Younger Girl/It Just Won’t Be That Way/Gone For A While/Children & Flowers/Everything But Time/Come Back On A Rainy Day/Mr Dieingly Sad/I Wear A Silly Grin/Best Love You’ll Ever Have/Forever Or No More/He’ll Make You Cry/Blow My Mind
The now little known Critters were a short lived melodic soft rock group from New Jersey. Their debut album Younger Girl contains the US No. 17 hit single Mr Dieingly Sad. (US:147)
"The Critters were one of the greatest of the soft pop groups of the '60s, as evidenced by their singles, but in 1966, it was still unfortunately common for great groups to release albums marked with too much filler material. The Critters fall victim to this, dropping in a few tepid numbers between their shining moments of brilliance. The group excels at the more sunshine pop/Association-style ballad songs where they are able to showcase their melodies and arrangements. The more 'rock' songs manage to be less convincing. When in the middle of one of their pop songs like Gone For Awhile or Mr. Dieingly Sad it's obvious that The Critters were one of the best at concocting candy-coated psychedelia."
"The Critters were a New Jersey band with national appeal. Don Ciccone and Jimmy Ryan had uniquely different voices which helped diversify the material. The songs are very listenable with great harmonies and interesting chord patterns."
"The Critters were responsible for crafting amazing pop songs that could have rivalled The Beatles and The Beach Boys had they been given the time and proper exposure. Don't believe me? Listen to the rich, layered harmonies on Gone For Awhile or the gentle, pseudo bossa nova rhythms of Mr Dieingly Sad. This is incredibly beautiful music that needs to be rediscovered."
"Some of the best, non-commercial tunes of that era. The voice harmonies are pure and the songs bring back many wonderful memories. This group of young talented musicians recorded some fine harmony enriched melodies that will always have a respected place in our musical heritage."
"Great harmonics and arrangement in every tune. Their music is very clear and crisp, and you will quickly memorize and end up singing along with every song, A must for anyone who appreciates tight harmonies."
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