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. The album was released on January 9, 1967 and rose to #15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, and #8 in Canada.

History

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' bandleader Gerald (Gerry) Roslie, who had written a song called "Love Lights" for that band. Upon its release as a single, " I've Been Lonely Too Long" was credited to Cavaliere/Brigati, rather than to

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alone. The album featured two Top 20 U.S. hits: "I've Been Lonely Too Long" reached #16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (released as a double A-side with non-album single "

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") preceded it at #20.

Reception

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, music critic Bruce Eder wrote the "garage rock" sound of the band's first album was gone and called it a "wonderfully soulful body of music that picks up right where 'In the Midnight Hour' from the prior album left off. Most of this record is among the most danceable white rock music of its period..." The band was awarded a Gold Album in the United States for ''Collections''.

Track listing

Side One

# "What Is the Reason" (

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Side Two

# "Come On Up" (Cavaliere) – 2:41 # "

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) – 4:20 # "Nineteen Fifty-Six" (Danelli, Cornish) – 2:28 # "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (Cavaliere, Brigati) – 2:30 # " Land of a Thousand Dances" ( Chris Kenner) – 1:58

Certifications

US-Gold (500,000 copies sold).

Personnel

The Rascals

– organ, piano, vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5-7, 10) *

– percussion, vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8, 10, 11) *

Gene Cornish Gene Cornish (born May 14, 1944) is a Canadian-American guitarist and harmonica player. He is an original member of the popular 1960s blue-eyed soul band The Young Rascals. From 1965 to 1970, the band recorded eight albums and had thirteen si ...

– guitar, bass, vocals (tracks 4, 9) *

Dino Danelli Dino Danelli (July 23, 1944 – December 15, 2022) was an American drummer. Danelli was best known as an original member and the drummer in the rock group The Young Rascals. He has been called "one of the great unappreciated rock drummers in his ...

– drums

Singles

*"You Better Run" (non-album single) / "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (May 30, 1966) US: #20 *"Come On Up" / "What Is the Reason" (September 12, 1966) US: #43 *"I've Been Lonely Too Long" (2:04 edit) / "If You Knew" (January 16, 1967) US: #16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collections (Young Rascals album) 1967 albums Atlantic Records albums The Rascals albums Albums produced by Eddie Brigati Albums produced by David Brigati Albums produced by Gene Cornish Albums produced by Felix Cavaliere Albums produced by Dino Danelli