Raspberries (album)

Raspberries
Studio album by Raspberries
Released	April 10, 1972
Recorded	Record Plant Studios, New York City; Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Power pop [1]
Length	35:27
Label	Capitol
Producer	Jimmy Ienner
Raspberries chronology
Raspberries (1972) Fresh (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+ [3]
Creem	C [4]

Raspberries is the debut album from the Raspberries, released in April 1972. It was their second highest-charting LP, reaching No. 51 on the Billboard album chart, but spent more weeks on the chart than all of their other albums combined.

The American and Australian versions of this LP carried a scratch and sniff sticker with a strong raspberry scent.

It contained two charting singles, "Don't Want to Say Goodbye", which reached No. 86, and their biggest hit, "Go All the Way", which reached No. 5.

The album was re-released onto CD as part of Power Pop Vol. 1, also containing their second album, Fresh .

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Go All the Way"	Eric Carmen	Carmen	3:19
2.	"Come Around and See Me"	Wally Bryson	Bryson	3:00
3.	"I Saw the Light"	Carmen, Bryson	Carmen	2:40
4.	"Rock & Roll Mama"	Dave Smalley	Smalley	4:35
5.	"Waiting"	Carmen	Carmen	2:43
6.	"Don't Want to Say Goodbye"	Carmen, Bryson	Carmen, Bryson	5:00
7.	"With You in My Life"	Bryson	Bryson	2:45
8.	"Get It Moving"	Smalley	Smalley	2:25
9.	"I Can Remember"	Carmen	Carmen	8:00

Charts

Chart (1972/73)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5]	30
United States (Billboard 200)	51

Band members

• Eric Carmen - rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals, piano
• Wally Bryson - lead guitar, backing and lead vocals
• Dave Smalley - bass guitar, backing and lead vocals
• Jim Bonfanti - drums, backing vocals

References

1. Murray, Noel (11 October 2012). "A beginners' guide to the heyday of power-pop, 1972-1986". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 19 December 2024.
2. Allmusic review
3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Raspberries". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da Capo Press. ISBN   0306804093 . Retrieved March 5, 2018.
4. Christgau, Robert (September 1972). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem . Retrieved March 3, 2018.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 246. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.