Would You Believe? (Hollies album)

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Would You Believe?
Studio album by The Hollies
Released	June 1966
Recorded	1966
Genre	Rock Pop
Label	Parlophone PMC7008 Imperial LP-9312 ("Beat Group!")
The Hollies chronology
Hollies (1965) Would You Believe? (1966) For Certain Because (1966)

Would You Believe? is an album by the Hollies, released in 1966. It features a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock," which displayed progression for the band at the time—the rising folk-rock nascent was on the horizon. However, Would You Believe also features a cover of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" - by 1966, R&B and blues covers were becoming passe.

Another sign of growth for the band on Would You Believe includes the Chip Taylor cover "I Can't Let Go," a major hit for the band.

The band-written songs are also considered to be among the more progressive tunes on the album: "Hard Hard Year," "Oriental Sadness," "Fifi the Flea," and "I've Got a Way of My Own." "Fifi," covered by the Everly Brothers, had lyrics outside of the band's norm; "Oriental Sadness" featured distinctly Asian-sounding chords; and "Hard Hard Year" and "I've Got A Way Of My Own" (which had previously appeared on the B-Side of "If I Needed Someone") are both folky sounding waltzes.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 US Track listing (Beat Group!) 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "I Take What I Want" (Porter/Hodges/Hayes)
2. "Hard Hard Year" (Ransford)
3. "That's How Strong My Love Is" (Jamison)
4. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Berry)
5. "Oriental Sadness" (Ransford)
6. "I Am a Rock" (Simon/Garfunkel)

Side 2

1. "Take Your Time" (Holly/Petty)
2. "Don't You Even Care" (Ballard Jr)
3. "Fifi the Flea" (Ransford)
4. "Stewball" (Yellin / Rinzler / Herald)
5. "I've Got a Way of My Own" (Ransford)
6. "I Can't Let Go" (Taylor/Gorgoni)

[edit] US Track listing (Beat Group!)

In the USA, the album was released under the title Beat Group! (Imperial LP-9312)

Side 1

1. I Can't Let Go
2. That's How Strong My Love Is
3. Running Through The Night
4. Oriental Sadness
5. A Taste of Honey
6. Mr Moonlight

Side 2

1. Don't You Even Care
2. Hard Hard Year
3. Take Your Time
4. Fifi the Flea
5. I Take What I Want

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Hollies Official Website

v • d • e The Hollies Graham Nash · Allan Clarke · Eric Haydock · Terry Sylvester · Bobby Elliott · Tony Hicks Bernie Calvert · Peter Howarth · Carl Wayne · Ian Parker UK albums Stay with the Hollies · In the Hollies Style · Hollies · Would You Believe? · For Certain Because · Evolution · Butterfly · Hollies Sing Dylan · Confessions of the Mind · Distant Light UK singles "Ain't That Just Like Me" · "Searchin'" · "Stay" (1963) · "Just One Look" · "Here I Go Again" · "We're Through" (1964) · "Yes I Will" · "I'm Alive" · "Look Through Any Window" · "If I Needed Someone" (1965) · "I Can't Let Go" · "Bus Stop" · "After the Fox" · "Stop! Stop! Stop!" (1966) · "On a Carousel" · "Carrie Anne" · "King Midas in Reverse" (1967) · "Jennifer Eccles" · "Listen to Me" (1968) · "Sorry Suzanne" · "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1969) · "I Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top" · "Gasoline Alley Bred" (1970) · "Hey Willy" (1971) · "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" · "The Baby" · "Magic Woman Touch" (1972) · "The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee" (1973) · "The Air That I Breathe" (1974) See also: Discography