The Limeliters (album)

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The Limeliters
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Studio album by
The Limeliters
Released1960
GenreFolk
LabelElektra
The Limeliters chronology
The Limeliters
(1960) 		Tonight: In Person
(1961)

The Limeliters is a studio album by the American folk music group, The Limeliters, a trio made up of Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough. It was released in 1960 on the Elektra label (catalog no. EKL-180).[1] It was the group's first album and its only album for Elektra.[2]

The album did not chart upon its release in 1960. However, the group's popularity grew the following year with the release of a live album, Tonight: In Person. The live album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard magazine's pop album chart, and the 1960 album then debuted on the chart in October 1961, peaking at No. 40.[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars. Reviewer Cary Ginell called it "an impressive debut" with strong three-part harmonies.[2]

Track listing[]

Side A

  1. "The Hammer Song" (Seeger, Hays) [2:25]
  2. "Battle at Gandessa" (Bessie, Yarbrough) [2:39]
  3. "Charlie, The Midnight Marauder" (Davis, Bagby) [2:48]
  4. "Zhankoye" (Seeger, Allaire) [2:29]
  5. "When I First Came to This Land" (Reynolds, Bagby) [3:05]
  6. "Malagueña Salerosa" (Reynolds, Hassilev, Bagby) [2:35]

Side B

  1. "The Bear Chase" (Bagby) [2:05]
  2. "The Burro" (Hassilev, Sheer) [3:53]
  3. "Gari Gari" (Limeliters, Raskin) [2:42]
  4. "John Henry, The Steel Driving Man" (Glen, Hassilev) [2:06]
  5. "Times Are Getting Hard" (Hays, Raskin) [2:53]
  6. "Lonesome Traveler" (Hays) [2:01]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Limeliters – The Limeliters". Discogs. Retrieved December 23, 2020.(information reflected on the back cover of the album)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Limeliters". AllMusic. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076318.
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