The Young Mods' Forgotten Story

The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
Studio album by The Impressions
Released	May 1969
Genre	Chicago soul
Length	25:26
Label	Curtom
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions chronology
The Versatile Impressions (1969) The Young Mods' Forgotten Story (1969) The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred (1970)
Singles from The Young Mod's Forgotten Story
"My Deceiving Heart" Released: February 1969 "Seven Years" Released: April 1969 "Choice of Colors" Released: June 1969

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

The Young Mods' Forgotten Story is an album by the American soul music group the Impressions. ^{[3] [4]} It was released in 1969 via Curtom Records. ^[5]

Production

Donny Hathaway worked as an arranger on the album. ^[6]

Critical reception

Billboard deemed The Young Mods' Forgotten Story a "smooth soul sampler of choice tunes." ^[7] Colin Larkin called it "quintessential," writing that it "set the framework for [Curtis Mayfield's] solo work." ^[2] The Edmonton Journal , reviewing a reissue, wrote that "the music, save for touches of wah-wah and (prescient) proto-funk on 'Mighty Mighty', was in many ways a step behind similar groups of the time." ^[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield

1. "The Young Mods' Forgotten Story"  – 2:00
2. "Choice of Colors"  – 3:15
3. "The Girl I Find"  – 2:37
4. "Wherever You Leadeth Me"  – 2:32
5. "My Deceiving Heart"  – 2:49
6. "Seven Years"  – 2:21
7. "Love's Miracle"  – 2:24
8. "Jealous Man"  – 2:34
9. "Soulful Love"  – 2:30
10. "Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)"  – 2:21

Personnel

• Curtis Mayfield – lead vocals, guitar, producer
• Fred Cash and Sam Gooden – backing vocals
• The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
• Donny Hathaway and Johnny Pate – arranger

Charts

USA - Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1969	Black Albums	21
	Pop Albums	104 [9]

USA - Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak position
1969	Choice of Colors	Black Singles	1
		Pop Singles	21
	My Deceiving Heart	Black Singles	69
	Seven Years	Pop Singles	84
		Black Singles	15

References

1. Bush, John. The Young Mods' Forgotten Story at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 464.
3. Cohen, Aaron (September 25, 2019). "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
4. Werner, Craig (December 18, 2007). "Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul". Crown – via Google Books.
5. "The Impressions | Biography & History". AllMusic.
6. Lordi, Emily J. (October 20, 2016). "Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
7. "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 19, 1969 – via Google Books.
8. Murray, Tom (October 15, 2005). "Even at their most cliched, Impressions never lost spirit". Edmonton Journal. p. E3.
9. Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 402.