The Left Banke - There's Gonna Be A Storm - The Complete Recordings 1966-1969 - 1992
Though it's missing a few rarities -- namely the Steve Martin single for Buddha that reunited him with Michael Brown -- this is the most definitive Left Banke compilation. It features the entirety of their two late-'60s albums, as well as a couple of singles that didn't make it onto LPs at the time (though they later appeared on Rhino's History) and a previously unissued cut, "Men Are Building Sand." Their debut 1967 LP, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, is an underrated classic of the time, matching smart harmonies and pop hooks to baroque orchestration. Its brilliance casts a bit of a shadow over the rest of this collection. The group's 1968 album, Too, suffered from bloated production and, more importantly, the absence of chief songwriter/arranger Michael Brown. In turn, the 1967 single Brown cut under the Left Banke moniker with singer Bert Sommer suffers from the absence of lead vocalist Steve Martin. By the time Brown and Martin tenuously reunited for a late-1969 single, some of the spark had gone. All of the aforementioned highs and lows of this prodigiously talented but strife-ridden group are on this disc.
There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966–1969 is a compilation album, released by Mercury Records in 1992. It contains the entirety of the band's two 1960s albums Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina and The Left Banke Too, with an additional four tracks having appeared on singles only and one previously unreleased track, as well as "Walk Away Renee" appearing as a slightly remixed version. It is currently out of print. The band enjoyed cult status in the 1990s and beyond as a definitive example of mid-1960s baroque pop.
01. Walk Away Renee
02. I Haven't Got The Nerve
03. Pretty Ballerina
04. She May Call You Up Tonight
05. I've Got Something On My Mind
06. Barterers And Their Wives
07. Let Go Of You Girl
08. What Do You Know
09. Evening Gown
10. Lazy Day
11. Shadows Breaking Over My Head
12. Ivy Ivy
13. Men Are Building Sand
14. Desiree
15. Dark Is The Bark
16. My Friend Today
17. Sing Little Bird Sing
18. And Suddenly
19. Goodbye Holly
20. In The Morning Light
21. Bryant Hotel
22. Give The Man A Hand
23. Nice To See You
24. There's Gonna Be A Storm
25. Pedestal
26. Myrah
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