''Farewell Album'' is the final album released by

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in their early 1970s hit-making line up, released in 1974. It is also the group's last release on

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Overview

In early 1974, despite being at the peak of their success, both female members

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and

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had expressed their wish to leave the group. This was against the terms of their contract (which allowed for only one member to leave at a time), so came the announcement that the group were to split entirely. They released another single and album (both top 20 hits) before they performed their final shows in May. They had however recorded a number of songs for

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before their disbanding and the label issued these as ''Farewell Album'' in August 1974 - three months after the group had ended. Two of the twelve tracks had been earlier recordings however.Lyn Paul website - ''Farewell Album''
/ref> One single was released from the album, called "Sing Hallelujah". The single stalled outside the official top 50 in the UK at No.65, and as the album received no promotion from the group, it similarly failed to chart. ''Farewell Album'' received a favourable review from '' Disc'' magazine, commenting on the fact that 10 of the 12 tracks feature female leads, while member

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features on lead for just two of the songs.''Disc Magazine'', 17 August 1974, page 20

Track listing

Side One # "Sing Hallelujah" (

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) # "Inspiration" ( Paul Williams,

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) # "All I Wanna Do" (Shifrin) # "Everybody's Song" (

) # "Somebody Warm Like Me" (Tony Macaulay) # "Old Fashioned Song" (Oliver) Side Two # "All Pull Together Kind of World" (Tony Macaulay,

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) # "Love and Sunshine" (Oliver) # "Perfect Love" (Paul Williams) # "I Wanna Be the Star of the Show" (Mackay,

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) # "Sad Song" (Marty Kristian) # "Oh My Joe" (Tony Macaulay,

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)

Personnel

- Vocals *

- Guitar, vocals *

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- Bass, backing vocals * Peter Oliver - Guitar, backing vocals *

and Tommy Oliver - Production * David Mackay - Production on tracks 9 and 10 * Recorded at

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, Indigo Sound Studios, Central Sound Studios &

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References

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