Time: 36:47
Size: 84.2 MB
Styles: Folk
Year: 2005
Art: Front
[3:23] 1. Look What They've Done To The Song, Ma
[3:50] 2. Beautiful People
[3:22] 3. Nickel Song
[2:40] 4. Blackberry Way
[2:32] 5. A Perfect Love
[3:15] 6. Never Ending Song Of Love
[2:22] 7. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
[2:51] 8. Tonight
[2:57] 9. Evergreen
[4:36] 10. Circles
[2:49] 11. Beg, Steal Or Borrow
[2:06] 12. Dance, Dance, Dance
The New Seekers were a revival of the successful Australian folk outfit The Seekers that achieved major success in the UK and USA with songs like Georgy Girl, although none of the original members of the Seekers sang in the New Seekers. Their hit-making career started in 1971 with a cover of Melanie Safka's What Have They Done To My Song, but the real breakthrough came later that year with the exuberant Never Ending Song Of Love. The original, by Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, also made the charts but the New Seekers' lively melodic version with its bright vocals was clearly the more commercially appealing.
Other tuneful hits here include Beg, Steal or Borrow (A UK Eurovision Song Contest entry), the beautiful Circles and a stunning, genuine rock version of Pete Townsend's Pinball Wizard (See Me Feel Me). They also had hits with You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me and I Get A Little Sentimental Over You but these were tepid ballads in my opinion and I'm still not fond of them. The cover versions of famous 60s and 70s songs are better. And then there's their biggest hit that started out as a famous soft drink commercial: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. Erm, not my favorite either, probably because it was overplayed then and I've had enough of it forever. It's just a singalong ballad and does not compare well with their best songs like Never Ending Song Of Love and the stunning Pinball Wizard. This album is a great collection of their hits and best album tracks and I recommend it to all who love bright pop music and the poppier side of 60s and 70s folk. ~Peter Uys/amazon
Other tuneful hits here include Beg, Steal or Borrow (A UK Eurovision Song Contest entry), the beautiful Circles and a stunning, genuine rock version of Pete Townsend's Pinball Wizard (See Me Feel Me). They also had hits with You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me and I Get A Little Sentimental Over You but these were tepid ballads in my opinion and I'm still not fond of them. The cover versions of famous 60s and 70s songs are better. And then there's their biggest hit that started out as a famous soft drink commercial: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. Erm, not my favorite either, probably because it was overplayed then and I've had enough of it forever. It's just a singalong ballad and does not compare well with their best songs like Never Ending Song Of Love and the stunning Pinball Wizard. This album is a great collection of their hits and best album tracks and I recommend it to all who love bright pop music and the poppier side of 60s and 70s folk. ~Peter Uys/amazon
The Best Of The New Seekers