Name: Face the Music:Complete Monument Singles 1965-70
Brand: Ace (Label)
SKU: 81982141
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Face the Music:Complete Monument Singles 1965-70

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Album: Face the Music:Complete Monument Singles 1965-70
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Party People	More Info...
2)	A B C	More Info...
3)	Devil May Care	More Info...
4)	Make a Few Memories	More Info...
5)	Freddie Feelgood and His Funky Little Five Piece Band	More Info...
6)	There's One in Every Crowd	More Info...
7)	Answer Me, My Love	More Info...
8)	Mary My Secretary	More Info...
9)	Unwind	More Info...
10)	For He's a Jolly Good Fellow	More Info...
11)	Mr. Businessman	More Info...
12)	Face the Music	More Info...
13)	Isn't It Lonely Together	More Info...
14)	The Great Escape	More Info...
15)	Gitarzan	More Info...
16)	Bagpipes, That's My Bag	More Info...
17)	Along Came Jones	More Info...
18)	Yakety Yak	More Info...
19)	Sunday Morning Comin' Down	More Info...
20)	The Minority	More Info...
21)	Have a Little Talk with Myself	More Info...
22)	Little Woman	More Info...
23)	The Fool on the Hill	More Info...
24)	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	More Info...

Album: Face the Music:Complete Monument Singles 1965-70
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Party People	More Info...
2)	A B C	More Info...
3)	Devil May Care	More Info...
4)	Make a Few Memories	More Info...
5)	Freddie Feelgood and His Funky Little Five Piece Band	More Info...
6)	There's One in Every Crowd	More Info...
7)	Answer Me, My Love	More Info...
8)	Mary My Secretary	More Info...
9)	Unwind	More Info...
10)	For He's a Jolly Good Fellow	More Info...
11)	Mr. Businessman	More Info...
12)	Face the Music	More Info...
13)	Isn't It Lonely Together	More Info...
14)	The Great Escape	More Info...
15)	Gitarzan	More Info...
16)	Bagpipes, That's My Bag	More Info...
17)	Along Came Jones	More Info...
18)	Yakety Yak	More Info...
19)	Sunday Morning Comin' Down	More Info...
20)	The Minority	More Info...
21)	Have a Little Talk with Myself	More Info...
22)	Little Woman	More Info...
23)	The Fool on the Hill	More Info...
24)	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	More Info...

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.
Ray Stevens signed to Monument Records in 1965 with the intention that he'd put aside foolish things and be a real artist. Two singles later, Stevens started goofing around again, a reflection of how poorly "Party People" and "Devil May Care" performed on the charts, but he never quite abandoned his desire to make serious music, something made clear on Ace's Face the Music: The Complete Monument Singles 1965-1970. During these years, Stevens flitted between novelties and paisley-era prog pop, getting hits with the former and getting nowhere with the latter. Such dueling sensibilities mean Face the Music is something of a schizophrenic listen, where funny voices jut up against attempts to be Roy Orbison, Joe South, the Bee Gees, and, primarily, Glen Campbell. Stevens opted to replicate not only the lush sunset horizons of Campbell's Webb covers, but also covered Kris Kristofferson, delivering "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" with an endemic hamminess that served him well on the silly tunes but turned smarmy on the earnest ones. When Stevens is in South mode -- he covered "Party People," and originals like "There's One in Every Crowd" are cut from the same cloth -- this complements the material, but when he tries to say big, important things about big, important issues ("Mr. Businessan," "The Minority"), he seems unctuous. This inconsistency is certainly interesting, since all the different styles -- including big hits like "Gitarzin" and "Along Came Jones" -- turns this into a cross-section of the late-'60s pop mainstream, a place where there was plenty of turmoil and not always a lot of taste. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine