Big Girls Don’t Cry/Yes Sir That’s My Baby/Peanuts/La Dee Dah/Teardrops/Apple Of My Eye/Never On Sunday/I Can’t Give You But Love/The Girl In My Dreams/Oh Carol/Lost Lullabye/Sherry
Sherry & 11 Others was the debut album from the highly successful New Jersey group The Four Seasons that specialised in falsetto harmony singing. Includes the US chart topping singles Sherry and Big Girls Don’t Cry. (US:6 UK:20)
“The Seasons' first album is very much standard fare for the times comprising a couple of hit singles fleshed out with cover versions and re-workings of a few tunes recorded during their previous career as The Four Lovers. The Seasons were not overnight sensations and therefore had a repertoire of songs that were well grounded in their nightclub act. Accordingly, the album tracks are polished performances, particularly the vocal harmonies.”
“This is an absolutely fantastic album, and one of my all time personal favourites. Every song has the incredible catchiness and enthusiasm as the first two huge hit singles. Peanuts is irresistible, a song which should've been a huge hit. The covers of La Dee Da and Never On Sunday are also great, all of the aforementioned songs having more of that incredible Valli falsetto.”
“The Four Seasons were one of the best white doo-wop vocal groups, and they'd continue to grow and change with the times, becoming one of the best vocal pop groups. This is an excellent debut album, though you have to love their early singles that first brought them to worldwide stardom to appreciate it most.”
“Here is the sound that made The Four Seasons famous, with lead singer Frankie Valli at his best. Their early recordings contain a strong doo wop flavour that disappeared about the time of the British invasion. This album is notable for that reason, and for the album cuts that don't seem to be anywhere else.”
“The Seasons' 1962 debut album is typical of its time, in that it's based around a hit or two, with the rest being more or less filler - either contemporary pop songs like Never On Sunday, or pre-rock standards like Yes Sir That's My Baby (here done in slowed down, hilariously doo-wop style). The group's singing, however, is glorious throughout, and the album's two hit singles, Sherry and Big Girls Don't Cry, are innovative re-workings of the East Coast harmony vocal style."
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