Beat & Soul
{{Infobox album
| name = Beat & Soul
| type = studio album
| artist = The Everly Brothers
| cover = Beatandsoul.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 1965
| recorded = June 7–9, 1965
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock and roll
| length = 31:02
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Dick Glasser
| prev_title = Rock'n Soul
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = In Our Image
| next_year = 1966
}}
Beat & Soul is an album by The Everly Brothers, originally released in 1965. It peaked at No. 141 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. It was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Collectors' Choice Music label.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |title= Beat & Soul > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= mw0000307409 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=October 2, 2015}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|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|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
| rev3 = Record Mirror
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=21 August 1965 |title=The Everly Brothers: Beat 'n' Soul |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-08-21-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=232 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225502/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-08-21-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=18 August 2022}}
}}
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album "While the performances are pretty good—and the vocals perennially better than good—it also seemed to be an indication that the pair were unwilling or unable to write or procure a decent supply of new material. Because of the overfamiliarity of most of the songs, it has to rate as one of the brothers' less interesting efforts, regardless of the high level of execution."
Track listing
;Side one
- "Love Is Strange" (Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson, Ellas McDaniel) – 2:53
- "Money" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) – 2:32
- "What Am I Living For?" (Art Harris, Fred Jay) – 3:05
- "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higginbotham) – 3:16
- "C.C. Rider" (Gertrude "Ma" Rainey) – 2:12
- "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) – 2:34
;Side two
- "Man With Money" (Don Everly, Phil Everly) – 2:20
- "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 2:05
- "My Babe" (Willie Dixon) – 2:40
- "Walking the Dog" (Rufus Thomas) – 2:39
- "I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 2:37
- "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) – 2:09
Personnel
- Don Everly – vocals, guitar
- Phil Everly – vocals guitar
- James Burton – guitar
- Glen Campbell – guitar
- Sonny Curtis – guitar
- Larry Knechtel – bass
- Jim Gordon – drums
- Leon Russell – piano
- Billy Preston – piano
References
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External links
- [http://www.richieunterberger.com/beatsoul.html Liner notes for Collector's Choice reissue by Richie Unterberger.]
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