| A Date with the Everly Brothers | ||||
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| Released | October 1960 | |||
| Recorded | March 18, 1960 July 8–13, 1960 | |||
| Length | 27:55 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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A Date with the Everly Brothers is the fourth studio album by American singing duo the Everly Brothers, released in 1960. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Pop albums charts and reached No. 3 in the UK.
The song " Love Hurts" appears here for the first time. It would subsequently be covered by numerous other artists. Other than the " Cathy's Clown"/"Always It's You" single, all of the tracks on A Date with the Everly Brothers were recorded in just four sessions during July 1960. [1]
Legacy
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  
[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | 
[3] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album "Although the material is not on the killer level of ' It's Everly Time', there are some very fine songs on their second Warner LP." [2]
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Made to Love" | Phil Everly | 2:05 |
| 2. | "That's Just Too Much" | Don Everly, Phil Everly | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Stick With Me Baby" | Mel Tillis | 1:57 |
| 4. | " Baby What You Want Me to Do" | Jimmy Reed | 2:20 |
| 5. | "Sigh, Cry, Almost Die" | Everly, Everly | 2:18 |
| 6. | "Always It's You" | Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant | 2:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Love Hurts" | Boudleaux Bryant | 2:23 |
| 2. | " Lucille" | Albert Collins, Richard Penniman | 2:32 |
| 3. | "So How Come (No One Loves Me)" | Bryant, Bryant | 2:18 |
| 4. | "Donna, Donna" | Bryant, Bryant | 2:15 |
| 5. | "A Change of Heart" | Bryant, Bryant | 2:07 |
| 6. | " Cathy's Clown" | Don Everly | 2:25 |
Personnel
- Don Everly – guitar, vocals
- Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
References
- ^ Liner Notes: A Date with the Everly Brothers by Richie Unterberger. Reissue by Collectors' Choice Music.
- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "A Date with the Everly Brothers > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
