1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #68. Paul Revere And The Raiders - Midnight Ride (1966)

Paul Revere And The Raiders - Midnight Ride (1966)

Label – Columbia
Producer – Terry Melcher
Art Direction – Uncredited
Nationality -USA
Running Time – 27:38

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Kicks
2. There's Always Tomorrow
3. Little Girl in the 4th Row
4. Ballad of a Useless Man
5. I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
6. There She Goes
7. All I Really Need Is You
8. Get It On
9. Louie, Go Home
10. Take a Look at Yourself
11. Melody for an Unknown Girl

Another one of those artists who I know of – know the hits – and very little else. ‘Midnight Ride’ was released at the peak of Paul Revere & the Raiders' musical history as a serious source of music. Almost all of the music on ‘Midnight Ride’ was written by the band members themselves. What had every indication of a band catching it’s stride, sadly was actually the end basically.
The group began to disintegrate after the release of this record with Drake Levin leaving the group in a dispute on whose material would make it onto albums and get released as singles - and leaving Mark Lindsay to helm the ship.
"Kicks" is still the coolest song here, and easily the most popular track they ever released (Billboard Pop Chart #4), "Kicks" became their best-known song, an anti-drug message written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, but it’s hard not to think of the group as American TV's clowns doing those dreadful dance steps in the old videos.
A very uneven effort but pleasant enough and I do recommend you give it a listen.


You can purchase the CD here.

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