The Limeliters (album) explained

The Limeliters
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Limeliters
Cover:	The Limeliters (album).png
Released:	1960
Genre:	Folk
Label:	Elektra
Next Year:	1961

The Limeliters is a studio album by the American folk music group, The Limeliters, a trio made up of Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough. It was released in 1960 on the Elektra label (catalog no. EKL-180).^[1] It was the group's first album and its only album for Elektra.^[2]

The album did not chart upon its release in 1960. However, the group's popularity grew the following year with the release of a live album, . The live album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard magazine's pop album chart, and the 1960 album then debuted on the chart in October 1961, peaking at No. 40.^[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars. Reviewer Cary Ginell called it "an impressive debut" with strong three-part harmonies.^[2]

"Times Are Getting Hard" was used in the Breaking Bad episode "Ozymandias".

Track listing

Side A

1. "The Hammer Song" (Seeger, Hays) [2:25]
2. "Battle at Gandessa" (Bessie, Yarbrough) [2:39]
3. "Charlie, The Midnight Marauder" (Davis, Bagby) [2:48]
4. "Zhankoye" (Seeger, Allaire) [2:29]
5. "When I First Came to This Land" (Reynolds, Bagby) [3:05]
6. "Malagueña Salerosa" (Reynolds, Hassilev, Bagby) [2:35]

Side B

1. "The Bear Chase" (Bagby) [2:05]
2. "The Burro" (Hassilev, Sheer) [3:53]
3. "Gari Gari" (Limeliters, Raskin) [2:42]
4. "John Henry, The Steel Driving Man" (Glen, Hassilev) [2:06]
5. "Times Are Getting Hard" (Hays, Raskin) [2:53]
6. "Lonesome Traveler" (Hays) [2:01]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Limeliters – The Limeliters. Discogs. December 23, 2020. (information reflected on the back cover of the album)
2. Web site: The Limeliters. AllMusic. December 23, 2020.
3. Book: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. Joel Whitburn. 1995. 0823076318.