to it again: Yes

The soundtrack of my childhood, and still groovin’.

I mean it was fine but I'm sure there are hundreds of records that could have taken it's place and literally no one would have noticed. We already have the Beatles at home type energy. 6/10

The album title did not lie, and that’s about as much as I can ask from a 60s pop record.

Pleasant enough blue-eyed soul that evokes feelings of a sun-soaked beach day but leaves no lasting footprints in the sand.

Unmemorable Psychedelic Rock. Unfortunately not meant to be listened to on headphones, because the complete switch between left and right ear for the guitar is super unpleasant.

Dad- 7 Mom- 8.5 Mike- 7.5 Lori- 7 Michael- 7 Miles- 7 Cole- 7 Avg- 7.29

I was surprised how soulful this really is. That alone is this album's strength. Also, my reception is a bit lukewarm.

The name, year, album cover, and genre had me coming into this with a good amount of prejudice, but ya know what? It was just fine.

Vähän tulee semmoiset hippi psyke vibat tästä, mutta muuten aika Beatles tyyppistä. Suurimmaksi osaksi aika chilliä. Parhaat: Sueno, You Better Run, I'm So Happy Now

Great way to start the day

Despite assuming this was going to be entirely fine, it turned out to be great! This sort of melancholic and wilting happiness is very much a bit of me.

Other than the title track, this album is forgettable. It sounds like a pale imitation of Motown combined with some lousy folk music. The songs are spent after one minute and don't go anywhere else. I'm annoyed before the end of each one. Guess you had to be there.

oh lord no

Only album by the band on Spotify. The original recording mixed Mono. Tell me the band has issues with each other, without telling me the band has issues with each other. Not to mention a hit song called out on the cover that isn't the most popular song on the record. (Which I always find interesting). Groovin was indeed Groovin. It was a fun album. The mono mix leaves a lot to be desired, as you can tell the album would be better (as all would) in stereo.

I don't mean to be a quality snob, but hearing the levels peak at times just irritated me. 'Tis the curse of mono audio... The album itself actually wasn’t bad. I feel like this would totally be my jam back in the day. Simple, pleasant, and having 3 vocalists made each track pretty unique. The bass player was great too and it was definitely.... groovin'....

1. girl - 1.5 2. find - 1.5 3. happy - 1 4. zueno - 1 5. zure - 1 6. groovin - 1.5 7. kneuu - 1 8. love - 1.5 9. run - 1 10. zun - 2 11. love - 1

easy listening

Regardless of what distinction the sound that came out of the late 60s SoCal Canyon mean's to people today, the Young Rascals are indicative and Groovin' in endemic to that sound. This album yielded a number of impressive hits that still stand to this day. 3.5/5

I can name about 100 more essential albums that didn't make the list it's not terrible though

For me this is a far poorer version of every artist it is trying to emulate. Thought I'd love it, alas!

You think these guys are good? You should check out the lil' scamps.

Not too groovin.

This is perfectly fine. I didn't love it, and it doesn't seem to stand out from the contemporary works, but maybe I'm missing something. I admit that I'm not great on my music history of this period.

completely forgettable. had to be there?

Never heard of this band so this is gonna be interesting. The cover is certainly something... A Girl Like You: ooh a little jazzy with the brass and some harmonies. pretty nice. 4/5 Find Somebody: This is very Beatles core ngl with the guitar it reminds me of ticket to ride. I don't love it just because I can't really hear the vocals so 2/5 I'm so Happy Now: ooo crescendo to start pretty nice honestly 3/5 Sueno: Wow a little spanish to start fancy. I quite like this honestly. 4/5 How Can I Be Sure?: A little slower. Nice. A little boring. 3/5 Groovin': Wow title track. Some harmonies. Nice. 3/5 If You Knew: Harmonies. A little repetitive. Don't love it so 2/5 I Don't Love You Anymore: Typical 60s stuff tbf so 2/5 You Better Run: okay going off the title this is kinda creepy sort of run for your life. Nah I don't like it 1/5 A Place In The Sun: so repetitive and kinda boring 2/5 It's Love: It's alright. I don't love it but don't hate it. Pretty average. The wailing in the back doesn't do much for me 2/5 Overall: 2/5.

