Groovin'

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

Not for me

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.

Niet echt mijn soort muziek.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

easy listening

completely forgettable. had to be there?

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.

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

Had me yawning

Nothing exciting

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.

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

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.

Incredibly bland

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

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.

Title track is fun

Too dated to decide if it was influential. Just 60s pop, nothing special. 2

5.5/10. This is so forgettable. "1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" has so many boring rock albums from the 1960's. I want more crazy shit like "Gris-Gris" on here!

OK. Sure. At least it's not another 90 electronic album. Equally as unnecessary though.

2.5 - Meh

What the hell is this album cover lmao don't hate it, but it just isn't doing much for me. Seems like inoffensive wedding music

Fell under the same vibes and got lost within the very popular zombies/turtles at the time. It was ok probably wouldn't listen again

The hit title on this was just as boring as the rest of the album.

Completely forgettable 5/10

The Beach Boys sans latent schizophrenia? Whoever mixed Find Somebody should be shot against a post. Anyway, the rest of this album was pretty forgettable. Considering the short length, I gave this a few spins and while it's a fun listen and very easy-going background music I could not look you in the eye and honestly say I remember a single song off this album.

Perhaps because we are in the middle of buying a house and moving stuff down south, my brain had no space for this - it didn’t resonate in the slightest - trusting I’ll learn something from you guys through your comments

It doesn't sound like Beatles to me. If anything, I'd say it's inspired by reggae, although it sounds nothing like it. Much loud and annoying, but fine really

Music like this is like being molested. You don't like a bit of it even if you find yourself subconsciously tapping your foot along to the rhythm at times. At least you're happy it'll be over in a short time

Not a lot to say about this one, didn’t particularly impress me but wasn’t poorly made either. Either I’m missing a historical element to this album or it’s just one of those albums you either get or you don’t. Just feels like it was put in here out of favour, which is fine, it’s not my book/list lol. 2.5/5

I know the name and recognized their sound and the huge hit "Groovin'". Funny they call out "How Can I Be Sure" on the cover when that was a minor hit for them. The only song I enjoyed other than "Groovin'" was "You Better Run". Not sure how this makes the Top 1001, I didn't find much about it unique. It had a Motown production quality with vanilla radio friendly songs but nothing to make it stand out or for me to ever want to listen to it again. This one completely missed the mark for me. Aside from the one mega-hit this just didn't have the muscle, vocals, staying power or musicianship to make such a prestigious list. It was an incredibly boring album. 2 stars.

Its fine

Meh

Generic 60s

Just a bit boring

Dull

Not for me. 1 recognizable song.

Boring

Never heard of this band. Based on the artwork and the year, I am really not looking forward to this. Don’t love it. Sounds like an episode of The Brady Bunch.

A few ok songs but too many hokey cornballs that overshadowed anything good here. The "big hit" called out on the album cover is actually terrible, the only thing worse is the cover art itself, followed closely by the band name. Nothing memorable so not sure why it makes the list, at least it was short. 1.5.

A very digestible 34 min album. Nothing great but nothing to complain about either. Although this album doesn't feature the top track "Good Loving" by these young rascals, it does have a few good tunes, "Groovin" being the next big hit. Not much praise or slam from me here...2.0.

Relatively plain and forgettable. I wouldn't call it bad but overall pretty empty. I can't see any reason I needed to hear this before I died. I came out of this listen pretty blank with little to say about which I guess is an indictment in itself. 1.81 stars

Fine

Mostly inoffensive tracks. It's fine other than the guitar on Find Somebody.

Thanksgiving Day = Mostly short songs, 35 minutes. The hits are okay, other parts sound dated.

Pretty boring overall

fine

found this grating and annoying and felt that its only relevance was its inclusion on this list and maybe it deserves to be forgotten to time !

Eh, I find this sort of 60s psychedelic rock a bit tedious

Milquetoast sixties pop rock/blue-eyed soul. Both things I like but I did not find this to be memorable in any way, shape or form.

Standard 60s album. The most, even.

Bits and pieces of interest but nothing that made me feel it needed to be on this list.

If by "groovy" they meant "bland, unobtrusive and utterly inoffensive", they were spot on.

Leer volwassen vocabulaire ofzo amice

Like a even more chill bee gees

Well, that uhhhhh... sure was Extremely Sixties. Like, I'm not convinced I disliked it per se, but wow, yeah (also it should've got to that last track sooner).

