Turtle Soup
Turtle Soup | ||||
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Released | October 1969 | |||
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Studio | United, Los Angeles | |||
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Length | 37:25 | |||
Label | White Whale | |||
Producer | Ray Davies | |||
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Turtle Soup is the fifth and final studio album by the American rock band the Turtles. It was released in 1969 on the White Whale Records label. The album was produced by Ray Davies of the Kinks – the first time he produced another act's record. A 1993 Repertoire Records CD-issue included 8 bonus tracks. A 1996 Sundazed Records reissue included two bonus tracks.
Turtle Soup peaked at number 117 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. Two singles from the album also earned a place on the Billboard Pop Singles chart: "You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain" (number 51), and "Love in the City" (number 91).[1]
Recording and release
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Tom Hull | B[3] |
Of the six songs recorded in April, "House on the Hill" was considered for release as a single, but the label withdrew its release after making promotional copies. "You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain"
Track listing
All tracks written by
Side A
- "Come Over" – 2:18
- "House on the Hill" – 2:58
- "She Always Leaves Me Laughing" – 2:46
- "How You Love Me" – 2:56
- "Torn Between Temptations" – 2:45
- "Love in the City" – 3:37
Side B
- "Bachelor Mother" – 2:38
- "John and Julie" – 3:10
- "Hot Little Hands" – 4:10
- "Somewhere Friday Night" – 3:20
- "Dance This Dance" – 3:30
- "You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain" – 2:42
Repertoire Bonus tracks
- "Chicken Little Was Right" (Single version) – 2:53
- "Lady-O" (Judee Sill) – 2:53
- "The Last Thing I Remember" – 3:25
- "The Owl" – 4:26
- "To See the Sun" – 4:12
- "If We Only Had the Time" – 5:09
- "Can I Go On" – 3:00
- "Dance This Dance" – 3:17
Sundazed Bonus tracks
- "Lady-O" (Sill) – 2:54
- "The Last Thing I Remember" (1986 Chalon Road LP Version) (hidden track with 1969 radio commercial starts at 3:30) – 4:28
Manifesto Bonus tracks
- "Goodbye Surprise" (Alan Gordon, Gary Bonner) – 2:55
- "Like It or Not" (Gordon, Bonner) – 3:41
- "There You Sit Lonely" (Kaylan, Volman) – 3:42
- "Can I Go On" – 2:59
- "You Want to Be a Woman" – 3:25
- "If We Only Had the Time" – 5:11
- "Dance This Dance With Me" (demo) – 3:17
- "Come Over" (demo) – 2:22
- "How You Love Me" (demo) – 3:39
- "Strange Girl" (demo) – 2:45
- "Marmendy Mill" (demo) – 3:13
- "Turtle Soup Radio Spot" – 0:55
References
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ Priore 2015, p. 126.
- ^ Hinman 2004, p. 125.
- ^ a b Hinman 2004, pp. 128, 130.
- ^ Hinman 2004, p. 128.
Sources
- Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
- ISBN 978-1-908279-90-3.