You You You/Put Your Head On My Shoulder/Any Time/My Happiness/Who Wouldn’t Love You/Manana (Is Good Enough For Me)/Heartaches/It Is No Secret/Stranger In Paradise/Dear Hearts & Gentle People/Harbour Lights/You’re Breaking My Heart/My Heart Cries For You/A Little Bird Told Me
On Golden All Time Hits the The Bachelors perform what they do best, old time songs sung in a modern style. The boys would have to wait another 41 years for their next full price album hit. (UK:19)
"The Bachelors were a three part harmony group from Dublin who were popular in the UK during the 'beat-boom' of the 1960s. Their music followed in the tradition of barbershop quartets, though I suspect The Everly Brothers would've been an influence too. The title of this album is perhaps a bit misleading, as it is not a compilation of songs made hits by The Bachelors, but rather a selection of million-selling songs that have been given The Bachelors 'treatment'."
"The distinctive vocal harmonies of The Bachelors are the main attraction here, though they're somewhat undermined by the lightweight material. And given that I'm not familiar with even one of the tracks here, that only goes to show that a song being a million-seller is no guarantee that it is well known. As this album is from an era where million-sellers were commonplace it's no indicator of musical merit either."
"This is an album of innocuous 'light entertainment', that would appeal to elderly folk having a holiday at say, Butlins. Or in this case, a night out at the ABC Theatre in Blackpool, where this album was recorded, capitalising on the demand for evening entertainment for 'seaside holidaymakers' that were prevalent in the UK during the 1960s. Jaunty and pleasant, but ultimately forgettable muzak."
"These guys have such a great sound. In my opinion, they didn't get the recognition and commercial success they deserved. I think they had unfortunate timing, coming into the US music scene with this retro, harmonic sound while the British invasion and drug influenced music was the prevailing trend."
"It's telling that The Bachelors are my favourite group of the British invasion even though they are Irish and only happened to come along at the same time. I love older music with strong melodies and singing though."
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