hypersongs

Ecology

Their third album: seven tracks, among them the long Temptations cover.
Rare Earth, 1970

Ecology has seven tracks: "Born to Wander" (Baird), "Long Time Leavin'", "(I Know) I'm Losing You", "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and "No. 1 Man" (all by Baird), "Nice Place to Visit" (Persh) and a six-and-a-half-minute "Eleanor Rigby". The players were Bridges on flute, sax, tambourine and vocals, Guzman on conga, Kenny James on organ, John Persh on bass, trombone and vocals, Rod Richards on guitar and vocals and Pete Rivera on drums and vocals.

It reached 15 in the US and 4 on the R&B chart and went gold; AllMusic gave it three stars. Schlockmania's catalog notes say it extends the band's psychedelic funk-rock sound, with Baird's "Born to Wander" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed" as the originals.

Track listing

  1. Born to Wander3:20
  2. Long Time Leavin'4:42
  3. (I Know) I'm Losing You10:50
  4. Satisfaction Guaranteed4:34
  5. Nice Place to Visit3:57
  6. No. 1 Man4:48
  7. Eleanor Rigby6:34

More from Rare Earth

Dreams/Answers (1968), Get Ready (1969), Generation (1969), One World (1971), Willie Remembers (1972), Ma (1973), Back To Earth (1975), Midnight Lady (1976), Rarearth (1977), Grand Slam (1978), Band Together (1978), Tight and Hot (1982), Made In Switzerland (1989), Different World (1993)

Sources

  1. Ecology (Rare Earth album), Wikipedia
  2. Catalog Crawl: Rare Earth, Schlockmania