See More Your browser does not support the audio element. © Richie Unterberger & Bruce Eder /TiVo More info The absence of original release date information (except for the year of issue) for each track is unfortunate, however, and the annotation is a bit disappointing - on most of these Castle/Sanctuary vault raids of the Pye vaults, there's almost too much information, but here there's too little. Most admirers of the group will be content with a single-disc greatest-hits collection, but for more serious fans this roundup is a valuable service, and the live album - promised for reissue on CD in the late '90s - comes off better here and more credible than most of us remember it. For those inclined to dig this deep, there are indications of unusual and interestingly different dimensions to the group on some of the relatively infrequent original compositions, like the ominous psychedelic-influenced "New Direction," Curtis' Sam Cooke-like "Tomorrow," Colin Young's funky "Give Me Love," and the mighty progressive funk of the instrumental workouts "In the Beginning" and "Where the Fire Burns." Pat Burke's "A Walk Through the Trees," moving the latter's tenor sax into a rare center-stage spot, is also worth hearing, and this group's version of "That Same Old Feeling" (later a hit for their Pye labelmates Pickettywitch) is also worth hearing, if only for the relative prominence of Alan Warner's chiming rhythm guitar. Too many of the other songs have lesser echoes of those two hits, which may be unsurprising given that so many of their recordings were written by the Tony Macaulay-John MacLeod team who wrote "Baby Now That I've Found You" (Macaulay co-wrote "Build Me Up Buttercup" too, though with Mike d'Abo, not MacLeod). But it's those one or two big hits - in their case, "Baby Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" - that are easily the best items here. At their best, the Foundations credibly emulated horn-backed American vocal group soul, often mixed with mainstream British pop influences, flecked with a hint of ska/bluebeat and Georgie Fame here and there. That means there's not only everything from their singles and albums (including the whole of the late-'60s live LP Rockin' the Foundations), but also five solo tracks (most or all of them from the early '70s) recorded by original Foundations lead singer Clem Curtis the mid-'70s single by the New Foundations, led by Curtis and an unnecessary 12" 1989 remix of "Baby Now That I've Found You." Like many such vault-cleaning anthologies of bands with one or two big hits, though, it's musically erratic. Whoever thought the day would come when the Foundations would be honored with a three-CD set? Now that it's found us, though, the job's certainly been done with admirable completeness, the 60 songs including everything they did for Pye - a period that covers virtually everything of interest the band recorded, mostly dating from 1967-1970. Official Charts.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. ^ "Build Me Up Buttercup 2003 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "American single certifications – Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup". Build Me Up Buttercup is a song written by Mike dAbo and Tony Macaulay, and released by the Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals.^ "British single certifications – Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup".^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada".^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002.^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs (A-B)".^ " The Irish Charts – – Build Me Up Buttercup".^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 12 March 1969"."Dehler Park one of multiple Billings locations used in Geico ads". "The Kissing Booth 2 soundtrack: Every song played in the sequel". Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.Ī version by British trio Partyboys reached No. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The track also features in the 2020 film The Kissing Booth 2, as well as in a series of 2020–21 Geico commercials. "Build Me Up Buttercup" is featured in the 1998 romantic comedy film There's Something About Mary and the episode "Art Imitates Art" from the fourth season of the CBS TV detective series Elementary. It was quickly certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over a million US copies. 2 hit in the United Kingdom, for two non-consecutive weeks, behind " Lily the Pink" by the Scaffold. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1969. Young had replaced Clem Curtis during 1968, and this was the first Foundations hit on which he sang. " Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by the Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals.
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