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Released on The Beatles record label, The Hollies reached number two on the UK album charts with this debut set of covers and one lone original. The 122 second long original is the fairly tame Clarke/Nash original 'Little Lover' and the best that can be said about it is that it fits alongside the material by the likes of Chuck Berry and Gordy Jr, etc. So, what can we say about this album? Well, it's well played and no doubt fairly closely resembled the groups live set at the time. The sound is Merseybeat circa 'Please Please Me' by The Beatles but The Hollies fail to show the range The Beatles had even with their debut, this being fourteen songs that all chug along in much the same fashion as each other. The nasal vocal style of The Hollies is more akin to Lennon than McCartney and The Hollies lack the wild abandon of The Beatles circa the cavern club days. The hit single here is 'Stay' which is at least as impressive as the first couple of Beatles singles, but for the fact The Hollies didn't write it themselves. The likes of 'Rockin Robin' is hideous, much better is 'You Better Move On'. The Hollies have a mean guitar sound though, some of the solos outstrip the efforts of The Beatles around this time. Did you find this page by searching for The Beatles? May as well have done! Ok, i'll try not to mention them again. For all the bands pouring out of Liverpool, EMI were smart enough to also look right towards nearby Manchester. The Hollies had stage charisma, could harmonise and seemed a good bet, as later would be proved. The Hollies never got the respect other acts did on the albums front, however and to this day are seen as a singles act by many. The released a lot of albums too and a reappraisal is perhaps due.
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