Autumn '66 Explained

Autumn '66
Type:Album
Artist:the Spencer Davis Group
Cover:Autumn '66.jpg
Released:26 August 1966
Genre:R&B, beat
Length:32:59
Label:Fontana TL5359
Producer:Chris Blackwell
Prev Title:The Second Album
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:With Their New Face On
Next Year:1968

Autumn' 66 is the third studio album by the British rock group the Spencer Davis Group released in 1966. Although the album was not released in the US, the single "Somebody Help Me" was on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts for seven weeks and peaked at number 47 in July, 1967.[1]

Although never released in America, all but four tracks ("When A Man Loves A Woman", "Dust My Blues", "On the Green Light", and "Neighbour Neighbour") were released either as album tracks or as B-sides.

Reception

The AllMusic retrospective review by Richie Unterberger commented that "At the peak of their popularity, the Spencer Davis Group's albums were considerably less impressive than their hits", and criticized the album for relying too heavily on covers. However, they named the original songs "Somebody Help Me," "High Time Baby," "On the Green Light," and "When I Come Home" as highlights.[2]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Together 'Til the End of Time" (Frank Wilson) – 2:15)
  2. "Take This Hurt Off Me" (Don Covay, Ron Dean Miller) – 2:44)
  3. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) – 3:52)
  4. "Midnight Special" (Traditional, arranged by Spencer Davis) – 2:13)
  5. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) – 3:08)
  6. "When I Come Home" (Jackie Edwards, Steve Winwood) – 2:04

Side Two

  1. "Mean Woman Blues" (Claude Demetrius) – 3:14
  2. "Dust My Blues" (Elmore James) – 2:36
  3. "On the Green Light" (S. Winwood) – 3:05
  4. "Neighbour, Neighbour" (A.J. Valier) – 3:17
  5. "High Time Baby" (S. Winwood, Davis, Muff Winwood, Pete York) – 2:31
  6. "Somebody Help Me" (Edwards) – 2:00

Personnel

The Spencer Davis Group

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard Hot 100 – July 22, 1967.
  2. Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed March 24, 2011