This is perfectly serviceable for what it is, very well-produced, and exactly the sort of thing that just gets my back up - sorry, it's just not for me. Groovin' (the track) is good though, and brings back summer memories of oldies radio stations, but the rest is just... mneh. Faves: Groovin'; You Better Run

Me ha parecido bastante aburrido. Prometía al principio, pero al final se ha quedado en nada. Aunque malo no es.

This exists in dome dort of musical limbo. It's not blue eyed soul, it's not psych-blues or rock. It's basically trash pop of the time

It’s fine. Mostly forgettable.

Middling 60s pop; I've heard lots of other groups do this sort of thing better. For so-called ‘rascals’ there wasn’t much mischief or cheeky humour - it was all a bit placid.

How many stars can you dock for a horrible album cover? The sound is alright but felt pretty average

The Jizzles. Who fucking cares. I'm not writing anything about this. Next.

Very strange album cover. The music just sounds like typical 60s pop. Nothing groundbreaking. Highlights: Groovin'

Very painful to listen to. Seems like an industry blow off of songs trying to capture the essence of much better artists like The Beatles and Burt Bacharach. Groovin’ and A Girl Like You are at least musically pleasant. But that drone on Find Somebody made me want to scratch my eyes out. I would not recommend this band.

I recognised one songs . Some of the songs almost sound like they should be in a musical . Not a huge fan

Sounds like a knock off from various influences, like The Beatles, Zombies and Motown, without really meshing them into anything original. Inoffensive but kinda dated and doesn't really stand out

This is the kind of old-timey music that gets used in commercials for prescription drugs. Catchy and inoffensive, this Blue-Eyed Soul is the foundation for vanilla artists like Simply Red and Rick Astley. Not my jam. One and a half stars. Given a half-star because I like Pat Benatar and didn't know that "You Better Run" was a cover of a song from this album.

i don't like the art

not offensive and pleasant enough but definitely of the late 50's/early 60's lounge rock/pop rock/psych rock stuff. These guys definitely had to be out of california.

2.5

Pleasant tunes, but overall pretty tepid stuff. Important to remember, I suppose, that while the late ‘60s ultimately became associated with Hendrix, the Doors, Zeppelin, etc., this is what people were actually listening to. The title track is a solid jam, and you don’t necessarily want to fault folks for being merely listenable, but when it all seems so calculated not to offend, there’s very little to recommend multiple visits.

Tough to imagine an album cover making a worse first impression. Let’s see how this goes. Very funny to me that this week we’ve had Revolver (two songwriting geniuses at the height of their powers), Axis: Bold as Love (innovative guitar god), and now this album that seems to have been made by a group of enterprising high school students? With the help of their band teacher, they snuck into the studio and recorded their little songs. (Looked at Wikipedia: they were all like 23, so it kinda tracks.) I was singing along to “I’m So Happy Now,” so I have to give it some credit, but wow, what a difference in the caliber of songwriting and the originality of playing from other albums this week. And I was familiar with “groovin,” but still don’t like it. This was a pretty boring, generic album. Probably a 2 but I could maybe talk myself into a 1 yet.

I literally just finished listening to this about 25 minutes ago, and I already can't remember anything about it. If this was any more middle-of-the-road, it'd be made by Armco.

This is just a lot of 60's-style vaguely folky rock, with clumsy use of stereo. At least one track where I thought, "Oh, hey, that's where this is from." But overall kinda meh.

Started off pretty well, then got to track 5 (How Can I Be Sure) which had me reaching for the skip button. A few more of these before finishing off better with You Better Run. Overall, a few decent tracks in the style of the Beatles or the Kinks, plus some absolute dross

Groovin' is inoffensive 60s easy listening, fine for a Sunday morning, not good enough for the list, another 2. Won't remember it by this afternoon.

This is fine, pretty generic sixties stuff. Most of this stuff feels like it's been done a lot better and a lot tighter elsewhere. Nothing wrong with it, but it's mostly forgettable. How Can I Be Sure and the title track are decent enough, but not enough that I'll deliberately come back to them. 2/5.

The Little Rascals > The Young Rascals

Boring.

Inoffensive and fun, easy listening

They were very upbeat back in the day. And mono. Apart from the part track with jazz flute there was very little that grabbed me.

