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{{Infobox album |
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| name = The Amboy Dukes |
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| name = The Amboy Dukes |
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| type = studio |
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| type = studio |
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| artist = ] |
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| single1 = ]<ref name=Viglione/> |
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| single1date = 1967 |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic | class=album | id=the-amboy-dukes-mw0000269621 | title=''The Amboy Dukes'' | first=Joe | last=Viglione | accessdate=October 17, 2018}}</ref> |
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'''''The Amboy Dukes''''' is the debut studio album by American rock band ]. It was released in November 1967 on ]. |
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'''''The Amboy Dukes''''' is the first studio album released by ]. It was released in November 1967 on ] (stereo S/6104, mono 56104). The Amboy Dukes interested a record label that primarily produced jazz albums. ] assembled a new band of local Detroit players to secure a recording contract with them. He immediately brought in the soulful baritone voice of John (J.B.) Drake as lead vocalist. He had a long history with Drake in a local band called The Lourds. Nugent and Drake then recruited the remaining players. Steve Farmer was known as a rhythm guitarist, lyricist, composer and vocalist and was a natural fit with Nugent. He came from a local group called The Gang. Dave Palmer was a drummer and percussionist with experience in two local bands, The Galaxy Five and The Citations. Bill White played bass guitar and Rick Lober was an eclectic keyboardist rounding out the new group. |
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==Composition== |
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The album featured seven group composed originals with six of them composed by the emerging songwriting team of Nugent & Farmer. This album features a soulful, ]y, ] sound throughout. Included was their first single "Baby, Please Don't Go", a cover of a delta blues song by Big Joe Williams which charted. Also included were a cover from The Coasters along with covers of British groups Cream and The Who that were added for good measure. The intense debut album charted and was a great initial showing for a new rock group on a jazz label. |
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The album is noted for containing an energetic recording of ]' ] standard "]",<ref name=Swanson/> as well as covers of ]'s composition "]", and ]'s "]".<ref name=Viglione/> '']'' said that the album fused "the ] of the early ] with ] riffs and ]" and described the song "Colors" as psychedelic ].<ref name=Viglione>{{AllMusic | class=album | id=the-amboy-dukes-mw0000269621 | title=''The Amboy Dukes'' | first=Joe | last=Viglione | accessdate=2023-05-26}}</ref> The publication compared "Down on Philips Escalator" to ]-period ], and said that "The Lovely Lady" "almost sounds like ] meets the ] by way of ]."<ref name=Viglione/> |
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==Reception== |
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A remastered CD reissue was released in 1992 by Mainstream Direct Ltd. with two bonus tracks (MDCD 910). The bonus tracks included on the remaster add two more group composed originals by Nugent & Farmer. |
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| rev1 = '']'' |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Viglione/> |
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"Baby, Please Don't Go" was released as a single, with the song "Psalms of Aftermath" as the B-side.<ref name=Viglione/> ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' said that the album received "little, if any, fanfare outside of home base of Detroit".<ref name=Swanson>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/amboy-dukes-journey-to-the-center-of-the-mind/ |title= How Amboy Dukes’ ‘Journey to the Center of the Mind’ Bridged Psychedelia and Hard Rock|last=Swanson |first=Dave |date=April 30, 2015|work=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=2023-05-25}}</ref> ''AllMusic'' wrote in a retrospective review that the album is "as essential to the Amboy Dukes' catalog as the non-hit material on '']'' was to the Blues Magoos, the first album from the Amboy Dukes is a real find and fun listening experience. This is a far cry from '']'', and that's why fans of psychedelia and '60s music should cherish this early diamond."<ref name=Viglione/> |
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==Track listing== |
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==Track listing== |
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{{Track listing |
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===Side one=== |
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#"]" (]) – 5:35 |
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| total_length = 19:47 |
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#"]" (], ]) – 3:42 |
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| title1 = ] |
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#"Young Love" (], ]) – 2:45 |
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#"Psalms of Aftermath" (Nugent, Farmer) – 3:19 |
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| length1 = 5:35 |
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#"Colors" (Nugent, Farmer, ], Bill White) – 3:20 |
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===Side two=== |
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#"]" (], ], ]) – 4:24 |
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#"Down on Philips Escalator" (Nugent, Farmer) – 3:00 |
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#"The Lovely Lady" (Farmer) – 2:58 |
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#"Night Time" (Nugent, Farmer) – 3:11 |
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#"]" (]) – 2:42 |
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#"Gimme Love" (Nugent, Farmer) – 2:43 |
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| title3 = Young Love |
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#"J.B. Special" (Nugent, Farmer) – 2:33 |
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#"Sobbin' in My Mug of Beer" (Nugent, Farmer) – 2:22 |
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| title4 = Psalms of Aftermath |
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| writer4 = {{Hlist|Nugent|Farmer}} |
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| length4 = 3:19 |
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| title5 = Colors |
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| writer5 = {{Hlist|Nugent|Farmer|]|Bill White}} |
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| length5 = 3:20 |
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| headline = Side B |
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| total_length = 20:05 |
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| title6 = ] |
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| writer6 = {{Hlist|]|]|]}} |
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| length6 = 4:24 |
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| title7 = Down on Philips Escalator |
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| writer7 = {{Hlist|Nugent|Farmer}} |
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| length7 = 3:00 |
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| title8 = The Lovely Lady |
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| writer8 = Farmer |
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| length8 = 2:58 |
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| title9 = Night Time |
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| writer9 = {{Hlist|Nugent|Farmer}} |
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| length9 = 3:11 |
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| title10 = ] |
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| title11 = Gimme Love |
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| writer11 = {{Hlist|Nugent|Farmer}} |
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| length11 = 2:43 |
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==Personnel== |
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==Personnel== |
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===The Amboy Dukes=== |
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*John (J.B.) Drake – ] |
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*] – ] |
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*John (J.B.) Drake – vocals |
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*] – guitar |
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*] – guitar |
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*] – guitar |
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*] – ], ] |
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*] – piano, organ |
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*Dave Palmer – ] |
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*Dave Palmer – drums |
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*Bill White – ] |
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*Bill White – bass |
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===Technical=== |
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*] – producer |
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*John Cue – engineer |
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*Maxine Epstein – album coordinator |
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*Jack Lonshein – cover design |
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== References == |
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"Baby, Please Don't Go" was released as a single, with the song "Psalms of Aftermath" as the B-side. Ultimate Classic Rock said that the album received "little, if any, fanfare outside of home base of Detroit". AllMusic wrote in a retrospective review that the album is "as essential to the Amboy Dukes' catalog as the non-hit material on Psychedelic Lollipop was to the Blues Magoos, the first album from the Amboy Dukes is a real find and fun listening experience. This is a far cry from Cat Scratch Fever, and that's why fans of psychedelia and '60s music should cherish this early diamond."
