Poppy Seeds Explained

Poppy Seeds
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Poppy Family
Cover:	PoppyFamily-PoppySeeds.jpg
Released:	1971
Genre:	Psychedelic pop
Label:	London
Producer:	Terry Jacks
Prev Title:	Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Prev Year:	1969

Poppy Seeds, released in 1971, was the second and final studio album from Vancouver, British Columbia band The Poppy Family. The album has yet to be released on modern formats and remains a rare vinyl. The tracks are available as part of the CD release of their first album, however.

Singles released from the album were "Where Evil Grows," "I Was Wondering," "No Good to Cry" (previously a minor 1966 hit by The Wildweeds), "Good Friends?," and "I'll See You There." "Where Evil Grows" was the album's biggest hit, reaching #6 in Canada and #45 in the United States.

Track listing

1. "No Good to Cry" – 2:35 (Al Anderson)
2. "Tryin'" – 3:03 (Terry Jacks)
3. "Good Friends?" – 2:37 (Terry Jacks)
4. "I Started Loving You Again" – 2:14 (Merle Haggard)
5. "I'll See You There" – 3:17 (Terry Jacks)
6. "I Was Wondering" – 3:00 (Terry Jacks)
7. "Where Evil Grows" – 2:48 (Terry Jacks)
8. "Living Too Close to the Ground" – 2:12 (T. Slater)
9. "Someone Must Have Jumped" – 3:40 (Terry Jacks)
10. "So Used to Loving You" – 1:59 (Sonny Curtis)
11. "Remember the Rain" – 2:46 (Bob Lind)
12. "Winter Milk" – 3:25 (Joe Fahrni)

Personnel

• Susan Jacks

vocals, percussion

• Terry Jacks

vocals

• Brian Cavossa: producer, mandolin, backup vocals