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You Were on My Mind
Studio album by
We Five
Released 1965
Genre Folk
Length29:36
Label A&M
ProducerFrank Werber
We Five chronology
You Were on My Mind
(1965) 		Make Someone Happy
(1967)
Singles from You Were on My Mind
  1. " You Were on My Mind"
    Released: June 1965
  2. "You Let a Love Burn Out"
    Released: March 1966

You Were on My Mind is the first studio album by the folk band We Five which was released in 1965.

The title track hit #1 on the adult contemporary chart and #3 on The Billboard Hot 100. [1] The album landed on the Billboard 200, reaching #32. [2] The single also marked a musical transition because the single was one of the first to feature drums and the electric guitar on a folk composition. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [4]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album "The harmonies are nice, and an overlooked influence upon the early San Francisco rock scene. But the album as a whole is pretty lightweight, with nothing else in the same league as "You Were on My Mind." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Love Me Not Tomorrow" ( John Stewart)
  2. " Somewhere Beyond the Sea" ( Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence)
  3. " My Favorite Things" ( Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
  4. "If I Were Alone" ( Mike Stewart, John Stewart)
  5. " Tonight" ( Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein)
  6. " Cast Your Fate to the Wind" ( Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werber)
  7. " You Were on My Mind" ( Sylvia Fricker)
  8. " Can't Help Falling in Love" ( George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore)
  9. "Small World" ( Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
  10. " I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" ( Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin)
  11. " Softly, as I Leave You" (Antonio De Vita, Hal Shaper)
  12. "I Can Never Go Home Again" ( John Stewart)

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak position
1965 Billboard Top LPs 32

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak position
1965 " You Were on My Mind" Billboard Hot 100 3
1965 " You Were on My Mind" Easy Listening 1

References

  1. ^ We Five's charting singles Retrieved March 9, 2012
  2. ^ We Five's charting albums Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  3. ^ We Five Interview Retrieved February 2, 2015
  4. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "You Were on My Mind > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
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