Ok sure it's groovin

ugly album cover, but album was ok to listen to!

Sunshiney 60s pop. Generic to the point that you'd think it was created by AI, but you'd have to be pretty miserable to dislike it. By far the worst album art I’ve had so far and I’ve had such delights as Doggystyle, And Justice For All and Soul Mining.

This album is true to its name. It's "groovin'" music through and through. As a former flautist, I really enjoyed Hubert Laws flute contribution on a couple of the songs. This was a fun album overall. The vocals were good, and each song was bright and cheery even if its subject matter wasn't. It's a "feel good" album true to its time.

I was a little surprised by this album. I was previously familiar with Good Lovin' (not on this album) and Groovin' but no other songs by The (Young) Rascals. However, then I realized when listening that I recognized quite a few of these songs. This is firmly in "oldies" territory rather than "classic rock" in the instrumentation and song structure. The songs are really good; I would listen to this again.

Enjoyed this album. Very similar sound to many 60s groups. Great use of the organ. Couple of stand out tracks

Pretty inoffensive stuff but also not very interesting.

"I wanna dance to The Rascals And you can dance to The Pretty Things. And then with a wink of an eyelid She's lost in the jukebox glow In a trance she makes her selections Psychedelic rock and blue-eyed soul” All very harmless and I’d say the building blocks for great songs, but lacks any cutting edge. I recognise a lot of the songs but none would be worth listening to again.

Just all feels a bit vanilla pop soul really. There was a vague outbreak of psyche on track 2, and a nice riff on ‘You Better Run’, but otherwise all very uninteresting.

what is this doing in here. 2.

Enjoyed. Wish there was a 3.5

Not a fan of British invasion music. This sounded relatively not bad for this genre, but I also did not like the poor audio balancing

2.5

Album 746 of 1001 The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967) Rating : 2.25 / 5 Was expecting more than I got. Was lacking something. Boring at times.

I toyed with a 4 but that felt too generous. I liked this more than I expected given the reviews saying they were b-tier Beatles.

Had me yawning

Nothing exciting

60's groove. Nothing overwhelming. Nice blend of forms and sounds. Solid 3.5, but not a 4.

Sometimes this wants to rock, but then it goes back to sounding like showtune-influenced soft rock with no balls and no personality. I like 15% of this.

Enjoyed this! Psych pop with tasty harmonies and interesting instrumentation.

Perfectly fine 60s pop rock. Generally pleasant but nothing outstanding

A fun listen. Some good harmonization in there, too.

I really enjoy Blue Eyed Soul, so a few of the songs on here were pleasant surprises. But it does feel as if you were to combine The Beach Boys and The Beatles in too many places, rather than establishing its own identity. I would consider it good on the whole, so I'm giving it a 3.

light, breezy, happy

The Sound of the Mid-Sixties. But do they want to sound like The Beach Boys or the Byrds? The Mamas and Papas or Otis Redding? In the end, they remind me most of the Monkees — some fine, but derivative songs. A band without their own true identity. If you want to listen to an album from 1967… well, let’s just say that there are options.

1967 seems a little early for a nostalgia album, but that is what this feels like. I don't really see the Young Rascals as R&B, but more like a band trying it on for size. They do a good job, and all the singles are serviceable, but they are hardly groundbreaking standards. And for 1967, this seems like a band capturing lightning in a bottle rather than breaking new ground.

The title track is a psych-pop masterpiece. I enjoyed this album most when they leaned into the psychedelic vibes. Overall, it was a decent listen, enjoyed it enough. Quick hitter with breezy pop. 3 stars

I agree with others not sure why this is on the list

Quite enjoyed the curation of this album. If you want some psychedelia... it's got that. If you want some great, perfectly crafted pop-rock tracks... it's got that too. And toss in a little R&B too.

