Mixed Bag (released in North America as Love Is All Around) is a 1968 studio album by British garage rock band The Troggs.
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| Released | April 1968 | |||
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| Length | 33:38 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Page One | |||
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Reception
editEditors of AllMusic Guide scored Mixed Bag three out of five stars, with reviewer Richie Unterberger, calling the name appropriate for a "scrapheap" of songs compiled from singles, with several songs highlighted as strong, but the entire compilation being surpassed by the 2005 collection Hip Hip Hooray.[2] In Colin Larkin's The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, he scores this release three out of five stars.[3]
Track listing
editSide one
- "Surprise Surprise" (Reg Presley) – 2:49
- "You Can Cry If You Want To" (Presley) – 2:54
- "Say Darlin'" (Chris Britton) – 2:47
- "Marbles and Some Gum" (Pete Staples) – 2:06
- "Purple Shades" (Presley) – 2:25
- "Heads or Tails" (Britton) – 3:44
Side two
- "Hip Hip Hooray" (Geoff Stevens, John Carter) – 2:20
- "Little Girl" (Presley) – 2:59
- "Maybe the Madman" (Britton) – 2:14
- "Off the Record" (Staples) – 3:45
- "We Waited for Someone" (Presley) – 2:52
- "There´s Something About You" (Ronnie Bond) – 2:43
Personnel
editThe Troggs
- Ronnie Bond – drums
- Chris Britton – guitar, backing vocals
- Reg Presley – lead vocals
- Pete Staples – bass, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Keith Altham – liner notes
- Colin Frechter – production
- Larry Page – production
Chart performance
editMixed Bag peaked at 109 on the Billboard 200.[4]
References
edit- ^ Chapman, Rob (September 2015). Psychedelia and Other Colours. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571282753.
- ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "The Troggs – Mixed Bag". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1919. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 794. ISBN 0898201179.
External links
edit- Mixed Bag at Discogs (list of releases)
- Mixed Bag at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
