The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (album)
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| Studio album by The Walker Brothers | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Pop, baroque pop, blue-eyed soul | |||
| Label | Smash | |||
| Producer | John Franz | |||
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| Singles from The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | ||||
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore is the second North-American studio album by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. Released in 1966, the album was the group's fourth overall.
Portrait was not released in the USA or Canada. In its place Smash Records compiled The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore as the group's second American album.[1] This alternate album shifted around the running order even more so than Introducing the Walker Brothers altered the group's début and substituted the majority of the album's tracks, leaving only "Just For a Thrill", "Old Folks", "People Get Ready" and "Take It Like a Man". The rest of the album was filled out with A-sides, B-sides and tracks from their first EP, I Need You. The final track, "Don't Fight It", was never released anywhere else.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore received good to mixed reviews from the majority of critics.
Track listing
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" | Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio | 3:17 |
| 2. | "After the Lights Go Out" | John Stewart | 4:01 |
| 3. | "People Get Ready" | Curtis Mayfield | 2:40 |
| 4. | "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" | Willie Mitchell | 2:16 |
| 5. | "Old Folks" | Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Take It Like a Man" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:31 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 7. | "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me" | Pete Antell | 2:28 |
| 8. | "I Need You" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | 3:10 |
| 9. | "My Love Is Growing" | John Stewart, Robbie van Leeuwen | 2:22 |
| 10. | "Young Man Cried" | Scott Engel, John Franz | 2:33 |
| 11. | "Just for a Thrill" | Lil Armstrong, Don Raye | 3:36 |
| 12. | "Don't Fight It" | Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett | 1:55 |
Personnel
- Gary Walker - drums and vocals
- John Walker - guitar and vocals
- Scott Walker - vocals, guitar, and keyboards
- Ivor Raymonde - music director
References
- 1 2 Unterberger, Richie (2012). "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 October 2012.