Daydream – THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL****

Daydream/There She Is/Its Not Time Now/Warm Baby/Day Blues/Let The Boy Rock & Roll/Jug Band Music/ Didn’t Want To Have To Do It/You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice/Bald Headed Lena/Butchie’s Tune/Big Noise From Speonk

The Lovin' Spoonful's second album Daydream includes You Didn't Have To Be So Nice, a US No. 10 hit single, plus the title track which reached No. 2 on both sides of the Atlantic. The band, with their good time music, hit their peak of popularity in 1966. (US:10 UK:8)

"At least one album from this stellar New York pop band should be in every collection. John Sebastian was a lyrical genius and master craftsman of short, humorous love songs. With their jug band roots, they were no slouches at good time blues either. It is, however, the title track that brings the biggest smiles and happiest memories."

"It's filled with the kind of good time music that The Spoonful were known for. And not just the pair of top ten hits: Daydream and You Didn't Have To Be So Nice. There are lovely ballads like Warm Baby, rockers like Let The Boy Rock & Roll, the very country sounding Butchie's Tune and the instrumental Big Noise From Speonk."

"Daydream is a lush, wondrous pop-rock-jug band offering from this incredible 60s group. What type of music is it exactly, you may ask? Well, they stirred up a number of genres with this (with a spoon, of course) and gave us all a beautiful blend of tunes. I hear folk music, Nashville influences, blues and rock mixed with, of all things, a harpsichord. John Sebastian created music with a new and interesting instrument heretofore unknown to the general public."

"The Spoonful were unique in that no other band in history has been so often credited as initiating a 'good time'. The band sounds like how they look - a bit cartoonish. But this is neither overly sweet (the band were actually diverse and capable musicians) nor brittle. Rather, it's well-baked and never grows stale."

"The music is infectious, happy, a very good time. It is a rare moment of innocence in rock, before we moved to more curious and psychedelic themes. Be thankful for The Spoonful. They didn't stress your mind, they were fun to listen to, they were creative and talented musicians."