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The Standells' Why Pick On Me - For their second Tower album, Why Pick On Me, the Standells received a significant sonic boost with the move to American Recording Company. Legendary engineer Richie Podolor cut the best sounding records of the era; from the Standells, Chocolate Watchband, and Electric Prunes to Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night. The drum tracks on this album are simply not to be believed, the bass drum sound possibly registering on the Richter scale. Here the Standells build on their strengths with tough originals from producer Ed Cobb, equally-hard driving outside material ("Black Hearted Woman," "Mainline"), and notably, the emergence of Larry Tamblyn as a songwriter (his "Mr. Nobody" arguably the album's highlight).
The Standells' Why Pick On Me - For their second Tower album, Why Pick On Me, the Standells received a significant sonic boost with the move to American Recording Company. Legendary engineer Richie Podolor cut the best sounding records of the era; from the Standells, Chocolate Watchband, and Electric Prunes to Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night. The drum tracks on this album are simply not to be believed, the bass drum sound possibly registering on the Richter scale. Here the Standells build on their strengths with tough originals from producer Ed Cobb, equally-hard driving outside material ("Black Hearted Woman," "Mainline"), and notably, the emergence of Larry Tamblyn as a songwriter (his "Mr. Nobody" arguably the album's highlight).
090771633927

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Format: CD
Label: SUZ
Rel. Date: 02/17/2017
UPC: 090771633927

Why Pick On Me
Artist: Standells
Format: CD
New: IN STOCK AT OUR STORE $13.99
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Why Pick on Me
2. Paint It Black
3. Mi Hai Fatto Innamorare
4. I Hate to Leave You
5. Black Hearted Woman
6. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
7. The Girl and the Moon
8. Looking at Moon
9. Mr. Nobody 1
10. My Little Red Book 1
11. Mainline 1
12. Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail 1
13. Our Candidate 1
14. Don't Say Nothing at All 1
15. The Boy Who Is Lost

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The Standells' Why Pick On Me - For their second Tower album, Why Pick On Me, the Standells received a significant sonic boost with the move to American Recording Company. Legendary engineer Richie Podolor cut the best sounding records of the era; from the Standells, Chocolate Watchband, and Electric Prunes to Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night. The drum tracks on this album are simply not to be believed, the bass drum sound possibly registering on the Richter scale. Here the Standells build on their strengths with tough originals from producer Ed Cobb, equally-hard driving outside material ("Black Hearted Woman," "Mainline"), and notably, the emergence of Larry Tamblyn as a songwriter (his "Mr. Nobody" arguably the album's highlight).
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