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- Date Released: March 14, 2000
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Goldenlane Records / The Orchard
Classic teenage symphonies to glamorous rebellion and romantic yearning.
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We Say...
An innovative producer whose career included significant work for artists as diverse as Janis Ian, Vanilla Fudge, the New York Dolls and the Dixie Cups, George "Shadow" Morton was the most gifted of the many imitators of Phil Spector's celebrated Wall Of Sound. His most successful recordings were those he made with the Shangri-Las, the girl group he built from two pairs of siblings, Mary-Ann and Margie Ganser and Betty and Mary Weiss, basing the group's sound around the latter's weeping lead vocals, which seemed lost and forlorn amidst the cavernous reverb of songs like their debut hit "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" and the brooding late masterpiece "I Can Never Go Home Anymore." In Morton's hands, Spector's "teenage symphonies" became melodramatic vignettes of teenage street life, a doomed landscape of sexual anxiety, glamorous rebellion and romantic yearning tricked out with sound effects like the revving motorcycle that introduces "Leader Of The Pack," the group's biggest hit and an acknowledged pop classic.
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They Say...
A better-than-average collection of the girls' biggest hits, featuring a couple of off-the-wall selections in the distorted, demo-sounding "It's Easier to Cry" and bonus "Millennium Remixes" of "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" and "Leader of the Pack."
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| 01. |  |
Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand) |
2:14 |
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| 02. | |
It's Easier To Cry |
2:29 |
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| 03. | |
Leader Of The Pack |
2:51 |
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| 04. | |
Give Him A Great Big Kiss |
2:07 |
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| 05. | |
Maybe |
2:32 |
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| 06. | |
Out In The Streets |
2:49 |
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| 07. | |
Give Us Your Blessings |
3:16 |
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| 08. | |
Right Now And Not Later |
2:37 |
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| 09. | |
Never Again |
2:21 |
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| 10. | |
I'm Blue |
3:30 |
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| 11. | |
You Cheated, You Lied |
2:23 |
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| 12. | |
Bull Dog |
2:37 |
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| 13. | |
I Can Never Go Home Anymore |
3:15 |
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| 14. | |
He Cried |
3:06 |
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| 15. | |
Dressed In Black |
2:51 |
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| 16. | |
Past, Present and Future |
2:41 |
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| 17. | |
Give Him A Great Big Kiss (Remix) |
3:01 |
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| 18. | |
Leader Of The Pack (Remix) |
4:28 |
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18 Total Tracks, 51:08 Total Length
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- The Shangri-Las - Main Performer // Athan Maroulis - Compilation // Skip Heller - Liner Notes // Skip Heller - Liner Notes // Skip Heller - Liner Notes // Jon Masciana - Mastering
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