Everybody Knows (Dave Clark Five album)

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Everybody Knows
Studio album by
The Dave Clark Five
ReleasedJanuary 1968
GenrePop rock
Length26:45
LabelEpic
BN 26354 / LN 24354
ProducerDave Clark
The Dave Clark Five US chronology
You Got What It Takes

(1967) 		Everybody Knows
(1968)
Singles from Everybody Knows
  1. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" / "Man in a Pin Striped Suit"
  2. "A Little Bit Now" / "You Don't Play Me Around"
  3. "Red and Blue" / "Concentration Baby"
  4. "Everybody Knows" / "Inside and Out"
Alternative cover
UK album, 1967 (EMI)
UK album, 1967 (EMI)

Everybody Knows is the twelfth US album by the British band

Lenny Davidson's song "Red and Blue", cover of the Majors soul song "A Little Bit Now", and the UK chartbuster "Everybody Knows". It is the band's last American album and the first not to enter the Billboard Top 200 chart.[1]

Overview

The album combined modern musical trends of soul and rock and roll ("You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Concentration Baby", "A Little Bit Now"), powerful ballads ("Everybody Knows", "I'll Do the Best I Can", "At the Place") with a slight influence of psychedelic music ("Lost in His Dreams"). LP was produced by

sepia-toned photographs of the band members, but the author was not credited (they used the same cover for their later UK album 5 By 5).[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Everybody Knows was the first Dave Clark Five album not to enter the US charts, and the band therefore focused on the UK market, where three more albums followed. The reason for the failure in America may have been the group's declining popularity, noticeable in the success of their singles in the US (the UK smash hit "Everybody Knows" remained at No. 43 on Billboard), but also the delayed release, which missed the 1967 Christmas market and wasn't offered until January 1968 (the LP was released in the UK in December 1967).[4]

Billboard magazine wrote in the official review, "There's something old and something new – and they both register. The new is Everybody Knows, with the soft sound not commonly associated with DCF. And in their traditional kick is You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby. It all adds up to a solid effort, both old and new."[5] Cashbox magazine wrote, "Presently on the charts with the title tune of this LP, the Dave Clark Five should have no difficulty making the charts with the album itself. Rock foot-stompers and ballads make up the bill of fare. One of the grooviest tracks is a swinging, hard-driving updating of You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby..."[6]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger wrote about the songs, "Some of them saw the group competently, if not excitingly, adapt to trends in late-'60s production with an increased brassiness, as they do on the soul-pop tunes A Little Bit Now and Inside and Out." And he concluded the review with the opinion, "It adds up to an album that has some appeal for serious Dave Clark Five fans, but isn't essential listening for more discriminating listeners."[7]

Track listing (US version)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."
Denis Payton
1:58
4."Concentration Baby"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:30
5."Hold On Tight"Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson2:07
6."I'll Do The Best I Can"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:37

UK version

In late 1967 the album was also released in the UK, but with a modified 16-track list that included a few songs from the previous US albums

You Got What It Takes ("Blueberry Hill", "Tabatha Twitchit", "I've Got To Have A Reason", "Play Me Around", "You Got What It Takes"), Satisfied with You ("Go On"), and 5 by 5 ("Sitting Here Baby", "Bernerdette"). The British and Canadian editions had different artwork referencing the You Got What It Takes US LP.[8]

Track listing (UK version)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Got What It Takes"Tyran Carlo, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr., Marv Johnson2:59
2."I'll Do The Best I Can"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:37
3."At The Place"Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson2:23
4."Little Bit Strong"Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson1:21
5."Good Love Is Hard To Find"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:07
6."Blueberry Hill"Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, Al Lewis2:18
7."Tabatha Twitchit"Barry Mason, Les Reed2:25
8."Everybody Knows"Barry Mason, Les Reed2:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby"Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer2:18
2."Lost In His Dreams"Dave Clark, Denis Payton1:58
3."Go On"Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson2:26
4."Sitting Here Baby"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:40
5."Bernedette"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:11
6."I've Got to Have a Reason"Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson1:53
7."(You Don't) Play Me Around"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:19
8."Inside And Out"Dave Clark, Mike Smith2:45

Personnel

The Dave Clark Five

References

  1. ISBN 978-0743201209
    .
  2. ^ "The Dave Clark Five – Everybody Knows (US version)". Discogs.
  3. AllMusic
    . Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. ISBN 9780857125958
    .
  5. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 1968-01-20. p. 66.
  6. ^ "Album Reviews - Pop Picks" (PDF). Cashbox. 1968-01-20. p. 56.
  7. AllMusic
  8. ^ "The Dave Clark Five – Everybody Knows (UK version)". Discogs.
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