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Track Listing
1. Lovin' You
2. Bes' Friends
3. Voodoo in My Basement
4. Darlin' Companion
5. Henry Thomas
6. Full Measure
7. Rain on the Roof
8. Coconut Grove
9. Nashville Cats
10. 4 Eyes
11. Summer in the City
12. Darlin' Companion - (demo)
13. Rain on the Roof - (instrumental version)
14. 4 Eyes - (alternate vocal/extended version)
15. Full Measure - (instrumental version)
16. Voodoo in My Basement - (instrumental version)
17. Darlin' Companion - (alternate vocal/extended version)
| Details | | Producer: | Erik Jacobsen | | Distributor: | Sony Music Entertainment | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Lovin' Spoonful: John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky, Steve Boone, Joe Butler.
Additional personnel: Henry Diltz (clarinet); Larry Hankin (Jew's harp).
Originally released on Kama Sutra (8054). Includes liner notes by Dennis Diken.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Having recorded four albums (one of which was the soundtrack WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY?) in slightly over a year, the band was on a shockingly strong roll here (which began to unravel after the release of HUMS, when Zal Yanovsky left). Then all of 22-years old, John Sebastian penned all the songs for HUMS. The album opens with "Lovin' You," a perfect confluence of pop and jugband music, and it closes with their biggest hit, "Summer In the City." In between are the classics "Rain On The Roof" and "Nashville Cats," along with a host of lesser-known, but no less ingratiating numbers from the short-lived but prolific Lovin' Spoonful.
Industry Reviews
...HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL arguably represented the group's pinnacle...
Dirty Linen (08/01/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...A dream-pop delight, boasting country picking, drifting psych-lite and 24-carat Sebastian pop mastery...
Uncut (06/01/2003)
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