The Critters were an American pop group with several hits in the 1960s, most notably "Mr. Dieingly Sad", a U.S. and Canadian Top 20 hit in 1966
Biography by Richie Unterberger
In 1966, this New Jersey group came off very much like a Lovin' Spoonful Jr., scoring a minor hit with a cover of John Sebastian's "Younger Girl" and then chalking up their only Top 20 single with the very Spoonful-esque original "Mr. Dieingly Sad." The group's soft harmonies and pop folk-rock were in a considerably lighter vein than their Kama Sutra labelmates, though. Much of their material was self-penned, though they also benefited from compositions by Jackie DeShannon and Brill Building tunesmiths Pete Anders, Vinnie Poncia, and Doc Pomus. Recording quite a few singles and an LP for Kama Sutra from 1965 to 1967, their gentle pop/rock was rather lightweight, with the exception of their best singles. After a final Top 40 hit in 1967 ("Don't Let the Rain Fall Down on Me"), principal songwriter Don Ciccone was drafted, and the group struggled on with a couple albums for the Project 3 label before splitting.
01 Touch 'n Go
02 Reason To Believe
03 Because You Came To See Me Today
04 Younger Generation
05 A Moment Of Being With You
06 Let's Love
07 Awake In A Dream
08 Margie Girl
09 Cool Morning Sunshine
10 Good Morning Sunshine
11 Sweet Breezes
12 Forget It
13 She Said She Loved Him
14 Colleen
15 The Teddy Bear Affair
16 I Just Want To Sit Right Here And Look At You
17 Wooden Soldiers
18 Avon Iris
19 Maiden Of The Sea
20 King Street Flying Circus
21 Whistling A Rhyme
22 Harold
23 Lisa, But Not The Same
Awake In A Dream: The Project 3 Recordings presents both Project 3 LPs—1968’s Touch‘n Go and 1969’s Critters— in their entirety, plus the non-LP track ‘Lisa But Not The Same.’ All of this material has been out of print for over 40 years and is now finally making its worldwide debut on CD.
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