Greatest Hits – THE BUCKINGHAMS****

Don’t You Care/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Back In Love Again/Why Don’t You Love Me/I’ll Go Crazy/Susan/Mercy Mercy Mercy/And Our Love/Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song/Foreign Policy/Kind Of A Drag

Well timed compilation album from the Chicago harmony pop group The Buckinghams. They had several US hit singles in the late sixties, including the chart topping Kind Of A Drag. (US:73)

“Kind Of A Drag is definitely one of the best rock and roll torch songs of the golden era of rock and roll. The Buckinghams harmonize very well and the music that goes with their singing fits in perfectly.”

“I always had a soft spot for The Buckinghams as they had a good pop sense. All in all, a good album.”

“This is, plain and simple, a feel good album, taking the listener back to less complicated days. The band were similar to early Chicago, but you wouldn't know it from this collection, which sticks to the pop material. The hits are here, though.”

“It appears that Columbia was looking for more progressive groups at the time, as the pop scene was changing to the rock scene. The Bucks were not a festival band and fell into hard times. Columbia should be ashamed of themselves for abandoning this great and talented group, since they sold so much vinyl in '67-'68.”

“The Buckinghams were all over the radio from 1967 to 1969. There is no getting away from the fact that The Buckinghams are from Chicago. All these songs are good examples of the beat, the production, the vocal and brass arrangements that accompany these pop hits, dubbed the Chicago sound.”

“This recording harkens back to a time when melody and pop music were always an end product of what would soon become a hit.”

“This is the essential Buckinghams' album to own as it contains all of their biggest hits. This Chicago quintet hit their peak in 1967 with the number one hit Kind Of A Drag which still sounds great today. The vocals, the great harmonies, the use of brass, and the hit tunes make this a solid choice.”