| Echoes and Rhymes | ||||
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| Released | April 23, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Label | Elefant | |||
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Echoes and Rhymes is a 2012 studio album by The Primitives. It is their first album since their 2009 reunion. [1] [2] The album collects cover versions of 1960s "obscurities." [3]
| No. | Title | Original artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Panic" | Reparata and the Delrons | 2:15 |
| 2. | "Turn Off The Moon" | Sue Lyon (from the Lolita soundtrack) | 2:17 |
| 3. | "Move It On Over" | LeGrand Mellon | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Sunshine In My Rainy Day Mind" | Polly Niles | 2:17 |
| 5. | "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" | Jackie DeShannon (but also notably recorded by Olivia Newton-John) | 2:37 |
| 6. | "I'm Not Sayin'" | Gordon Lightfoot (but also notably recorded by Nico) | 2:23 |
| 7. | "The Witch" | Adam & Eve | 4:01 |
| 8. | "I Surrender" | Bonnie St. Claire | 2:48 |
| 9. | "Amoureux D'une Affiche" | Laura Ulmer | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Where Will You Be?" | Dana Gillespie | 2:17 |
| 11. | "Single Girl" | Sandy Posey | 2:38 |
| 12. | "Who Are You Trying To Fool?" | Little Ann | 2:28 |
| 13. | "Time Slips Away" | Shocking Blue | 2:27 |
| 14. | "Wild Flower" | The She Trinity [4] | 2:15 |
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