Red Eye Express/She's A Lady/What She Thinks About/Magical Connection/You're A Big Boy Now/Rainbows All Over Your Blues/How Have You Been/Baby Don't Ya Get Crazy/The Room Nobody Lives In/Fa-Fana-Fa/I Had A Dream
This was the debut album from John Sebastian, the creative genius behind the mid 1960s pop-rock group The Lovin' Spoonful. Unfortunately, as a solo artist he seemed unable to recreate the inspiration that underpinned his group work. (US:20)
"An extension of his songs for The Lovin' Spoonful - lyrical innocence (back when there was innocence), hopes, dreams, happiness and just plain fun. Hippie mush for some folks, but you can't help but smile and feel good in hearing this stuff."
"This album isn't the best by John Sebastian but it's not bad either. Two tracks are head and shoulders above the rest, What She Thinks About and She's A Lady. Those two are lost late 60s-early 70s tracks that deserve rotation by the classic rock oldies stations. The rest of the album is OK but a tad boring."
"This self-titled release, while it serves well to showcase John B.'s faculty with numerous instruments and musical styles, is in the end just more of that competent aw-shucks pickin' and grinnin' that dominated the early seventies, with only the closing I Had A Dream rating amongst his finer moments."
"This is one of those albums that defines my college years. When I had this on vinyl I played both sides so much they almost wore through to the other side."
"A sublime songwriter and a superb storyteller, John Sebastian is somewhat forgotten and flung to the farside of folk/rock when he should be feted as a foremost writer of what was then." ,p> "This recording was full of great music and genuine warmth. It never got the recognition it deserved. You're A Big Boy Now was a perfect song for moving from HS to college. Whether it was a commercial success or not, it remains one of my favourite albums." ,p> "Just like I remember it. Every track brings back memories from a wonderful time in my life. To new listeners, who know and like Sebastian's work with the great Lovin' Spoonful, John B. was leap forward in song writing."
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