Offbrand Beatles, don't really understand what impact this had on music history to make the list.

jooh tämmönen albumi joka on vähintään viisi vuotta myöhässä ja jossa on yksi tai kaksi tunnettua biisiä jonka takia tähän listalle paneskeltu.. tässä se huono puoli että ne tunnetut biisit ovat aika paskoja mutta ympäröivät tukibiisit pelastaa tätä albumia pikkussen. elisiis semitäyttä kuraa... tykkään laulajassta osittain. myös.. young rascals voi näitä vintiöitä... tekivät anteeksiantamattomia rikoksia hehheh... noh pojat on poikia... دَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ آمِينبَانَا الذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ، لِيَتَقَدَّسَ اسْمُكَ لِيَأْتِ مَلَكُوتُكَ لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَتُكَ فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَا السَّمَاءِ اعْطِنَا خُبْزَنَا اليَوْمِيَّ اعْفِنَا فِي مِمَّا عَلَيْنَا فَقَدْ أَعْفَيْنَا نَحْنُ أيَضاً مَنْ لَنَا عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ تُدْخِلْنَا فِي تَجْرِبَةٍ لَكِنْ نَجِّنَا مِنَ الشِّرِّيرِ لأَنَّ لَكَ الْمُلْكَ وَالْقُوَّةَ وَالْمَجْدَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ آمِين i dont love you anymore

Meh. Hasn’t really aged well, just sounds like the beach boys

A couple of classics on this album, How Can I Be Sure and Groovin’ but overall a bit blase ….

It's got the hit single "Groovin'"... and that's about it. Gets overly sappy at times and the rest is your run of the mill 60s pop & blue-eyed soul music.

It was okay. I knew a song or two, but, the late 60s hippy folk scene doesn't butter my bread as much as others.

Spent most of my time while listening to this album figuring out whether I hated it or really hated it…..turns out I just hated it

Favorite tracks: Find somebody, It's love

It was ok for what it was. 60s pop is not my thing

This sounds like a cross between Parquet Courts and the Wiggles, but without the best parts of both. I am sure at the time it was a great record, but it now sounds cliched. There’s a couple of well-known tracks here, but a lot of filler.

Silly, schlocky 60s pop ... except for maybe "You Better Run" (if you get a chance, check out the Pat Benatar cover with the Neil Giraldo guitar solo).

Fun album very 60s clearly influenced the monkees and the partridge family. Happy music rock indie psycadelic to the bare minimum. Good musicians. To peace and love and commercial for my taste. Just to think that black sabbath was starting at that same time shows the record was a formula to like to the people.

Ordinært og direkte kedeligt. Ikke dårligt bare lyden af rigtig meget andet..

Gaaaab 🥱 60er rock n’ roll uden noget nyt at byde på. Lyder som en nedkogning af af alt andet fra 60erne som så efterfølgende er fortyndet så meget at det mister enhver smag og bid

Inoffensive boring and utterly forgettable

Much of this is middling tripe. Some of the more psychedelic songs are kinda cool, but why do I feel like they never even really took acid?

Yet another forgettable album that I will not be coming back to

They sound so innocent for being Young Rascals.

The songs were boring and it was like several versions of the same song. Nope.

Not for me

Nothing about this stands out to me. Love the name though.

I mean. It's fine, I guess. It fits perfectly into like "60's pop that I expect to hear on in the background somewhere because it's completely inoffensive" and I guess really it's a 2.5 but I'm rounding down. Sounds like I made a good choice in listening to the mono version.

The title track is nice. The rest didn't really engage me much.

I really could make a better list than this. This one’s not terrible, but again, apart from the single, don’t think it’s important to hear this. A hit single does not a good album make.

Incredibly forgetful

It was okay, not something I'd listen to and wouldn't listen to it again.

With a name like 'The Young Rascals' I was expecting something a bit more adventurous. This is safe twee music. Groovin' is catchy but the rest is trite. They certainly weren't looking left to see what The Beatles or the Rolling Stones were doing.

About as 60s as you can get.

This is one of the ugliest album covers I've ever seen. The album itself is mediocre and bland, but goddam is this a horrible cover.

Quite catchy Americana but too ooky for me.

Dec ig

Ok. Kind of that old school pop sound.

Had not heard of this group or album before. Some catchy songs, but nothing that stood out or felt different from a lot of the early rock bands of the same era.

2.45

Gradevole, nulla più. Non so nemmeno se rientri nella definizione di psichedelia, perché sono molto soft

The four freshmen grow up a little.

