''American Tour'' is the third U.S. studio

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by the English

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band

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. This album contains the hit song " Because" as well as "Whenever You're Around", which was not a single in the U.S. but was issued as a B-side to "I'm Thinking of You Baby" in the U.K., and was used in the film ''

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''. In Canada, the album was released as ''On Stage With The Dave Clark Five'' on Capitol Records. The album reached No. 11 on the

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album chart and No. 16 in Cashbox. Contrary to its title (decorated with stars and stripes on the cover art), photos of huge crowds, and sleeve note (by John Mahan, Epic’s manager of East Coast promotion) - all inspired by the band's first US tour - "American Tour" is a studio record (The Dave Clark Five have never released a live album). And although tour photos on the cover look very energetic, the album is dominated by catchy rhythmic ballads with only three upbeat songs: "Who Does He Think He Is", "I Want You Still" and "Come On Over". The album has not been released in the UK. In his

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retrospective review of the release, Greg Adams wrote, "The mixture of jazzy chords, straight-ahead rock, and saxophone (which was pretty passé in 1964) is an interesting one, making the group less enigmatic than

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and more obviously rooted in earlier rock traditions than

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Track listing

Side one

# " Because" (Ron Ryan) – 2:22 # "Who Does He Think He Is" ( Dave Clark, Mike Smith) – 1:55 # "Move On" (Dave Clark, Denny Payton) – 2:12 # "Whenever You're Around" (Dave Clark, Mike Smith) – 2:43 # "I Want You Still" (Dave Clark, Denny Payton) – 1:34 # "Long Ago" (Dave Clark,

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) – 2:11

Side two

# "Come on Over" (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson) – 2:18 # "Blue Monday" (Dave Clark, Mike Smith) – 2:59 # "Sometimes" (Ron Ryan) – 2:50 # "Any Time You Want Love" (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson) – 2:11 # "I Cried Over You" (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson) – 2:27 # "Ol' Sol" (Dave Clark, Denny Payton) – 2:00

Personnel

Dave Clark Five

* Dave Clark - drums,

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* Mike Smith -

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, lead vocals *

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s, backing vocals and harmony vocals *

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, backing vocals *

Denis Payton Denis Archibald West Payton (11 August 1943 – 17 December 2006) was an English musician who played tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, guitar and harmonica in the rock and roll band the Dave Clark Five. Biography Payton was born in Walthamst ...

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, backing vocals

References

External links

* http://www.discogs.com/Dave-Clark-Five-American-Tour/release/2905884 {{Authority control The Dave Clark Five albums 1964 debut albums EMI Columbia Records albums