Total Commitment
| Total Commitment | ||||
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Rock and Roll | ||||
| Length | 31:28 | |||
| Label | Liberty | |||
| Producer | Dallas Smith | |||
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| Singles from Total Commitment | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
New Record Mirror |   [2] |
Total Commitment is the eighth studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon, and his second for Liberty Records, Released in October 1966.
it included multiple cover songs, including "
Background
Liberty wanted to get Shannon back into the studio to record another album, and get another single or two in the mix. "What Makes You Run" and "I Can't Be True", both originals, "What Makes You Run" followed "Under My Thumb" in the sense of arrangement and instrumentation. He truly thought he had a winner with "Thumb" to be a hit."[5]
Dan Bourgoise reflected on the second batch of cover songs: "If Del never did cover songs, that would be one thing. But he was always one who would do a few cover songs on his albums...[he] would find a song that he really liked that he thought he could add something to, to make it his own."[6]
Critical reception
Total Commitment received positive retrospective reviews. Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that "Total Commitment is almost a roots rock record compared with This Is My Bag, which preceded it, And even amid such classic compositions as 'Where Were You When I Needed You,' 'Time Won't Let Me,' and 'Summer in the City."[7]
Record Mirror called the album "Fantastically and stated Some Beat favourites are here with some of his own songs unpretentiously en-joyable Beat album"[8]
The Honolulu Advertiser stated that Total Commitment is soul supreme, "Under My Thumb" and "Sunny" are standout[9]
Track listing
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri | 2:54 | |
| 5. | "The Joker Went Wild" | Bobby Russell | 2:27 |
| 6. | "The Pied Piper" | Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld | 2:07 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sunny" | Bobby Hebb | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Show Me" | 2:27 | |
| 3. | "Time Won't Let Me" | Tom King, Chet Kelley | 2:35 |
| 4. | "What Makes You Run" | 2:42 | |
| 5. | "I Can't Be True" | 2:20 | |
| 6. | "Summer in the City" | John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone | 2:45 |
Recording dates
- July 19, 1966 โ "Under My Thumb", "She Was Mine", "Show Me"[5]
- July 26, 1966 โ "What Makes You Run", "I Can't Be True", "Red Rubber Ball", "The Pied Piper", "Sunny", "Time Won't Let Me".[5]
- July 28, 1966 โ "Summer in the City", "Where Were You When I Needed You" and "The Joker Went Wild"[5]
References
- ^ ""Total Commitment" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- New Record Mirror. No. 18. p. 8. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 29, 1966".
- ^ ISBN 9798369401477.
- ISBN 9798369401477.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. ""Total Commitment" - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Del Shannon Total Connitment Review (PDF). Record Mirror. 1967-02-11. p. 8.
- ^ "The Honolulu Advertiser 27 Oct 1966, page 26". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.