For Certain Because... (Stop! Stop! Stop!)

by The Hollies

Overview

One gets the feeling that, as 1966 drew to a close amid an incredible acceleration of innovations in the pop and rock world, the Hollies felt the need to prove themselves capable of artistic growth despite having established a very winning formula. For Certain Because... was their first album entirely composed of original material, and it echoed pop's increased sophistication with fuller, more adventurous arrangements and more personal, folk-rock-influenced compositions. Such was the intense competition of the time that this record couldn't hope to take on Revolver, Aftermath, or Face to Face, but it nevertheless remains an admirable effort that may stand as the group's most accomplished album (greatest-hits packages excepted) of the '60s. The Hollies were very much a pop group and didn't let their somewhat more sober and introspective compositions stand in the way of their glittering harmonies and jangling guitars. Occasional brass, banjo, bells, and vibrating piano embellish their basic rock instrumentation on this pleasant, if hardly earthshaking, work. The circus-like "Stop! Stop! Stop!," with its manic banjo, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic; the good-natured "Pay You Back with Interest" was a Top 30 hit in America; and the jazzy "Tell Me to My Face" was one of their best '60s album tracks. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/25/2021
Label:	Endless Happiness
UPC:	5060672888684
Rank:	71345

Tracks

1. What's Wrong With the Way I Live
2. Pay You Back With Interest
3. Tell Me To My Face
4. Clown
5. Suspicious Look In Your Eyes
6. It's You
7. High Classed
8. Peculiar Situation
9. What Went Wrong
10. Crusader
11. Don't Even Think About Changing
12. Stop! Stop! Stop

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Hollies   Primary Artist
Peter Sellers   Primary Artist
Allan Clarke   Vocals
Graham Nash   Guitar,Vocals
Mike Vickers   Director

Technical Credits

Allan Clarke   Composer
Tony Hicks   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Graham Gouldman   Composer
Graham Nash   Composer
Ron Richards   Producer
Peter Mew   Engineer,Digital Remastering
Alan Clark   Composer
Henry Diltz   Photography
Peter Bown   Engineer,Recording
Francesco Specchia   Composer
Anthony Hicks   Composer
Battisti   Composer
Mogol   Composer
Allen Clarke   Composer
Renato Martini   Composer