A Date with the Everly Brothers
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Date with the Everly Brothers
| type = studio
| artist = the Everly Brothers
| cover = Adatewiththeeverlybrothers.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1960
| recorded = March 18, 1960
July 8–13, 1960, July 27, 1960
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 27:55
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer =
| prev_title = It's Everly Time
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Both Sides of an Evening
| next_year = 1961
| misc = {{Singles
| name = A Date with the Everly Brothers
| type = Studio
| single1 = Cathy's Clown
| single1date = April 1960
}}
}}
A Date with the Everly Brothers is the fourth studio album by American singing duo the Everly Brothers, released in 1960. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Pop albums charts and reached No. 3 in the UK.
The song "Love Hurts" appears here for the first time. It would subsequently be covered by numerous other artists. Other than the "Cathy's Clown"/"Always It's You" single, all of the tracks on A Date with the Everly Brothers were recorded in just four sessions during July 1960.[http://www.richieunterberger.com/everlydate.html Liner Notes: A Date with the Everly Brothers by Richie Unterberger. Reissue by Collectors' Choice Music.]
Legacy
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |title= A Date with the Everly Brothers > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= mw0000187454 |pure_url=yes}} |website=AllMusic |accessdate=October 2, 2015}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734}}
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Writing for AllMusic, critic Richie Unterberger stated, "Although the material is not on the killer level of It's Everly Time, there are some very fine songs on their second Warner LP."
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. {{ISBN|978-0-7893-2074-2}}.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side One
| title1 = Made to Love
| writer1 = Phil Everly
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = That's Just Too Much
| writer2 = Don Everly, Phil Everly
| length2 = 2:40
| title3 = Stick With Me Baby
| writer3 = Mel Tillis
| length3 = 1:57
| title4 = Baby What You Want Me to Do
| writer4 = Jimmy Reed
| length4 = 2:20
| title5 = Sigh, Cry, Almost Die
| writer5 = Everly, Everly
| length5 = 2:18
| title6 = Always It's You
| writer6 = Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant
| length6 = 2:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side Two
| title1 = Love Hurts
| writer1 = Boudleaux Bryant
| length1 = 2:23
| title2 = Lucille
| writer2 = Albert Collins, Richard Penniman
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = So How Come (No One Loves Me)
| writer3 = Bryant, Bryant
| length3 = 2:18
| title4 = Donna, Donna
| writer4 = Bryant, Bryant
| length4 = 2:15
| title5 = A Change of Heart
| writer5 = Bryant, Bryant
| length5 = 2:07
| title6 = Cathy's Clown
| writer6 = Don Everly
| length6 = 2:25
}}
Personnel
- Don Everly – guitar, vocals
- Phil Everly – guitar, vocals
References
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{{The Everly Brothers}}
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