The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
1969 studio album by The Impressions
The Young Mods' Forgotten Story | ||||
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Studio album by The Impressions | ||||
Released | May 1969 | |||
Genre | Chicago soul | |||
Length | 25:26 | |||
Label | Curtom | |||
Producer | Curtis Mayfield | |||
The Impressions chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Young Mod's Forgotten Story | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Young Mods' Forgotten Story is an album by the American soul music group the Impressions.[3][4] It was released in 1969 via Curtom Records.[5]
Production
Donny Hathaway worked as an arranger on the album.[6]
Critical reception
Billboard deemed The Young Mods' Forgotten Story a "smooth soul sampler of choice tunes."[7] Colin Larkin called it "quintessential," writing that it "set the framework for [Curtis Mayfield's] solo work."[2] The Edmonton Journal, reviewing a reissue, wrote that "the music, save for touches of wah-wah and (prescient) proto-funk on 'Mighty Mighty', was in many ways a step behind similar groups of the time."[8]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield
- "The Young Mods' Forgotten Story" – 2:00
- "Choice of Colors" – 3:15
- "The Girl I Find" – 2:37
- "Wherever You Leadeth Me" – 2:32
- "My Deceiving Heart" – 2:49
- "Seven Years" – 2:21
- "Love's Miracle" – 2:24
- "Jealous Man" – 2:34
- "Soulful Love" – 2:30
- "Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)" – 2:21
Personnel
- Curtis Mayfield – lead vocals, guitar, producer
- Fred Cash and Sam Gooden – backing vocals
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
- Donny Hathaway and Johnny Pate – arranger
Charts
USA - Album
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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1969 | Black Albums | 21 |
Pop Albums | 104[9] |
USA - Singles
Year | Song | Chart | Peak Position |
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1969 | Choice of Colors | Black Singles | 1 |
Pop Singles | 21 | ||
My Deceiving Heart | Black Singles | 69 | |
Seven Years | Pop Singles | 84 | |
Black Singles | 15 |
References
- ^ Bush, John. The Young Mods' Forgotten Story at AllMusic
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 464.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron (September 25, 2019). "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Werner, Craig (December 18, 2007). "Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul". Crown – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Impressions | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Lordi, Emily J. (October 20, 2016). "Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 19, 1969 – via Google Books.
- ^ Murray, Tom (15 Oct 2005). "Even at their most cliched, Impressions never lost spirit". Edmonton Journal. p. E3.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 402.
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- Fred Cash
- Sam Gooden
- Reggie Torian
- Jerry Butler
- Curtis Mayfield
- Richard Brooks
- Arthur Brooks
- Leroy Hutson
- The Impressions (1963)
- The Never Ending Impressions (1964)
- Keep On Pushing (1964)
- People Get Ready (1965)
- One by One (1965)
- Ridin' High (1966)
- The Fabulous Impressions (1967)
- We're a Winner (1968)
- This Is My Country (1968)
- The Versatile Impressions (1969)
- The Young Mods' Forgotten Story (1969)
- Three the Hard Way (1975)
- "For Your Precious Love"
- "Gypsy Woman"
- "It's All Right"
- "Keep On Pushing"
- "Amen"
- "People Get Ready"
- "We're a Winner"
- "Choice of Colors"
- "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)"
- "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
- "I'm Still Waiting"