Feelings (The Grass Roots album)

Feelings
Studio album by The Grass Roots
Released	February 1968
Recorded	December 1967
Studio	United Western Recorders, Hollywood California
Genre	Folk rock; pop; psychedelic pop;
Length	33:44
Label	Dunhill
Producer	Steve Barri
The Grass Roots chronology

Feelings is the third studio album by the American rock band The Grass Roots, released in February 1968 by Dunhill Records. It contained many songs composed by the group's members and studio performances of the musician's instrumentation. The album was intended to take the group into a heavier psychedelic direction with their music.[2] The A and B side singles released from the album were "Melody For You" b/w "Hey Friend", "Feelings" b/w "Here's Where You Belong", "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" (B-side of "Midnight Confessions"), "Hot Bright Lights" (B-side of "Bella Linda"), "All Good Things Come to an End" (B-side of 1969 issue of "Melody for You") and "You and Love Are the Same" (B-side of "Lovin' Things"). Midway during this run "Midnight Confessions" was released as an A side and became the group's highest charting single.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Songs

The songs were a 50/50 split between outside composers and the group and featured arrangements by Jimmie Haskell. The title song was created in 1966 by the pre-Grass Roots garage group named the 13th Floor. Previous member Kenny Fukomoto was the main composer and Warren Entner and Rick Coonce helped with the arrangements. The song featured a sustained fuzz guitar and Eastern influences giving it a psychedelic flavor.

This theme was continued with other group-composed songs. "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" contained references to George Harrison and other pop culture themes, "Hot Bright Lights" reflected the group's stage life. It featured an extended fuzzy lead guitar performance by Bratton segueing into the songs "Hey Friend" and "You And Love Are The Same", both written by Entner and Rob Grill.

Dunhill Records executives became dismayed by the inability of the single releases to chart at their time of release. They decided that since "Midnight Confessions" performed so well in the charts, they would issue the first greatest hits album Golden Grass which included the high charting song. They then decided to take the group output into a new direction with a strong use of horns and wind instruments. A new soulful direction surfaced on their next regular album titled Lovin' Things. The group continued to move forward with multiple hit records until 1973.[3]

Artwork, packaging

Feelings was originally released in February 1968 on the ABC Dunhill label in both mono and stereo. It was one of the label's last albums mixed in mono and one of the last commercially available mono albums and today copies are very scarce. The front cover was designed by Philip Schwartz.

Track listing

All songs produced by Steve Barri.[3]

Side one[3]
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Feelings" (Coonce, Entner, Fukomoto)	Grill and Entner	2:50
2.	"Here's Where You Belong" (Sloan, Barri)	Grill and Entner	3:10
3.	"The Sins of a Family Fall on the Daughter" (Sloan)	Grill	3:00
4.	"Melody for You" (Sloan)	Grill	2:45
5.	"Who Will You Be Tomorrow" (Entner, Grill)	Entner	2:42
6.	"You Might as Well Go My Way" (Podolor)	Grill	2:03

Side two[3]
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"All Good Things Come to an End" (Hammond)	Grill	2:40
2.	"Hot Bright Lights" (Entner, Grill, Bratton)	Entner	5:07
3.	"Hey Friend" (Entner, Grill)	Entner	2:58
4.	"You and Love Are the Same" (Entner, Grill)	Entner and Grill	2:45
5.	"Dinner for Eight" (Bratton)	Bratton	3:00
6.	"Feelings (Reprise)" (Coonce, Entner, Fukomoto)	Grill and Entner	0:59

Personnel

The Grass Roots

Rob Grill – vocals, bass, composer
Warren Entner – guitar, vocals, composer
Creed Bratton – lead guitar, vocals, composer
Rick Coonce – drums, percussion, vocals, composer

Additional personnel

Steve Barri – producer, composer
Chuck Britz – engineer
P.F. Sloan – composer
Jimmie Haskell – arrangements, keyboard instruments
Larry Knechtel – keyboard instruments

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References

Allmusic review
Feelings at AllMusic
"The Grassroots official website". The-grassroots.com. Retrieved 2014-11-23.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Feelings at AllMusic

[Official-3] "The Grassroots official website". The-grassroots.com. Retrieved 2014-11-23.

The Grass Roots
Dusty Hanvey Larry Nelson Joe Dougherty Mark Dawson Steve Barri P. F. Sloan Joel Larson Rob Grill Warren Entner Rick Coonce Creed Bratton Dennis Provisor Reggie Knighton Sonny Geraci
Studio albums	Where Were You When I Needed You Let's Live for Today Feelings Lovin' Things Leaving It All Behind Move Along
Compilation albums	Golden Grass More Golden Grass Their 16 Greatest Hits
Singles	"Mr. Jones (Ballad of a Thin Man)" "Let's Live for Today" "Midnight Confessions" "Lovin' Things" "The River Is Wide" "I'd Wait a Million Years" "Temptation Eyes" "Sooner or Later" "Two Divided by Love"