🎸 Common People – Of the People, By the People, For the People (1969)

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🇫🇷 Biographie (Français)

Originaire de Californie, Common People est un groupe obscur de la fin des années 1960, principalement connu pour son unique album sorti en 1969 sur le label Capitol. Leur nom volontairement anonyme masque une formation à l’esthétique musicale ambitieuse. Ils furent produits par l’illustre David Axelrod, qui leur offrit des arrangements sophistiqués et des orchestrations luxuriantes, donnant à l’album une dimension quasi cinématographique.
Of the People, By the People, For the People est un ovni mêlant folk rock, psychédélisme pastoral, accents baroques et paroles existentielles. Malgré sa production magistrale, l’album fut un échec commercial à sa sortie, mais a depuis acquis le statut de culte parmi les collectionneurs de psyché californien raffiné.

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🇺🇸 Biographie (English)

Common People was a short-lived Californian band that released one obscure yet ambitious album in 1969. Despite the band's anonymity, they managed to work with famed producer David Axelrod, who brought his signature grand orchestral touch to the project.
Their sole LP, Of the People, By the People, For the People, combines pastoral folk-rock with lush psychedelic arrangements and introspective lyrics. While commercially overlooked at the time, the album is now celebrated by psych connoisseurs as a rare gem of baroque acid folk.

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💿 Trackliste

1. Soon There'll Be Thunder

2. I Have Been Alone

3. Those Who Love

4. Go Every Way

5. Why Must I Be

6. Take from You

7. They Didn’t Even Go to the Funeral

8. Feeling

9. Girl Said – Know

10. Land of a Day

11. This Life She Is Mine

12. Days Grow Longer

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🎸 Musiciens

• Denny Robinett – Chant, guitare, compositeur

• John Bartley III – Guitare

• Michael McCarthy (7) – Basse

• Jerrald Robinett – Batterie

• William Fausto – Piano, orgue

• Lord Tim Hudson – Direction, production, arrangements

• David Axelrod – Orchestrations additionnelles 

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👉 Common People – Of the People, By the People, For the People (1969)

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