Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers

Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers is the debut album by the American pop group the Walker Brothers. It is also commonly known as Take It Easy. The group's musical accompaniment was directed by Ivor Raymonde and produced by John Franz and Nick Venet. It was released in 1965 and reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. The album contains the group's first major hit single "Make It Easy on Yourself". Receiving good to mixed reviews, the album was released in both Mono and Stereo LP formats in November 1965. The album was later released on CD having been remastered and expanded in 1998. The sleeve notes were written by Brian Mulligan, the then press officer for Philips Records, with photography by Terence Donovan.

Introducing the Walker Brothers

In the USA the album was released on Smash Records as Introducing the Walker Brothers in December 1965. This alternate version shifted the running order around and replaced "Lonely Winds", "Girl I Lost in the Rain", "First Love Never Dies", and "Tell the Truth" with the singles "Love Her", "My Ship Is Coming In" and "Pretty Girls Everywhere", along with the last's B-side "Doin' the Jerk". The group can be seen miming "Doin' the Jerk" on the 1965 beach party movie Beach Ball.

Introducing the Walker Brothers is now out of print. In 2008 Water Records released the Philips Take It Easy track listing in the US for the first time.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers received good to mixed reviews from the majority of critics. Richie Unterberger writing retrospectively for Allmusic described the US version Introducing the Walker Brothers as "an erratic affair" that features "their trademark balladeering groove with the hits "Make It Easy On Yourself" and "My Ship Is Comin' In," but stiff on uptempo R&B numbers like "Land of 1,000 Dances" and "Dancing in the Street"."

Track listing

Take It Easy (Philips Records)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Make It Easy on Yourself"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:14
2.	"There Goes My Baby"	George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson	3:08
3.	"First Love Never Dies"	Bob Morris, Jim Seals	3:37
4.	"Dancing in the Street"	Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson	3:50
5.	"Lonely Winds"	Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus	2:37
6.	"Girl I Lost in the Rain"	David Gates	2:48

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Land of a 1,000 Dances"	Chris Kenner	2:35
8.	"You're All Around Me"	Scott Engel, Lesley Duncan	2:39
9.	"Love Minus Zero/No Limit"	Bob Dylan	3:05
10.	"I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore"	Randy Newman	3:48
11.	"Here Comes the Night"	Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus	2:27
12.	"Tell the Truth"	Lowman Pauling	1:51

Expanded CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Love Her" (1965 A-Side)	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	3:23
14.	"The Seventh Dawn" (B-Side of "Love Her")	Riz Ortolani	2:40
15.	"But I Do" (B-Side of "Make It Easy on Yourself")	Paul Gayten, Robert Guidry	2:56
16.	"My Ship Is Coming In" (1965 A-Side)	Joey Brooks	3:15
17.	"Looking for Me" (from 1966 EP: I Need You)	Randy Newman	2:11
18.	"Young Man Cried" (from 1966 EP: I Need You)	Scott Engel, John Franz	2:33
19.	"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (from 1966 EP: I Need You)	Willie Mitchell	2:16
20.	"I Need You" (from 1966 EP: I Need You)	Carole King, Gerry Goffin	3:10

Introducing The Walker Brothers (Smash Records)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Ship Is Coming In"	Joey Brooks	3:15
2.	"Doin' the Jerk"	Scott Engel	2:25
3.	"Love Her"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	3:23
4.	"Dancing in the Street"	Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson	3:50
5.	"I Don't Want to Hear It Any More"	Randy Newman	3:48
6.	"Love Minus Zero"	Bob Dylan	3:05

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Make It Easy on Yourself"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:14
8.	"Land of a 1,000 Dances"	Chris Kenner	2:35
9.	"There Goes My Baby"	George Treadwell, Lover Patterson, Benjamin Nelson	3:08
10.	"Pretty Girls Everywhere"	Eugene Church, Thomas Williams	2:30
11.	"Here Comes the Night"	Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus	2:27
12.	"You're All Around Me"	Scott Engel, Lesley Duncan	2:39

Personnel

The Walker Brothers

Gary Walker - drums, vocals
John Walker - guitar, vocals
Scott Walker - vocals, guitar, keyboards

with:

The Quotations - accompaniment on "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Jack Nitzsche - arranger and conductor on "Love Her" and The Seventh Dawn"
Ivor Raymonde- music director
Reg Guest- music director on "Young Man Cried" and "I Need You"
John Franz - producer
Nick Venet - producer on "Pretty Girls Everywhere", "Doin the Jerk", "Love Her", and "The Seventh Dawn"
Terence Donovan - photography

Charts

Chart	Position
UK Albums Chart	3
German Albums Chart	7

References

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 589/590. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Unterberger, Richie (2012). "Introducing the Walker Brothers - The Walker Brothers | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
Unterberger, Richie. The Walker Brothers: Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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Albums	Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers Introducing the Walker Brothers Portrait The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Images No Regrets Lines Nite Flights
Compilations	The Walker Brothers' Story No Regrets – The Best of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers 1965–1976 If You Could Hear Me Now
EPs	I Need You Solo John/Solo Scott
Singles	"Pretty Girls Everywhere" "Love Her" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "My Ship is Coming In" "Land of 1000 Dances" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me" "Another Tear Falls" "Deadlier Than the Male" "Stay With Me Baby" "Walking in the Rain" "No Regrets" "Lines" "We're All Alone" "The Electrician"
Related articles	Johnny Franz Ivor Raymonde "Nite Flights"
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