Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers

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Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 1965
Recorded1964–1965
Genre Pop, baroque pop, blue-eyed soul
Length34:36
57:00 (Expanded CD)
Label Philips, Smash
Producer John Franz, Nick Venet
The Walker Brothers chronology
Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers
(1965)
Portrait
(1966)
Singles from Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers
  1. "Pretty Girls Everywhere"
    Released: February 26, 1965
  2. "Love Her"
    Released: April 9, 1965
  3. "Make It Easy on Yourself"
    Released: August 1965
  4. "Land of 1000 Dances"
    Released: January 1966
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Make It Easy on Yourself" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 3:14
2."There Goes My Baby" George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson 3:08
3."First Love Never Dies"Bob Morris, Jim Seals3:37
4."Dancing in the Street" Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson 3:50
5."Lonely Winds" Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus 2:37
6."Girl I Lost in the Rain" David Gates 2:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Land of a 1,000 Dances" Chris Kenner 2:35
8."You're All Around Me" Scott Engel, Lesley Duncan 2:39
9."Love Minus Zero/No Limit" Bob Dylan 3:05
10."I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore" Randy Newman 3:48
11."Here Comes the Night"Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus2:27
12."Tell the Truth" Lowman Pauling 1:51
Expanded CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Love Her" (1965 A-Side) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 3:23
14."The Seventh Dawn" (B-Side of "Love Her") Riz Ortolani 2:40
15."But I Do" (B-Side of "Make It Easy on Yourself") Paul Gayten, Robert Guidry 2:56
16."My Ship Is Coming In" (1965 A-Side)Joey Brooks3:15
17."Looking for Me" (from 1966 EP: I Need You )Randy Newman2:11
18."Young Man Cried" (from 1966 EP: I Need You) Scott Engel, John Franz 2:33
19."Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (from 1966 EP: I Need You)Willie Mitchell2:16
20."I Need You" (from 1966 EP: I Need You) Carole King, Gerry Goffin 3:10

Introducing The Walker Brothers (Smash Records)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Ship Is Coming In"Joey Brooks3:15
2."Doin' the Jerk" Scott Engel 2:25
3."Love Her" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 3:23
4."Dancing in the Street" Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson 3:50
5."I Don't Want to Hear It Any More" Randy Newman 3:48
6."Love Minus Zero" Bob Dylan 3:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Make It Easy on Yourself" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 3:14
8."Land of a 1,000 Dances" Chris Kenner 2:35
9."There Goes My Baby" George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson3:08
10."Pretty Girls Everywhere"Eugene Church, Thomas Williams2:30
11."Here Comes the Night"Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus2:27
12."You're All Around Me" Scott Engel, Lesley Duncan 2:39

Personnel

The Walker Brothers

with:

Charts

ChartPosition
UK Albums Chart [1] 3
German Albums Chart 7

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 589/590. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie (2012). "Introducing the Walker Brothers - The Walker Brothers | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  3. Unterberger, Richie. The Walker Brothers: Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2012.