Just kind of feels like their trying to be the Beatles. Inoffensive but it all kinds melds together. 2.5/5

Groovin’ //

fine

Generic 60s. Not much to hold my interest but I didn't turn it off.

This whole album just drips with proto-disco, lounge-lizard, macho guy sleaze. There was one really solid track ("You Better Run") but, other than that one track, there's nothing here that's worth your time.

Was hoping the rest of the album would be as good as the beginning. Nope.

Some of the worst mixing I've heard on a record. A totally forgettable pastiche of many other better bands from the 1960's. 2/5

This was a pretty weird mix of styles and sounds between tracks. While nothing (except for I Don't Love You Anymore) sounded really atrocious, there was nothing that sounded particularly convincing either. It all just sounded kind of watered down, bland, smoothed around the edges. No personality of its own - certainly not a must hear album.

Niet heel slecht, wel heel misplaatst. Zoveel betere muziek gemaakt in dit decennium die er niet in staat.

Are these supposed to be boy bands before boy bands were a thing? I’m just not a big fan of these types of groups. “Groovin’” wasn’t bad. Which is the name of the album so I assume that’s their best work on here. It was. 4/10

From the first song I thought this was gonna be something special, but nah. Mid song after mid ass song. At least this was only 30 minutes :/

very few interesting songs. sounds like what i imagine was on any beatles influenced radio station in the 60s.

Very average album, too old, too basic, just not fun at all. Couldn't finish this album, it was too taxing on my brain. Not the worst on this list, but definitely not a great position.

Groovin is a great song about fucking

pleasant enough but that’s not enough to turn my crank baby

Allt i lagi california 60’s væl

Easy to listen to but not noteworthy.

Says nothing. Does nothing new. Totally inoffensive in every way. And a total bore. There was a lot going on at the time, any this band captured none of it. But at least it's short...

Blue-eyed soul. A perfectly cromulent album, but I'm unclear on why this is in here alongside the Motown and Stax stalwarts. Maybe this is the specific, idiosyncratic lens that translated the sounds of Black soul to mainstream music, but it seems unremarkable, otherwise. I won't revisit it and wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless I learn some earth-shattering context about these guys. This is just thirty minutes of not displeasurable noise from 1967. Summary: better than Pat Boone or nails on a chalkboard (the two compete mightily).

groovin' is a pleasant listen--and from the sixties, to no one's surprise. i didn't find it much different from other sixties music, though, and it felt rather average as a result. the (young) rascals created decent enough music in groovin', but it wasn't enough to create something legendary or even remarkable. legitimately, i have no idea why these guys are in the rock and roll hall of fame.

Probably the most interesting thing about this album is that it's mostly got that typical 60s psychedelic Beatles-y vibe, but then BOOM, all of the sudden you're randomly hit with Groovin' (the song). Groovin' sounds and feels like it could have been released by one of the great soul masters of the time. Supposedly, soul was kind of their "thing", but Groovin' (again, the song) was undeniably their biggest success in the genre. It's a brief 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the album goes back into the previously mentioned psychedelic vibe. You can catch hints of the soul sound in short little moments throughout the other songs that are mostly dominated by that attempt to be more like the Beatles. It's honestly kind of odd how it all shakes out, albeit still baseline enjoyable. Also a brief note on "You Better Run": I had no idea this wasn't a Pat Benatar original song. She has such presence and attitude that lends such believability to the song, it's easy to see it as "her" song. Here, it's really hard to take it as seriously coming from these guys. Do I REALLY need to run? In any case, it's cool to learn something here. Anyway, this album is fine, but pretty average when compared to the abundance of groups and bands that utilized this sound during the time.

that was definitely an album of generic 60’s rock.

60s pop by numbers

Album didn’t really do much for me. Good Lovin obviously their hit. But I will pass.

Va spent på detta, men blei i grunn litt skuffa

Reminded me of early Beatles, like a lot of these albums I thought the first song was really promising and then it lost its was as it progressed. Never heard of the young rascals, this album list has shown me there are far more Beatles copycats than I was aware of. It was pleasant enough, there were some nods to other genres here and there, no need to come back.

