Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina

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Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina cover
Studio album by The Left Banke
Released February 1967
Recorded Mostly January of 1967
Genre Baroque pop
Length 28:25
Label Smash MGS 27088 (Mono)/SRS 67088 (Stereo)
Producer Harry Lookofsky
Professional reviews
The Left Banke chronology
'n.a. Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
(1967)		 The Left Banke Too
(1969)

Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina is an album by New York quintet The Left Banke, released in 1967. Although not widely popular upon its release, it is now viewed as perhaps the definitive example of "baroque pop" music. The album's two hits were the title cuts, "Walk Away Renée" (charting at number 5) and "Pretty Ballerina" (number 15). Album track "I've Got Something on My Mind" was later sampled by Swedish pop singer Jens Lekman for the 2003 song "Black Cab".

Contents

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[edit] Side 1

  1. "Pretty Ballerina" - 2:32
  2. "She May Call You up Tonight" - 2:18
  3. "Barterers and Their Wives" - 2:56
  4. "I've Got Something on My Mind" - 2:46
  5. "Let Go of You Girl" - 2:53
  6. "Evening Gown" - 1:46

[edit] Side 2

  1. "Walk Away Renée" - 2:40
  2. "What Do You Know" - 2:57
  3. "Shadows Breaking over my Head" - 2:34
  4. "I Haven't Got the Nerve" - 2:13
  5. "Lazy Day" - 2:24

[edit] Personnel

  • George Cameron - drums
  • Tom Finn - bass guitar
  • Rick Brand - lead guitar
  • Jeff Winfield - lead guitar
  • Steve Martin - vocalist
  • Mike Brown - harpsichord and piano

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