Insight Out [Import]

1. Wasn't It a Bit Like Now (Parallel '23)

2. On a Quiet Night

3. We Love Us

4. When Love Comes to Me

5. Windy

6. Reputation

7. Never My Love

8. Happiness

9. Sometime

10. Wantin' Ain't Gettin'

11. Requiem for the Masses

12. Windy [Single Version][*][Version]

13. Never My Love [Single Version][*][Version]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese reissue of the pop vocal group's top 10 1967 album for Warner Brothers, featuring the chart-topping hit 'Windy'and the #2 smash 'Never My Love', plus alternate versions ofboth of these classics as bonus tracks. 13 tracks total. 1999 Warner Brothers release.

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That Summer of 1967
An Association gem
Cool album!
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Insight Out
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000AQVJ3
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

On A Quiet Night
Reputation
Wasn't It A Bit Like Now
We Love Us
When Love Comes To Me
Happiness Is
Sometime
Wantin' Ain't Getting'
Requeim For The Masses
Never My Love
Windy

Product Description

1. Wasn't It A Bit Like Now (Parallel 23)
2. On A Quiet Night
3. We Love Us
4. When Love Comes To Me
5. Windy
6. Reputation
7. Never My Love
8. Happiness Is
9. Sometime
10. Wantin' Ain't Gettin'
11. Requiem For The Masses

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

That Summer of 1967.......2007-02-07

Wow! This album brings back some of my most vivid childhood memories. With the exception of "Reputation", every song on this album is such a great masterpiece. Starting with "Wasn't It A Bit Like Now", an uptempo, 1920's throw-back, in a rock capsule, the song gets the CD going in fine fashion. I just love the lyrics, even though the modern part of the song is now so severely dated. Next , the tempo is simmered into a beautiful and reflective ballad, "On a Quiet Night". Jim Yester's voice is perfect for this lonely, late at night piece. It reminded me of the summer nights I spent on my Grandmother's farm back in the '60's. "We Love Us" is a pleasant ballad sung by Ted the drummer and Larry Ramos, the new guy in the band.(Ted is not one of the stronger vocalists of the Association, but the song is still soothing.) "When Love Comes to Me" is a mid-tempo love song that really grows on you. Terry Kirkman has a nice recorder solo in the middle of the song and then again at the fade. What can I say about "Windy"? Does 60's pop get much better than this?
"Reputation" sung by Brian Cole is the only dud song on the CD. It just doesn't fit.

Side two starts with the beautiful ballad, "Never My Love".
Oh, what harmonies! "Happiness Is" is the ultimate sunshine, "HAPPY" song that reflects the beach and those groovy times of the 60's. Russ sings on the next piece which is a middle of the road pop song. His voice is quite unique. Tha next song,"Wantin' Ain't Gettin'" is a sitar driven, psych-pop song that makes no sense. (Their version of the Strawberry Alarm Clock) and the album finishes with the masterpiece, "Requiem for the Masses". There are some real top rate harmonies in this tragic story. I never did get the message that was portrayed when I was 11 years old.

This marked the first album where many studio musicians were brought in so the album has a much more polished sound than the previous two LP's. Unfortunately, since the same studio musicians were so widely used in the 60's, the album instrumentation takes on the sound of The 5th Dimension, and the Mamas and Papas, and several other 60's super-groups. That's what made the Association's first two albums so unique. However, this was the first Association album I bought and it will always bring back those memories of "Quiet Nights" back on the farm, the summer of 1967.

An Association gem.......2007-01-20

I was pleased to see this became available. My LP of this is quite old and worn. To have this on CD is great! If you are a fan of theirs, then add this to your collection.

Cool album!.......2005-11-25

This album spawned two Top 10 hits,WINDY and NEVER MY LOVE. This album was originally released in late 1967 on Warner Bros. WS 1696(stereo). Mono copies bore a single W. This is one of a few albums that WB put out several months before they phased out mono. Also before they shifted to WB/Seven Arts for two years. Good,album,though.

Happiness Is The Association.......2004-07-10

With the temporary departure of singer/guitarist Jules Alexander, with his vacancy being filled by Larry Ramos (who still fronts the touring version of the band with Russ Giguere to this day), The Association struck commercial gold with their third album, 1967's "Insight Out," one of their most classic releases. It's got the group's biggest hit on it, the sunny #1 smash "Windy" (written for the band by a young female friend), as well as the all-time Wedding Day favorite, "Never My Love" (which reached #2). But these aren't the only great songs on the album---there's the ragtime rock of "Wasn't It A Bit Like Now," the dreamy "On A Quiet Night," the bouncy pop of "When Love Comes To Me," the rockin' "Reputation," the sitar-flavored pop-rock of "Wantin' Ain't Gettin'," and the totally powerful anti-war number, "Requiem For The Masses." Fabulous songs, performances, and vocal harmonies. When it comes to 60's "sunshine pop," there's nobody better than The Association. "Insight Out" is outstanding.

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Summer of 67
Branching out

Insight Out
The Association
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I78R
Release Date: 1999-02-16

Tracks:

Wasn't It a Bit Like Now (Parallel '23)
On a Quiet Night
We Love Us
When Love Comes to Me
Windy
Reputation
Never My Love
Happiness
Sometime
Wantin' Ain't Gettin'
Requiem for the Masses
Windy [Single Version][*]
Never My Love [Single Version][*]

Album Description

Japanese reissue of the pop vocal group's top 10 1967 album for Warner Brothers, featuring the chart-topping hit 'Windy'and the #2 smash 'Never My Love', plus alternate versions ofboth of these classics as bonus tracks. 13 tracks total. 1999 Warner Brothers release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: Windy (7inch Version), and Never My Love (7inch Version).

Customer Reviews:

Summer of 67.......2001-06-04

This is the first LP album I ever owned way back in 67. Windy was and still is one of my all time favorites but Never My Love, On a Quiet Night, and When Love Comes to Me, are right up there as well. This is an excellent album and I am happy it is now available on CD. Now I can put my gas-powered turntable away.

Branching out.......2000-03-02

Just listened to this again today--this is the Association's third album, and it includes the hits "Windy" ("Everyone Knows It's...") and "Never My Love", which are great and most certainly everyone of a certain age knows them by heart. Despite the expected datedness of the disc, this is a very unassuming, pleasant listen. Here the group stretches out a bit, not composing as much for the harmonies of the whole group as much as they did on their first two records; there's more unison singing and solo backed up by group. The only clunky one, I think, is the opener "Wasn't It a Bit Like Now (Parallel '23)", which goes back and forth between modern rock and music hall style--must have seemed odd even then (why 1923?). Two really nice Jim Yester songs: one of his best ballads, "On a Quiet Night" (lovely instrumental coda and fade-out) and the uptempo "When Love Comes to Me". The music carries the songs that tend toward the overly treacly or dramatic, such as "Happiness Is", which I scoffed at early on, only to be hooked by the really catchy melody later, and "Requiem for the Masses", unless you really get into bullfight tragedies (plus, those words: "Mama, Mama, forget your pies/have faith they won't get cold"). There's Brian singing the bluesy "Reputation" (I can see the go-go girls dancing in the cages now), and "Sometime" is one of my favorite songs on the album; again, scoff, but I think Ted's cascading drum fill throughout is really distinctive for the song, and makes it all the more memorable. Again, it's good that this stuff is available SOMEWHERE on CD. Surprising how many really popular groups of the time are now so pitifully underrepresented.