Beatles at home

Fun classic rock

Unmemorable Beatles knockoffs

Was expecting something really modern for some reason, but it's so not. Just an album of basic 60's pop. Nothing spectacular 2

The only reason this doesn’t get a 1 star from me is because I’ve remembered just how bad the albums are that swim in the cesspit that is my 1 ratings. This just manages to keep its nostrils above the floaters. It’s a very low 2 from me. I have also learnt a new genre label, blue-eyed soul. So there is that I guess.

There is so much to like on this record, but there is so much to dislike too.the first two and last two songs were great. The highlight was most definitely 'Find Somebody'. The rest was ok and kept my toe tapping and head swaying in a Stevie Wonder style. This is all well and good at home, but on a train in the way to see my favourite band? Maybe not. The only thing stopping me giving this a 3 star rating is the fact I cave my friends favourite bands record a 4 and he will be cross with me. So it will have to be a mid 2.

Not sure I'd consider it great, but it's positive and I generally enjoyed listening. Not much else to say about it, haha. Right down the middle 2.5

Jeg har lige lyttet til dette album og har allerede glemt det igen. I et chokerende turn of events er det her fuldstændig ligegyldige album lavet af et amerikansk (ikke engelsk!!) band (????????????????????????????????)

Tror måske bare jeg var i det perfekte humør til den her lite Beach Boys klon, for jeg nød det!

Incredibly bland

never heard of this group before - nice 60s pop tunes, and where David Cassidy got "How Can I Be Sure" from.

Shit

Happy 60s album

It's cool, but a bit derivative.

Really enjoyed it

Guay

Chill hippy fun

16/03/25 I had never heard of this band before. It was a good album.

Is every album from the 60s in here or something? Terminally dull with no redeeming qualities

There seems to be a bit of confusion around the genre this occupies, with Wikipedia saying it’s blue-eyed soul, while the generator classifies it as pop and psychedelic rock. If viewed as a pop album, it’s pretty good (although pop isn’t usually my thing). If viewed as a soul album, it’s decent but doesn’t compare to likes of Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. If viewed as psychedelic rock, it falls significantly short of where psychedelia was at the time (for comparison, Sgt Pepper released this same year). Overall, it sounded nice but didn’t feel too exceptional, especially for a list like this. Favorite Track: Groovin’

I knew the title track (Groovin'). I didn't know the rest. The album is OK, some soul, some 60's rock. Nothing too special.

I liked this more than I thought I would. Not a high bar and not amazing, but the songs were more varied and interesting than I was expecting from the period and album cover.

A bit showier vocally and a bit poppier than a lot of the other 1960s music on this list, but ultimately doesn't really rise above still being mediocre music your parents like.

Not an artist I was familiar with (other than the name) but it was a nice pop record.

These seem like movie tunes to me.

This is pleasant, robust and refuses to stay in the centre of my attention for the length of a song. Good twang and croon, nonetheless.

Really good! Great voices, classic sound and lots of interesting tunes. Even my kids like it (although it does sound like an Italian restaurant in places)

Captures the spirit of the late '60s. While not every track reaches the heights of the title song, the album is testament to The Young Rascals' ability to evolve without losing their soulful core.

A very forgettable, generic, by the numbers 60's album. Not even the little Wikipedia blurb has anything to say about this album. Every once and a while there is an interesting flute or horn part, but majority of the songwriting is pretty boring. Low 3.

This is some late 60s vibes in a bottle. “Groovin” is a great song, but I have been overexposed. It wasn’t until track 9 “you better run” that I felt much of anything when listening to this album.

Surprisingly good. I thought this would be just another Beau Brummels band with a boring 60s-folk sound, forgettable and unenjoyable, but it was actually much better than expected, even though there was only one standout track in my opinion.

Not bad but doesn’t stand out

They walked so the Beatles could be substantially better... and make music before them

Title track is fun