Wheatfield Soul
Wheatfield Soul is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who, and was released in March 1969. This album is notable for being the first full-length Guess Who album to feature Burton Cummings exclusively on lead vocals and the first without original lead singer Chad Allan.
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Released | March 1969 (CAN) April 26, 1969 (US) | |||
Recorded | September 1968 | |||
Studio | A & R Studios, New York | |||
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Length | 40:27 | |||
Label | Nimbus 9 (CAN) RCA Records | |||
Producer | Jack Richardson | |||
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Singles from Wheatfield Soul | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B–[2] |
Rolling Stone | (positive)[3] |
Release history
Wheatfield Soul was not a commercial success. "These Eyes" was released as a single. Wheatfield Soul is the group's first psychedelic LP[4] that also focuses on British influenced pop and rock.[5] An original version of "Friends of Mine" is on the Guess Who's posthumous compilation This Time Long Ago.
Added to the 2009 remastered CD version was "When Friends Fall Out," "Guess Who Blues," and "Of a Dropping Pin." This version of "When Friends Fall Out" never made it to any original, early Guess Who albums. A later version appeared on American Woman.
Original track listing
All songs written by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings except as noted.
- Side one
- "These Eyes" - 3:45
- "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass" - 2:13
- "I Found Her in a Star" (Cummings) - 2:36
- "Friends of Mine" - 10:04
- Side two
- "When You Touch Me" (Bachman, Cummings, Rob Matheson) - 3:38
- "A Wednesday in Your Garden" (Bachman) - 3:20
- "Lightfoot" (Bachman, Cummings, Matheson) - 3:07
- "Love and a Yellow Rose" - 5:05
- "Maple Fudge" - 1:49
- "We're Coming to Dinner" - 2:43
2009 Remastered CD (IconoClassic ICON 1008)
- "These Eyes"
- "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass"
- "I Found Her in a Star"
- "Friends of Mine"
- "When You Touch Me"
- "A Wednesday in Your Garden"
- "Lightfoot"
- "Love and a Yellow Rose"
- "Maple Fudge"
- "We're Coming to Dinner"
- "When Friends Fall Out" - 3:17 (#75 Canada, July 1968)
- "Guess Who Blues" - 3:31
- "Of a Dropping Pin" - 3:24 (#97 Canada, December 1968)
Personnel
The Guess Who
- Burton Cummings – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, flute
- Randy Bachman – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Kale – bass, backing vocals
- Garry Peterson – drums
- Production
- Jack Richardson - producer[6]
- Ben McPeek - musical director
- David Greene - engineer
- Elliot Scheiner - engineer
- CD Mastered by Bob Irwin at Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, NY and Vic Anesini at Sony Music Studios, NY
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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1969 | RPM Top 50[7] | 3 |
1969 | Billboard 200[8] | 45 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1969 | "These Eyes" | Canada[9] | 7 |
Australia | 100 | ||
Billboard Hot 100[10] | 6 | ||
References
- Wheatfield Soul at AllMusic
- Christgau, Robert (July 31, 1969). "Consumer Guide (2)". The Village Voice. Music section. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
- Edmonds, Nancy (14 June 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (35): 36.
- Riley Haas (13 September 2013). The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It. Riley Haas. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-9921513-0-0.
- Wheatfield Soul at AllMusic
- The Guess Who, Wheatfield Soul Credits Retrieved March 16, 2015
- Retrieved April 5, 2020
- The Guess Who, Wheatfield Soul Chart Position Retrieved March 16, 2015
- The Guess Who, "These Eyes" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 16, 2015
- The Guess Who, "These Eyes" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved March 16, 2015
External links
- Wheatfield Soul at Discogs (list of releases)