The New Seekers
It's Been Too Long... The Greatest Hits and More
It's Been Too Long... The Greatest Hits and More
UPC: 600753206089
Format: CD
Release Date: Jul 13, 2009
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Personnel: Mickey Finn , Mark Hankins (vocals, guitar); Donna Jones, Paul Martin Layton (vocals); Roger Richards (keyboards).
Liner Note Author: Nic Culverwell.
Photographer: Danny Clifford.
It's Been Too Long...The Greatest Hits and More features 22 (amiable to the point of disturbing) cuts from the Australian collective who just wanted to "teach the world to sing" (or buy them a Coke). Cultish notions of glazed-eyed "Flower Power" aside, the New Seekers had a real gift for simple, engaging melodies, and this collection features a large majority of songs from the group's Polydor and CBS heydays, including "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma," Harry Chapin's "Circles," the Who's "Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me" and the aforementioned "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)." That said, a handful of tracks from later incarnations of the group fail to capture the warm naïveté of their '60s and '70s offerings, resulting in a solid collection of harmonious and easy folk-pop that could be about 20 minutes shorter than it is. ~ James Christopher Monger
Liner Note Author: Nic Culverwell.
Photographer: Danny Clifford.
It's Been Too Long...The Greatest Hits and More features 22 (amiable to the point of disturbing) cuts from the Australian collective who just wanted to "teach the world to sing" (or buy them a Coke). Cultish notions of glazed-eyed "Flower Power" aside, the New Seekers had a real gift for simple, engaging melodies, and this collection features a large majority of songs from the group's Polydor and CBS heydays, including "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma," Harry Chapin's "Circles," the Who's "Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me" and the aforementioned "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)." That said, a handful of tracks from later incarnations of the group fail to capture the warm naïveté of their '60s and '70s offerings, resulting in a solid collection of harmonious and easy folk-pop that could be about 20 minutes shorter than it is. ~ James Christopher Monger
Tracks:
1 - Look What They've Done to My Song Ma
2 - Never Ending Song of Love
3 - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
4 - Beg, Steal or Borrow
5 - Circles
6 - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
7 - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me
8 - I Get a Little Sentimental Over You
9 - Nickel Song
10 - Goodbye is Just Another Word
11 - Good Old Fashioned Music
12 - I Wanna Go Back
13 - Anthem (One Day in Every Week)
14 - It's So Nice (To Have You Home)
15 - Come Softly to Me
16 - When There's No Love Left
17 - It's Been Too Long
18 - I Can't Breathe
19 - Lifeline to Love
20 - Blackberry Way Medley: I Can Say You're Beautiful/One/Anthem/Blackberry Way
21 - Hallelujah Medley: Fire and Rain/My Sweet Lord/Angel of the Morning
22 - Just Another Lesson
2 - Never Ending Song of Love
3 - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
4 - Beg, Steal or Borrow
5 - Circles
6 - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
7 - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me
8 - I Get a Little Sentimental Over You
9 - Nickel Song
10 - Goodbye is Just Another Word
11 - Good Old Fashioned Music
12 - I Wanna Go Back
13 - Anthem (One Day in Every Week)
14 - It's So Nice (To Have You Home)
15 - Come Softly to Me
16 - When There's No Love Left
17 - It's Been Too Long
18 - I Can't Breathe
19 - Lifeline to Love
20 - Blackberry Way Medley: I Can Say You're Beautiful/One/Anthem/Blackberry Way
21 - Hallelujah Medley: Fire and Rain/My Sweet Lord/Angel of the Morning
22 - Just Another Lesson