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See is the sixth studio album by rock band The Rascals, released in December 1969. It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard 200.

History

The album continued a trend towards album-oriented material authored and sung by Felix Cavaliere, begun with the band's Freedom Suite album earlier in the year.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Writing for Allmusic, critic Thom Jurek praised some of the individual tracks, but wrote of the album as a whole; "... while See sounded more like an updated version of the Rascals of old, the consistency of attack wasn't there and there are several simply dodgy cuts, making the album—as an album—a disappointment."

Track listing

All songs are written by Felix Cavaliere, except where otherwise indicated.

Side One

1. "See"
2. "I'd Like to Take You Home"
3. "Remember Me" (Gene Cornish)
4. "I'm Blue" (Felix Cavaliere/Eddie Brigati)
5. "Stop and Think"
6. "Temptation's 'Bout to Get Me" (Jeff Diggs)

Side Two

1. "Nubia"
2. "Carry Me Back"
3. "Away Away" (Gene Cornish)
4. "Real Thing"
5. "Death's Reply"
6. "Hold On"

Singles

1. "See" / "Away Away" (May, 1969) US: #27
2. "Carry Me Back" / "Real Thing" (August, 1969) US: #26
3. "I Believe" / "Hold On" (December, 1969) US: #51

Personnel

The Rascals

• Felix Cavaliere - organ, piano, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Eddie Brigati - percussion, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Gene Cornish - guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Dino Danelli - drums

Additional musicians

• Chuck Rainey - bass
• Ron Carter - bass ("Nubia," "Carry Me Back")
• Hubert Laws - flute
• Danny Labbate - soprano sax
• Joe Bushkin - piano ("Carry Me Back")

Production

• Adrian Barber, Barry Goldberg, Don Casale - recording engineers

References

1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "See > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

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