27. The Everly Brothers | A Date with the Everly Brothers (1960)

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Tracks

1. Made to Love
2. That's Just Too Much
3. Stick With Me Baby
4. Baby What You Want Me to Do
5. Sigh, Cry, Almost Die
6. Always It's You
7. Love Hurts
8. Lucille
9. So How Come (No One Loves Me)
10. Donna, Donna
11. A Change of Heart
12. Cathy's Clown

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A Date with the Everly Brothers is a very good album. I didn't expect to like this album. In fact, from the album cover and title, I figured it would be a sappy, love song-heavy album by two effeminate singers. This album certainly is filled with sappy love songs, and their brand of rock and roll certainly doesn't have an edge to it, except for Lucille, but the album is also enchanting, beautiful and fun. It's just not the kind of rock and roll played by the likes of Elvis, Little Richard or Buddy Holly.

The Everly Brothers have wonderful voices and I do enjoy close harmony singing, but they lack an emotional connection to the lyrics or perhaps the lyrics are too trite to make a connection with. However, Elvis was able to accomplish it with similar songs on Elvis Is Back!.

Nevertheless, the album is very solid and consistent. The song that stand out are: Made to Love, That's Just Too Much, Always It's You, Love Hurts, Lucille, Donna, Donna, A Change of Heart and Cathy's Clown.

★★★★★★★★★☆