A Date With The Everly Brothers

HL: “Cathy’s Clown”, “Made to Love”, “Sigh, Cry, Almost Die”

RIP Everlys
“A Date” definitely deserves to be on this list, also suffers from the syndrome of inspiring other songwriters I love more. Sort of like Little Richard, though this album’s sanitized cover of “Lucille” does the original no favours.

September 29, 2022

It's not an album I was Made To Love. Even though this album only clocks 28 minutes, every new song feels Just Too Much on whiteness and late 50's songwriting. Where the songs kept asking to Just Stick With Me, I couldn't help to Sigh, Cry, Almost Die with every note and harmony that was thrown my way.

Even side B - with mostly songs written Felice and Boudleaux Bryant - could not give me a Change Of Heart.
So How Come (No One Loves This Album)? The cover of Lucille tells the story. It's without power, without swagger. It's safe. It's plain-oatmeal-for-breakfast-music.
The earliest rendition of the Bryant classic Love Hurts can't save the album either.
So Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do?

1*

Nice and simple 60s pop.
They obviously influenced the Beatles.

Nice

Largely inoffensive 50s pop with a few highlights. Love Hurts is great

12 canciones y menos de 28 minutos. Sonido de los 60 un poco ñoño. Me ha gustado "Made to Love" y sobre todo "Lucille", una versión de una canción de Little Richard que es una clara inspiración de la base de "Oh, Pretty Woman". Imprescindible para mí no es.