Psychedelic concept album by The Four Seasons which casts a satirical view on American life. I wish I had full scans of the entire artwork for this album because it's some really interesting stuff. The whole album looks like a newspaper, and even comes with a pull out of a newspaper. All the articles are weird hippie anti-America articles. And there's fake baseball stats replacing actual baseball teams with bands that were popular at the time (placing The Beach Boys in last place with 1 protested win, and 198 losses). There's also a full page "Move To Watertown!" ad. "Watertown" was an LP released by Frank Sinatra, which was also written and produced by Bob Gaudio and Jake Holmes.
Unfortunately this album was a commercial failure due to the fact that it was too different from what The Four Seasons were known for, and they were too established for the hippies to get into. It is a really great psych-pop album though.
Tracklist:
1. American Crucifixion Ressurection
2. Mrs. Stately's Garden
3. Look Up Look Over
4. Somebody's On Her Mind
5. Saturday's Father
6. Wall Street Village Day
7. Genuine Imitation Life
8. Idaho
9. Wonder What You'll Be
10. Soul Of A Woman
Download: mediafire
i've had this oddity for years...few know it exists...thanx for taking time to squeeze into the pooter for me...found lotsa great things here that are o-o-p and heartily appreciate the effort...
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