Up To Date - THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY***

I'll Meet You Halfway/You Are Always On My Mind/Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted/I'm Here You're Here/Umbrella Man/Lay It On The Line/Morning Rider On The Road/That'll Be The Day/There's No Doubt In My Mind/She'd Rather Have The Rain/I'll Leave Myself A Little Time

Up To Date was the follow up album from The Partridge Family boosted by their popular TV programme. Although dismissed as bubblegum by music critics they released several fine melodic singles. (US:3 UK:46)

“The Partridges Up To Date album remains one of their earlier rocking albums at their best. Although the band only consisted of two singers, the arrangements and background singers are incredible. This LP, as well as the ones that followed, put the Partridge Family in a category of their own that far transcended the typical bubblegum of the time.”

“This is not bubblegum but some of the best pop music that came out of the 70s. Far superior to the manufactured pop groups before them, these gems still stand tall and have aged rather well. The packaging was always geared to snag the younger crowd but the true prizes here are the songs themselves. In my opinion, there is not one bad tune on this LP.”

“I'll Meet You Halfway starts the album off with a moving, poignant love ballad that The Partridge Family deliver with panache. Of all their songs, this clearly has to be one of my highly ranked favourites. I love how the song deals with love and how two people really can work out their differences to hope to be together as a couple. The musical arrangement is lush without ever drowning out David Cassidy and the others.”

“You Are Always On My Mind shines brightly as a very good song; David Cassidy and the rest perform this very well, and it moves me with the key changes and the tempo is just right. A lot of young people will identify with this song as they experience their first true love with all the obsessing that goes along with the joy.”

“Younger people should listen to this music; it's much better than what is offered to them by today's ‘artists’. The Partridge Family may be manufactured but they had a great sound and David Cassidy did a great job with the songs they recorded.”

“Pleasing easy listening pop sounds made by competent studio musicians after the acid wore off and the bills needed to be paid. Subtly subversive music that will always move those who were there.”