Sunday, October 29, 2023

The Poppy Family - A Good Thing Lost (1968-1973)


A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973 is an excellent best-of collection from the Poppy Family, a great, if largely forgotten, late-'60s Canadian soft rock/psychedelic group. The meticulous songwriting, production, and arranging skills of guitarist/mastermind Terry Jacks (who later had a huge solo hit with the classic pop single "Seasons in the Sun") lift these recordings above the work of many of the group's better-known contemporaries. Singer Susan Jacks has a beautiful voice that sometimes sounds like (but predates) Karen Carpenter, but is eminently more soulful. Although characterized in the liner notes as a "soft pop" band, the Poppy Family was also capable of a somewhat tougher sound that sometimes recalled Surrealistic Pillow-era Jefferson Airplane and folkier material in the Kenny Rogers & the First Edition/Roger McGuinn vein. Throughout, Jacks frames the songs with creative, if often dated, arrangements that compare favorably to his obvious influences, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Phil Spector. In addition to "Which Way You Goin' Billy," the group's biggest hit (number two in 1970) and a generous helping of singles and high-quality album tracks, the disc includes an alternate, wildly psychedelic mix of "There's No Blood in Bone" and two different versions of "That's Where I Went Wrong" (the second of which features some cool country guitar leads). Overall, A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973 is a fantastic find -- one of those hidden gems that record fanatics always hope to discover.
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01. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Beyond The Clouds 
 02. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Free From The City 
 03. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - What Can The Matter Be? 
 04. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Which Way You Goin', Billy? 
 05. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Happy Island 
 06. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - There's No Blood In Bone 
 07. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - A Good Thing Lost 
 08. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - You Took My Moonlight Away 
 09. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Shadows On My Wall 
 10. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry* & Susan Jacks - That's Where I Went Wrong 
 11. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Where Evil Grows 
 12. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - I Was Wondering 
 13. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Tryin' 
 14. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Winter Milk 
 15. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Good Friends? 
 16. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - I'll See You There 
 17. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - You Don't Know What Love Is 
 18. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - I Thought Of You Again 
 19. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Another Year, Another Day 
 20. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - Evil Overshadows Joe 
 21. The Poppy Family Featuring Terry & Susan Jacks - That's Where I Went Wrong (U.S. Version) 


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