Kites are Fun

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Kites are Fun
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Studio album by
Released6 April 1967
Recorded1967
Genre Sunshine pop, baroque pop
Length42:12
Label Project 3
Producer Enoch Light
The Free Design chronology
Kites are Fun
(1967)
You Could Be Born Again
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Crawdaddy! (favorable) [2]

Kites are Fun is the first album by The Free Design, released in 1967. The group was signed to the Project 3 label after a demo recording that was completed with the assistance of the band's father. [3]

Contents

The tracks are composed of precise instrumental arrangements with high ranges in complex vocal harmonies. [4] The title track was the group's only charting single, reaching #33 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and #114 on the Billboard Hot 100/Bubbling Under chart.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

  1. "Kites are Fun" (Chris Dedrick)
  2. "Make the Madness Stop" (Chris Dedrick)
  3. "When Love is Young" (Sandy Dedrick/Stephanie Dedrick)
  4. "The Proper Ornaments" (Chris Dedrick)
  5. "My Brother Woody" (Chris Dedrick)
  6. "59th Street Bridge Song" (Paul Simon)
  7. "Don't Turn Away" (Chris Dedrick)
  8. "Umbrellas" (Bruce Dedrick)
  9. "Michelle" (Lennon–McCartney)
  10. "Never Tell the World" (Sandy Dedrick/Chris Dedrick)
  11. "A Man and a Woman" (Francis Lai)
  12. "Stay Another Season" (Chris Dedrick)

The title track, released as a single, was on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" and "Top 40 Easy Listening" surveys.

Charts

The title track, released as a single, was on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" and "Top 40 Easy Listening" surveys.

Personnel

"Kites are Fun" was covered by Tomorrow's World for the Songs for the Jet Set, Volume 1 compilation album. [5]

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References

  1. Eder, Bruce. Kites are Fun at AllMusic
  2. Crawdaddy! review [ permanent dead link ]
  3. "The Free Design". Billboard. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. "The Free Design - Kites Are Fun". Pop Matters. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. "Songs for the Jet Set, Volume 1", Last.fm. Retrieved 25 April 2013.