Glenn Yarbrough - We Survived the Madness '1968

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We Survived the Madness was Glenn Yarbroughs last album for RCA before moving to
Warner Brothers in 1968. Yarbrough began mixing pop and folk music in the 50s,
but by the late 60s his approach was pure pop even though he occasionally leaned
on genuine folk artists like Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs for material. Yarbroughs
light touch makes Ochs indictment of conformity, One More Parade, sound like
nothing more than a cheery song about a parade. Yarbroughs renditions of Bobby
Darins Amy and Paul Simons Cloudy -- the latter on loan from pop/rock group the
Cyrkle -- are the best cuts and suggest a more satisfying direction than the
glossy semi-folk heard elsewhere on the album. As Yarbrough struggled to find a
commercial middle ground between the folk music he loved and the adult
contemporary pop that actually sold records, his music sometimes suffered for
being too pop for the folk audience yet too preoccupied with songwriters like
Ochs who did not appeal to the mainstream.

Tracklist:
01 - Glenn Yarbrough - Thats The Way Its Gonna Be (2:54) 
02 - Glenn Yarbrough - One More Parade (2:00) 
03 - Glenn Yarbrough - Hot Dusty Roads (2:35) 
04 - Glenn Yarbrough - Amy (2:26) 
05 - Glenn Yarbrough - Cloudy (2:25) 
06 - Glenn Yarbrough - Farewell Party (2:24) 
07 - Glenn Yarbrough - We Wont Freeze (2:07) 
08 - Glenn Yarbrough - River Colorado (3:22) 
09 - Glenn Yarbrough - Evry Time (When We Are Gone) (2:54) 
10 - Glenn Yarbrough - We Survived the Madness (3:07)

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