Too – THE LEFT BANKE***

Goodbye Holly/There’s Gonna Be A Storm/Sing Little Bird Sing/Nice To See You/Give The Man A Hand/Bryant Hotel/Desiree/Dark Is The Bark/In The Morning Light/My Friend Today

Too was the second and final album from the baroque US pop group Left Banke. During recording internal squabbles led to the departure of their main songwriter.

“The songs are really quite good, just as strong as those on the first album. The arrangements are great and the vocals are very solid. I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Desiree should have been a big hit, but there are other songs here that are equally as good. If you like late 60s pop with a touch of orchestration, this comes highly recommended.”

“I’m really surprised nothing came of their second release. There were some legal issues with their name and a couple songs, Desiree and Dark Is The Bark did not fair well in radio play. Musically this is a solid as their first release. I love the harmonies, very much in a classical baroque manner.”

“There are only two songs on here by Michael Brown, but that doesn't hurt its appeal at all, not one little bit. This is The Left Banke playing and singing on all cuts, and they are at their pop, harmonizing best. If they had been better handled we'd be looking at arguably one of the best American pop groups of their time.”

“Despite the departure of teenage genius maestro Mike Brown, this is fully the equal of the debut album and identical in style. Its actually more cohesive overall with fewer weak tracks.”

“Not a classic like Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, and not as good, but also not as much worse as some would suggest, it still has charms.”

“This album stands as a monumental cautionary tale for all would-be idiot-savant, genius pop group leaders. Treat your musicians well or they might create something astonishing without you. Indeed, after Michael Brown, composer of Walk Away Renee and the bulk of the first LP, departed in search of 'musical freedom', the remaining members sprung to the foreground to achieve everything a late 60s studio auteur could possibly wish to conjure.”