This didn't do much for me. Feels like some pop group that were trying to jump on the Beatles band wagon. Certainly wouldn't be calling it rock or psychedelic rock as this site suggests. Definitely pop for me. Too fluffy. Nothing here I'll be going back to or remember

Groovin' is a good song... thats about it on this album

A soul-like album by The Young Rascals, that didn't really give much in my opinion. It sounds like a teeny bopper album that would have been listened to by people going to social dances where they would get to interact with the opposite sex, but then told to leave room for Jesus whilst dancing together. Perfectly fine for it's time but doesn't fit in with the world of today. Best: A Girl Like You Worst: You Better Run

I dunno, maybe I'm not in the best mood for reviewing today but I like the music when I actually register it but mostly it's sinking into the background and I'm not hearing it at all. I thought it got significantly more interesting and good towards the end but it had actually finished and gone onto the next Spotify suggestion... bad signs.

Unremarkable, but competent 60s pop.

Meh

I have a hard time seeing this as being an essential album. Perfectly listenable but there are so many other artists that have made so much more interesting music.

The first couple songs were solid, good rock tunes for the time, but then the rest of the album was all over the place. I think my biggest surprise was to see You Better Run and Groovin. You Better Run was remade by Pat Benetar and was of her bigger hits. Groovin is what I consider a R&B tune. I think of Aretha Franklin's version only to be more surprised her version was released AFTER the Rascals. And another surprise to me was this album hit #7 on the R&B charts. Huh, really? Either way, pretty cool to see music cross generations and genres. Favorites off the album were A Girl Like You, Find Somebody, You Better Run and Groovin. Wasn't quite my thing but was OK to listen to a couple times. I am happy they waited to put the flute stuff in the last song. Something about trying to input the flute into some of this music drives me crazy. I can't help but think of Ron Bergundy. I'm going to give a 2.5. Bonus .25 for putting out versions in Spanish and Italian, but I'm still not going to give that 3rd star on the scoreboard. 2.75 but will mark as a 2

Blandish 60s rock - not sure it should be on this list. I had heard the name, but never listened to them. Now I know

You Better Run is the best song on the album. Pat Benatar's version is better. If you're best song on an album was done better by another artist, chances are your album isn't very good.

Meh

Knew the hit, wouldn't have been able to name the band though, maybe now I'll remember it. Another of it's era albums though. Heard worse. Only got the mono version on Apple music, not sure stereo would've made a massive difference though.

Estuvo ok, pero solo me quedo con una canción: Groovin'

В целом довольно невзрачный альбом, но есть несколько НО: 1. очень много жанров внутри, но абсолютно не разрушена целостность альбома 2. хочется выделить If You Knew, You Better Run и A Place in the Sun; классные треки 3. есть ощущение, что он кажется не столь интересным, потому что там много приемов, которые в современном контексте кажутся моветоном. у меня создается ощущение, что тогда это было свежо, классно и интересно. я поставлю 2++, но не 3. не могу рекомендовать альбом к прослушиванию, но отдельные треки из него точно стоят внимания

Довольно легкий вайбовый альбом из 60-ых. Мило, окунулся в ту атмосферу

Всё ещё убеждён в своей теории, что они добавили примерно одинаковое количество альбомов из каждого десятилетия. Ну и этот альбом явно прицепом шёл, для количества. Ну он хороший, легенький, ненапряжный, без лишних перегрузов композиционных. Что-то похожее на Beatles, если бы они писали только баллады о любви. Но блин, не знаю, ничего примечательного в этом альбоме нет. Его даже тяжело до конца дослушать, песни чересчур однообразные. Ну и вспоминая, что это 1967 год, тут есть проблемы со звуком: он слушабален, но не идеален и периодически слышны мелкие огрехи, которые были либо допущены во время записи на физический носитель, либо во время оцифровки. То есть это не проблема в скиллах музыкантов, это просто косяки с записью ввиду несовершенства оборудования. Можно этот альбом пропустить вполне.

Groovin' is the third album by American rock band The Young Rascals. It was a popular release for the band as the album and the title track charted well. This album also showcased the band's first steps into the psychedelic genre that they would explore further on later albums. Overall, this was a great rock album from the late 60's that lets a listener hear the early styles of rhythm and blues and the newer style (at the time) of psychedelic rock.

Like a poor man's Beatles... without the killer riffs.

Did we really need another Beatles ripoff in 1967?

Meh, kinda boring. Grooving was OK. Not my style. PS - Search for "The Rascals" on Spotify not "The Young Rascals" to see the full discography.

Not my favourite

Typical 60s pop. Nothing special, I think I recognized the title track Groovin'

Dull as dishwater. Such a fruitful decade full of pop in its pomp and drug fuelled experimentalism and all the Young Rascals can provide are generic 3 min long filler tracks

Just not my back, man. Sure it was rad if you were there at the time.

easy listening, not particularly inspiring, but not particularly offensive.

