Wheatfield Soul, spell non a major success, is all the same a favorite amid the band's fan base. "These Eyes" was their breakthrough unmarried in addition to a radio favorite across the world. "Pink Wine Sparkles inward the Glass" has notable lyrics in addition to is too a radio favorite inward Winnipeg. "I Found Her inward a Star" is an underrated ballad written yesteryear Cummings which features fuzz guitar yesteryear Bachman. The vocal "Lightfoot" is a tribute to immature human being Canadian Gordon Lightfoot. Wheatfield Soul is the group's commencement psychedelic LP that too focuses on British influenced pop in addition to rock.
The most notable runway on the album, is "Friends of Mine". Strange Days yesteryear The Doors had only been released a twelvemonth prior to the recording of this vocal in addition to Strange Days contained "When the Music's Over", which is clearly an influence to "Friends of Mine", equally many of the vocal chords are similar, the vocal is lengthy in addition to the lyrics are an drive yesteryear Cummings to audio similar his in addition to hence influence, Doors' atomic number 82 vocalist Jim Morrison.
An master copy version of "Friends of Mine" tin terminate hold upwardly constitute on the Guess Who's posthumous compilation This Time Long Ago. The runway features Cummings singing close "doing it" amongst "your real ain mother" in addition to smothering six-month-old babies. RCA most probable advised the grouping to non free that version on Wheatfield Soul.
Side 2 begins amongst "When You Touch Me", which has an opening guitar riff that sounds identical to that of Tiny Bradshaw's "Train Kept A-Rollin'". "A Midweek In Your Garden" is to a greater extent than or less other underrated track. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sole composition yesteryear Bachman, the vocal features jazz chords, perchance inspired yesteryear The Zombies' usage of the same audio on many of their hitting records. "Lightfoot" is written close immature human being Canadian instrumentalist Gordon Lightfoot. "Love in addition to a Yellow Rose" showcases many of the Guess Who's musical talents, equally Peterson plays the tablas in addition to Bachman plays a sitar in addition to a fuzz guitar on the song.
"Maple Fudge" sounds similar to a Paul McCartney ballad, specifically "When I'm Sixty-Four". The Beatles were a huge influence on the Guess Who, equally the Guess Who oftentimes covered their songs on CBC's TV amusement serial Let's Go, or during whatever alive functioning inward the early on going of their career. "We're Coming to Dinner" closes the album.
Track listing
All songs written yesteryear Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings except equally noted.
"These Eyes" - 3:45
"Pink Wine Sparkles inward the Glass" - 2:13
"I Found Her inward a Star" (Cummings) - 2:36
"Friends of Mine" - 10:04
"When You Touch Me" (Bachman, Cummings, Rob Matheson) - 3:38
"A Midweek inward Your Garden" (Bachman) - 3:20
"Lightfoot" (Bachman, Cummings, Matheson) - 3:07
"Love in addition to a Yellow Rose" - 5:05
"Maple Fudge" - 1:49
"We're Coming to Dinner" - 2:43
Personnel
Randy Bachman – atomic number 82 guitar, backing vocals, sitar
Burton Cummings – organ, atomic number 82 vocals, piano, beat guitar, flute
Jim Kale – bass, backing vocals
Garry Peterson – drums, backing vocals, percussion, tabla
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