The Left Banke - There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-69

Title: There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-69 Artist: The Left Banke Release Date: 1992 Re-Released On: 6/14/1994 Label: Mercury Duration: 74:08 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 042284809528, 042284809542 Genre: Rock Styles: Psychedelic, Baroque Pop, Psychedelic Pop, Sunshine Pop, AM Pop Moods: Autumnal, Melancholy, Wistful, Ambitious, Dreamy, Sophisticated, Brooding, Delicate, Elegant, Plaintive, Reflective, Cerebral, Poignant, Bittersweet, Gentle, Intimate, Precious, Refined/Mannered, Yearning Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 18 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Walk Away Renee
2. I Haven't Got the Nerve
3. Pretty Ballerina
4. She May Call You up Tonight
5. I've Got Something on My Mind
6. Barterers and Their Wives
7. Let Go of You Girl
8. What Do You Know?
9. Evening Gown
10. Lazy Day
11. Shadows Breaking over My Head
12. Ivy Ivy
13. Men Are Building Sand
14. Desiree
15. Dark Is the Bark
16. My Friend Today
17. Sing Little Bird Sing
18. And Suddenly
19. Goodbye Holly
20. In the Morning Light
21. Bryant Hotel
22. Give the Man a Hand
23. Nice to See You
24. There's Gonna Be a Storm
25. Pedestal
26. Myrah

Year Type Label Catalog # 1992 CD Mercury 848095-2

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Though it's missing a few rarities -- namely the Steve Martin single for Buddha that reunited him with Michael Brown -- this is the most definitive Left Banke compilation. It features the entirety of their two late-'60s albums, as well as a couple of singles that didn't make it onto LPs at the time (though they later appeared on Rhino's History) and a previously unissued cut, "Men Are Building Sand." Their debut 1967 LP, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, is an underrated classic of the time, matching smart harmonies and pop hooks to baroque orchestration. Its brilliance casts a bit of a shadow over the rest of this collection. The group's 1968 album Too suffered from bloated production and, more importantly, the absence of chief songwriter/arranger Michael Brown. In turn, the 1967 single Brown cut under the Left Banke moniker with singer Bert Sommer suffers from the absence of lead vocalist Steve Martin. By the time Brown and Martin tenuously reunited for a late-1969 single, some of the spark had gone. All of the aforementioned highs and lows of this prodigiously talented but strife-ridden group are on this disc. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andrew Sandoval Liner Notes Artie Schroeck Arranger, Conductor, Producer Bill Inglot Producer Bill Jerome Producer Gene Radice Producer Harry Lookofsky Producer John Abbot Arranger Michael Brown Producer Paul Leka Conductor, Producer, Arranger Steve Jerome Producer The Left Banke Producer Tom Kaye Producer