Can’t You See That She’s Mine/I Need You I Love You/I Love You No More/Rumble/Funny/Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah/Can I Trust You/Forever & A Day/Theme Without A Name/On Broadway
The Dave Clark Five's second US LP Return! includes the top ten single Can't You See That She's Mine. During this period record companies felt compelled to swiftly deliver new product onto the market, in this case a mere two months since the group's first album release. (US:5)
"This is, in fact, one of the weakest DC5 albums. It suffers all the typical strains of a rush release. The band is pressed into the studio, urged to find enough original material to sound diverse and 'independent', yet when it turns out that the original material is sorely lacking in quality, is nevertheless encouraged to do several idiotic covers rather than giving the listener a good time."
"Here The Dave Clark Five play lounge ballads and watered down 'poppers', and when they aren't supported with the band's energy and Clark/Smith's massive hooks, they easily epitomize everything that was wrong with pop music in the early sixties."
"The whole first half of the album ranges from (rarely) excellent to (more often) enjoyable. The one big highlight, Can't You See That She's Mine, is vintage single material: fast, but not as noisy and chaotic as Glad All Over, making more way for Smith's pulsating organ and the band's coordinated vocal harmonies to be heard."
"It's absolutely obvious that there just wasn't enough material to form a decent LP, but that's no excuse. One of the reasons why The Beatles are still revered and The Dave Clark Five mostly forgotten is filler."
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