Pumpkin, Powder, Scarlet & Green | ||||
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Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1968 | |||
Studio | Universal Recording Corporation, Chicago, Illinois | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 27:58 | |||
Label | Acta | |||
Producer | Bill Traut | |||
The American Breed chronology | ||||
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Pumpkin, Powder, Scarlet & Green is the third album released by the 60's pop group The American Breed, released in the summer of 1968. This album was not as successful as their first two efforts, but the album did manage to have three modest hit singles: "Cool It (We're Not Alone)", "Ready, Willing and Able" (#84), [2] and a cover version of The Troggs' "Anyway That You Want Me" (#88). [3] This album marked a beginning in decline of the group's popularity.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pumpkin" | Eddie Higgins | 0:58 |
2. | "Cool It (We're Not Alone)" | Kenny Young, Scott English | 2:14 |
3. | "Welcome, You're in Love" | Jerry Riopelle, Murray MacLeod, Stuart Margolin | 2:40 |
4. | "The Right to Cry" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | 3:06 |
5. | "Ready, Willing and Able" | Bob Stone | 2:26 |
6. | "Take Me if You Want Me" | Al Ciner, Chuck Colbert, Gary Loizzo, Lee Graziano | 2:24 |
7. | "Powder" | Eddie Higgins | 0:44 |
8. | "Scarlet" | Eddie Higgins | 1:07 |
9. | "Anyway That You Want Me" | Chip Taylor | 2:24 |
10. | "Master of My Fate" | Larry Weiss | 2:23 |
11. | "Music to Think By" | Bobby Whiteside, Richard Boyell | 2:20 |
12. | "Train on a One-Track Mind" | Arthur Resnick, Joey Levine | 2:10 |
13. | "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" | Bill Carr, Carl D'Errico, Carole Bayer Sager | 2:15 |
14. | "Green" | Eddie Higgins | 0:47 |
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