Wow, that cover is...unsettling...After listening to this I'm not sure why it's on this list. It's alright and has a few good songs, but it doesn't seem particularly innovative or influential. Sounds like a load of other 60s bands that came before them!

I recognized a few of the songs from listening to oldies stations when I was younger. I didn't hate this but it didn't really do much for me either.

It wasn't awful

Kinda fun and soulful but lacked a certain something to hook me in

Wasn't awful, but not my thing.

No

Took a while to listen properly but it grew on me a little. Not enough.

Find Somebody is cool... but did it really need that opening chord? Come on. It's not the exact one, but it's surely intended to evoke it. Which feels like the theme for the album really. Evoking music rather than creating it. Like darts aimed at the commercial dartboard. Lets make music that sounds like other hits so we can make some money. Maybe then we can afford to hire an album-cover artist who has seen humans before. It worked to a degree. Most of the songs are fine. A lot of this feels like movie soundtrack stuff. Want to evoke an era without using a song that is too well known? This album would be a gold mine for that. Not really worth listening to in it's own right though.

It's fine, but in a couple of hours I'm going to forget I ever listened to it.

This album seems... fine. It's doing a good job of making me nostalgic for the 60s music my parents had on when I was younger, but I'd much rather be listening to The Beatles, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, or any number of other bands.

Meh

Pretty good pop from the mid 60s. A bit garage (although a bit polished for my taste), and a bit psychedelic (although , again, not as much as I would prefer). 8 of 11 songs were released a single,s which speaks to the strength of the album. But the Beatles, it ain't. "How can I be sure" is a great song, although I prefer the Dusty Springfield version. "You Better Run" is a the most rock track on the album, which has almost enough grit for my taste. I will never listen tot his record again, I'm sure.

Okay

Kinda boring 60s pop that very occasionally pushes its boundaries towards something interesting for a brief moment.

Yawn. Super sweet pop rock that didn't do much for me. Production was good though.

Another 60s rock album that I probably didn't need. It was fine.

There is nothing overtly offensive about this album, but I find it offensive. It’s as if Find Somebody exists because they discovered that one could have the guitar play in the left ear then the right then the left again, ya know stereo. Maybe that was a big deal in 1967, but it sounds archaic as hell now.

I'm not particularly enamoured with the songs, though the sound of the recording is fantastic.

I had higher expectations going into this album...expecting a poppy turned psychedelic album all mish mashed together...it is there...and Groovin' is one of those songs everyone knows, but overall not a lot for me to go back and revisit.

Bland blue eyed soul

Lacks substance

This was not good. There is so much better 60s pop music than this. Beatles, Zombies, Monkees, all much better than this. Groovin' is a classic track, but that's about all this album has to offer.

Best Song: Sueno. The Spanish inspired instrumentals helped alleviate the otherwise dated quality of the record. Worst Song: If You Know. Real school choir vibes coming off of this one. Overall: This is part of the sweet, cliched romance cohort of 60s music. Even when they sing "I don't love you anymore" it sounds like schoolkids who have broken up at lunch and will be together again by recess. I think this genre of forced wholesomeness has aged quite poorly, even if the music is (occasionally) groovy.

First thought on seeing the cover: this can't be good. I mean it's actually called just "Groovin". We'll start at 0/5. First thought on hearing the music: not as psychedelic as expected. Just annoying in that 60s pop way. I guess I'll have to settle for 1/5. Final thoughts: thank fuck that was only half an hour. It was every wimpy genre available in the mid 60s, covered in extra wimpiness. 2/5 because 1 seems too nasty a score for it.

This seems to be typical early to mid 60s music. It was ok.

Apenas para conhecer.

I wouldn't call it a must hear...

Never heard of this group. They have every trapping of late 60s hippie rock, and we'll done production. But sheesh the lyrics are trite.

Wouldn’t turn it off if it came on shuffle but wouldn’t seek it out.

Album came and went. Don't remember much about it.

Very much a product of and reflection of the times. It's good to hear these kinds of albums as samples of their generation and culture. Not music I'll personally return to, but I understand its place as an artifact.

2.5

A Girl Like You is a pretty fun little song. I like the psychedelic rock influence on Find Somebody. All the songs after that are boring and forgettable though. A Place In The Sun is the worst one, it just drags on for too long

Pretty solid churned out 60's funk/groove. Doubt I'll be rushing back to it and tbh I can't really remember most of it. Bounced along OK at the time though.

