Evolution (Hollies album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Evolution
Type = Studio
Artist = The Hollies


Released = June 1967
Recorded = 1967
Genre = Rock
psychedelia
Length =
Label = Parlophone PMC7022 (Mono)/PCS 7022 (Stereo)
Epic LN 24315 (Mono)/BN 26315 (Stereo)
Producer = Ron Richards
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:munyxdjbjol0 link]
Last album = "For Certain Because"
(1966)
This album = "Evolution"
(1967)
Next album = "Butterfly"
(1967)

"Evolution" is the first of two 1967 albums by The Hollies. The album peaked at number 13 in the UK album chart. ["Evolution number 13 in the UK album chart." http://rockpopgallery.easystorecreator.com/items/karl-ferris/the-hollies-evolutions-ltd-edition-s-n-print-lep-spspthe1-detail.htm Retrieved 08/26/07]

Album profile

Like its predecessor, "For Certain Because", this album features only songs written by group members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. None of the songs on the album was selected for single or EP release in the UK.

The album cover artwork was created by The Fool, with the psychedelic cover photo by Karl Ferris, who is credited with creating the first truly psychedelic photograph for an album cover. The cover shown is the Sundazed 1998 rerelease, which differs from the original by having a small black rectanglular Sundazed logo present in the lower right. ["Evolution cover by Karl Ferris" http://rockpopgallery.easystorecreator.com/items/karl-ferris/the-hollies-evolutions-ltd-edition-s-n-print-lep-spspthe1-detail.htm retrieved 08/26/07] In 1978, Parlophone reissued the stereo version of "Evolution", along with "Butterfly" and "Confessions of the Mind".

The song "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?" was released earlier (in September 1966) both by The Searchers and Paul and Barry Ryan as single a-sides.

tereo Vs. Mono

The stereo version of this album features the "instruments on one channel, vocals on the other" mixing style heard on earlier Hollies stereo albums. Tracks from this album used in later compilations are just as likely to be in mono as stereo.

US version vs. UK version

"Evolution" was also the Hollies debut album for their new U.S. label, Epic Records. But, like many American issues of British albums, this was remixed using heavy echo and reverb. In addition, three songs were left off the album (with "Carrie Anne" added), thus making the U.S. version somewhat less desirable than its British counterpart.

Many Hollies fans regard the UK stereo version of "Evolution" (or the 1997 EMI UK CD containing both mono and stereo mixes) as superior.

UK Track listing

All tracks composed by Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks

Side 1
# "Then the Heartaches Begin"
# "Stop Right There"
# "Water on the Brain"
# "Lullaby to Tim"
# "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?"
# "You Need Love"Side 2
# "Rain on the Window"
# "Heading for a Fall"
# "Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe"
# "When Your Light's Turned On"
# "Leave Me"
# "The Games We Play"

"The U.S. edition of "Evolution" featured different tracks in a modified lineup:"

Side 1
# "Carrie Anne"
# "Stop Right There"
# "Rain on the Window"
# "Then the Heartaches Begin"
# "Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe"Side 2
# "You Need Love"
# "Heading for a Fall"
# "The Games We Play"
# "Lullaby to Tim"
# "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?"

The 1998 U.S. CD reissue of "Evolution" by Sundazed presents the original U.S. Epic "Evolution" LP using the original EMI stereo masters. In addition, two of the songs that appeared on the UK "Evolution", "Water on the Brain" and "When Your Light's Turned On" appear here as well as "Jennifer Eccles," "Signs That Will Never Change," and "Open Up Your Eyes."

"Leave Me," though part of the UK album, was issued on the second Epic album, "Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse."

References

External links

* [http://www.hollies.co.uk/ The Hollies Official Website]