Wheatfield Soul

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FieldValue
nameWheatfield Soul
typeAlbum
artistThe Guess Who
coverWheatfield_Soul_by_The_Guess_Who.jpg
releasedMarch 1969
recordedSeptember 1968
studioA & R Studios, New York
genre
length
labelNimbus 9, RCA Records
producerJack Richardson
prev_titleIt's Time
prev_year1966
next_titleCanned Wheat
next_year1969
misc{{Singles
nameWheatfield Soul
typestudio
single1These Eyes
single1dateDecember 1968 (CAN)
April 1969 (US)
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|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2Score = B− |rev3 = Rolling Stone |rev3Score = (positive)

Wheatfield Soul is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band the Guess Who, released in March 1969. Their first RCA Records release, the album is also notable for being the first full-length Guess Who album to feature Burton Cummings exclusively on lead vocals, without original lead singer Chad Allan. Featuring the US top 10 hit "These Eyes", it marked the beginning of the band's international success.

Release history

Wheatfield Soul was not a commercial success. "These Eyes" was released as a single. Wheatfield Soul is the group's first psychedelic LP that also focuses on British influenced pop and rock. An original version of "Friends of Mine" is on the Guess Who's posthumous compilation This Time Long Ago.

Added to the 2009 remastered CD version was "When Friends Fall Out," "Guess Who Blues," and "Of a Dropping Pin." This version of "When Friends Fall Out" never made it to any original, early Guess Who albums. A later re-recording appeared on American Woman.

Track listing

Original release

All songs written by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings except where noted.

Side one

  1. "These Eyes" – 3:45
  2. "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass" – 2:13
  3. "I Found Her in a Star" (Cummings) – 2:36
  4. "Friends of Mine" – 10:04

Side two

  1. "When You Touch Me" (Bachman, Cummings, Rob Matheson) – 3:38
  2. "A Wednesday in Your Garden" (Bachman) – 3:20
  3. "Lightfoot" (Bachman, Cummings, Matheson) – 3:07
  4. "Love and a Yellow Rose" – 5:05
  5. "Maple Fudge" – 1:49
  6. "We're Coming to Dinner" – 2:43

2009 Remastered CD (IconoClassic ICON 1008)

  1. "These Eyes"
  2. "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass"
  3. "I Found Her in a Star"
  4. "Friends of Mine"
  5. "When You Touch Me"
  6. "A Wednesday in Your Garden"
  7. "Lightfoot"
  8. "Love and a Yellow Rose"
  9. "Maple Fudge"
  10. "We're Coming to Dinner"
  11. "When Friends Fall Out" – 3:17 (#75 Canada, July 1968)
  12. "Guess Who Blues" – 3:31
  13. "Of a Dropping Pin" – 3:24 (#97 Canada, December 1968)

Personnel

The Guess Who

Production

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1969) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

References

References

  1. {{AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert. (July 31, 1969). "Consumer Guide (2)". [[The Village Voice]].
  3. Edmonds, Nancy. (14 June 1969). "Records". Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc..
  4. Riley Haas. (13 September 2013). "The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It". Riley Haas.
  5. {{AllMusic

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