What an awful album cover. The music is okay and I enjoy the 60s production but there is something missing that would make this album great.

First track was very good, but then the rest.... I don't know what happened. For me it got back on track only in the end. "You Better Run" is amazing, my favorite track of the record by far.

Bit boring, obvious Monkeys/ Beatles pretender

Maybe this is some of the best of 60s pretty pop, but it’s still something I find hard to find things to latch on to. A Girl like You is a cool arrangement. You Better Run, too. But overall pretty meh. A pop band trying to bite soul.

Pleasant enough, but probably won't be going back.

Also ran.

I’m sure their parents and girlfriends at the time would say they were just as good as The Beatles but couldn’t get a fair shake since they weren’t from England. Yeah right.

This album gives the impression that the 60s were an innocent happy time when the sun shone everyday. But then they had the Vietnam war, several high profile political assassinations, the Cuban Missile crisis, etc so it wasn’t all just Beach parties with Gidget. Most of the album is pretty plain vanilla and not very exciting, except Groovin’ which is a real standout, You Better Run is also good.

yeah. okay. fun. but it was the 60's. it had to be fun.

A Girl Like You is a pretty strong start. How Can I Be Sure is one I've heard a hundred times. But this also feels a little like it's standing in the shadow of the Monkees and it doesn't quite have the personality to break out on its own.

ku være bedre

This lp has a lot of big hits.. more misses tho Jebiga.

Tracks 4-6 are solid, but the rest is bad blue-eyed soul. Don't cover Stevie Wonder if you can't hang. Best track: Groovin'

Nah. This is the kind of '60s feel I don't like. Wispy voices, plinky guitars, and a general sense of blah over all of it, even the stuff meant to be cheery.

some of the songs were "fun" but I didn't really like the album.

“The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) was an American rock band, formed in Garfield, New Jersey, United States, in 1965.” No, me neither.

Generic 1960s pop, nothing seemingly groundbreaking for the time, not my favorite genre of the decade.

Pretty typical 60s rock

Boring. 4/10

Might have been great at the time, but listening to this today I find absolutely nothing of interest in the album.

It sounds very "Summer of Love", but it's a lot less interesting than most of the heavy releases from 1967. I mean, at least add a sitar or something

Decent Beatles-esque LP, though a bit forgettable

Not was what I was expecting from the name/cover. Bit of a mixed bag of all kinds of genres. Who is this band and what was their influence?? Opening song sounded a little like Motown. Pop/Soul. Second song was more what I was expecting - vaguely psychedelic influenced 60s rambling pop/rock with too much tambourine/shaker. Next song is like a sweet beatles/monkees pop song. Anyway it continued with a roulette-like random sprinkling of genres and influences, and I didn't even know their "hit"

Eh, unremarkable.

nhe forgettable 2/5

Pleasant enough. Soulful. Fine when it's on, just forgettable when it's off. Some of the worst album art I've seen. Favorite tracks: "Groovin'", "You Better Run"

You better run is a banger.

You can't expect pitch perfect production from a record that is almost 50 years old, but what I did expect still somewhat dissapointed me. The vibes are friendly and the melodies are harmonious, though besides Groovin' there is not a lot of memorable material on here. 2/5.

I give it a 2 Wont go back to listen again.

nice soul/blues vibe from the start of the record. I really like the instrumentals on the first song. The mixing on the second song seems off. As the record progresses, it gets less interesting, and the vocals don't seem matched for the instrumentals.

Album is all over the place. I'm hearing (Revolver) Beatles, Monkeys, Chicago, Jeff Airplane, even Burt Bacharach. Best song definitely "You Better Run" though Pat Benetar does it better.

Not feeling this. It’s fine. Just not really into love songs or songs about relationships. It’s just played and goddamn there are sooo many songs about the subject. There are some cool production moments on this thing for the time that were rad. And I appreciate how they pull influences from psych rock and blues but overall it’s just not for me.

Never heard of then and thought I’d missed out on a good 60’s band, but I haven’t. Wasn’t fussed on this at all

No me ha parecido tan bueno el álbum como para que esté dentro de esta lista. Tienen un par de temas destacables, pero nada más para mi gusto.

