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by the Canadian-American folk-rock band

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. Released in March1967, it contains music from the

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film of the

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. Composed entirely by Spoonful member

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, it contains several songs performed by the band, as well as instrumental music from the film score. It was re-released on CD along with ''

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'', the Spoonful's soundtrack for the 1967

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film.

Reception

The songs "

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" and "You're a Big Boy Now" were released as singles on the

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label. Although the album and title-track single were not popular, "Darling Be Home Soon" was a hit, reaching #15 on the U.S. charts and #8 on the Canadian charts, and inspiring cover versions by many other artists. Music critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album, "Most of the rest of the score consisted of instrumentals, many augmented by an uncredited orchestra, but Sebastian's title song was also impressive."

Track listing

All songs by

. Side one #"You're a Big Boy Now" – 2:28 #"Lonely (Amy's Theme)" – 3:19 #"Wash Her Away (From the Discotheque)" – 2:31 #"Kite Chase" – 1:21 #"Try and Be Happy" – 1:04 #"Peep Show Percussion" – 1:19 #"Girl, Beautiful Girl (Barbara's Theme)" – 2:23 Side two #"

" – 3:34 #"Dixieland Big Boy" – 1:13 #"Letter to Barbara" – 0:59 #"Barbara's Theme (From the Discotheque)" – 1:26 #"Miss Thing's Thang" – 1:02 #"March" – 2:28 #"The Finale" – 2:28

References

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