''Looking Back'' is a

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by the American

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band,

the Cherry Slush The Cherry Slush was an American garage rock band formed in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1965, when the group was known as the Wayfarers and later cut records first as The Bells of Rhymny. They were composed of junior high school students in their 1964� ...

, and released on WMG Records, in 2001 (''see''

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). It was a response to a growing reinterest in the band's music, and extensive bootlegging of their material since their disbandment. The album also saw the former band members cooperating with record producer Dick Wagner, who was a prime factor in the Cherry Slush's regional and brief national success. ''Looking Back'' compiles all of the group's released material generated from their four singles. During their recording career, the band worked under the

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s, the Bells of Rhymny, the Cherry Slush, and the Slush, before disbanding in 1969. The album highlights their regional hit, "She'll Be Back", and the Cherry Slush's biggest hit, the Wagner-penned "

I Cannot Stop You "I Cannot Stop You" is the second single by the American garage rock band, The Cherry Slush, written by Dick Wagner, and released in January 1968 initially on Coconut Groove Records. The song is arguably the group's most known recording, disting ...

", which possesses the unique characteristic of entering all three major chart listings. In accordance to the album's release the band reconvened for a reunion concert in Freeland, Michigan, in 2002.

Track listing

#"She'll Be Back" (Mark Burdick, Dan Parsons, Dick Wagner) - 2:33 #"The Wicked Old Witch" (Wagner) - 2:32 #"

" (Wagner) - 2:34 #"Don't Walk Away" (Parsons, Coughlin, Gene Bruce) - 2:41 #"Day Don't Come" ( Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams) - 2:53 #"Gotta Take It Easy" (Bob Stanley) - 2:06 #" Birthday" John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:31 #" I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

) - 2:27

References

{{Reflist 2001 compilation albums The Cherry Slush albums