There was a time in my life I'd have been all over this. That time is not now. I'm well down with the badly drawn album cover though. Some crazy arse action going on there. Makes me think of Vic and Bob.

un pelin aburrido

Ok

I like plenty of 60's bands, but this didn't do it for me I'm afraid

Groovy

It had several songs which were unavailable to play in my country. It wasn't a great shame. It was alright. Standard 60s shiz. Like SHACK shagging the chippy tranny.

Left me a bit cold this. One Motown song, one Blues song, one song that's a bit Beatles, one song that's a bit Beach Boys, one song that's a bit Love, one song that's a bit Serge Gainsbourg. None of them as good as the originals. Seems like they couldn't decide whose coattails they wanted to ride to the topper most of the popper most, so they grabbed a big handful of all the coattails.

It’s hard to take this music seriously. It’s charming, trippy, and makes me want to try hallucinogenics and give it another try.

Incompleto

Meh

4

Just ok. Nothing sticks out, but I liked it when I zoned out a little bit.

Kinda fun I guess. Didn't really stick with me.

false

Eh

Pretty groovy but nothing exceptional .

Felt like it was trying to be The Beatles for a few of the songs, didn't have much feeling in them.

Groovy !!

Nooooooooooooo

35 anfänglich vielversprechende Minuten, die im Verlauf der Platte immer zäher werden.

Not really for me, but not too bad. Wouldn't listen again though.

A lot of the record sounds like the opening theme for 70s/80s sitcoms. Which isn’t bad but not the best

A algunos les gustó y a otros no.

It's a straightforward (meant literally) collection of mostly-happy tunes. Feels like a collection of singles, front-loaded at that.

Wasn't a fan of this one, the one hit had a much higher production value the rest really didn't grab me

Nah

Ei

Young Rascals First Rascal "So are we gonna make this album soul, prog, R&B, psychedelia, garage, pop easy listening or flamenco?" Second Rascal "Yes" Third Rascal "Which are we best at?" Fourth Rascal "Oh......" What a flaccid collection of blue-eyed boy jizz this is. Best Track - Find Somebody Worst Track - How Can I Be Sure 1.5/10

Flojardo, casi me duermo

Bland sixties pop apart from groovin

You can safely judge this by the cover.

Guess you'd have a different opinion if you're a Usonian, for the rest of the world... this is just another Beatles wannabe band. Sometimes it sounds like a Beachboys thing but it really didn't do it for me. Kinda boring.

Forgettable, harmless 1.4

If baige was music

This Album is so pidly podley pop by numbers. So Baige, if you ever meet anyone who says this is their favourite album, just run.

In a nutshell: derivative psych soul You may know Good Lovin' or the title track, but that's all you need to hear. It's fine. Just... fine. Inoffensive. Overall: 2/10

★½

Man this isn’t even like oh yea it’s old gotta love the classics! Just boring. Definitely not deserving of the list. Like usual, not devoid of musical value but there really isn’t a single thing on here I would show to anyone or listen to again under really any circumstances. The art is bad too. Everything.

i detest the dearth of creativity in an album like this. this is derivative trend chasing with nearly zero originality. four bozos who heard the beatles and thought "fuck, we could do that too!" who produced this. simplistic garage rock guitar instrumentation with mediocre psychedelia elements in a broadly unappealing attempt at soul. throw in some flutes and an organ too because why not. it's not even that this album is technically subpar or that they can't at least sing decently, but i hate everything that this represents. this is not an album in conversation with its contemporaries; it is an album that merely echos the innovations of others. had i heard this released today i might've assumed it was generated by suno.

Fine I guess. I don't think I quite see the point. Seems like a pretty standard example of that R&B rock sound. I can't really determine what would make it particularly interesting to me

Not memorable, unique, or impactful. It's short, which is its most redeeming quality.

2 I liked like only one of the songs on this

Take a look at the album cover - all the clues are there It's called Groovin' Waistcoat, purple pants, bizarre shirt - victims of the 60's for sure Act on your gut feel - if you are still attrached to vanilla flavor 60's Monkey's wannabees, then go for it For everyone else, move on . . . quickly! This has no place in the 1001 best albums of all time

Tää on kyl varmaan geneerisintä 60-luku hoilausta mitä ikinä kuullu

Not for me. 1/5

Not really my thing

No idea why this album is featured. Some generic, boring sixties band, like many others.

Needless cover versions done better by other artists. The sound is good but so is birdsong or cows mooing. Both are preferable to this mush.

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

2/10

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

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