December Dream/Song About The Rain/Autumn Afternoon/I’d Like To Know/Evergreen Part 1/Evergreen Part 2/Different Drum/Driftin’/One For One/Back On The Street Again/Toys In Time/New Hard Times
Evergreen Vol. 2 was the follow up album from the Los Angeles pop trio The Stone Poneys which launched the career of vocalist Linda Ronstadt. It includes the US No. 13 hit single Different Drum. (US:100)
"Different Drum is nearly my favourite pop song of all time. Unfortunately, it's a weird outlier on this album, the rest is just dour, lame folk pop (albeit with almost outstanding moments in Toys In Time and New Hard Times).”
“Mournful and somewhat too serious pop folk of 1960s. Very young Ronstadt is front and centre, though her voice is pretty, she sounds as she just returned from a funeral, so its all a bit pretentious and only Different Drum livens things up a bit. Occasional nice harmonies but we've heard it all before, so not very original.”
“In addition to the hit Different Drum, this record features some nice songs and arrangements that are much more interesting than the typical folk-pop group of the era.”
“The Stone Poneys emerged with the Michael Nesmith tune Different Drum in late 1967, but was not even the tip of the iceberg of the tunes I was about to hear on the album that spawned the hit single. The opening track, December Dream sets the mood of the album perfectly, with a string quartet and harpsichord backdrop and a young Linda Ronstadt singing in her classic lullaby style. The magic continues in tracks such as Song About The Rain and the title cut Evergreen in two parts.”
“While this music belongs to a now long gone era, the group's music still has something to give. It's beautifully done folk-rock, some of the first of its kind.”
“The best known track on this album is probably Different Drum, but all of the tracks are great songs and perfect late-sixties folk rock pieces, especially with the obligatory sitar on the Evergreen tracks. I especially like One For One and New Hard Times.”
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