Wheatfield Soul

Wheatfield Soul
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released March 1969 (CAN)
April 26, 1969 (US)
Recorded September 1968
Studio A & R Studios, New York
Genre
Length 40:27
Label Nimbus 9 (CAN)
RCA Records
Producer Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
It's Time
(1966)It's Time1966		 Wheatfield Soul
(1969)		 Canned Wheat
(1969)Canned Wheat1969
Singles from Wheatfield Soul
  1. "These Eyes"
    Released: December 1968 (CAN)
    April 1969 (US)

Wheatfield Soul is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. This album is notable for being the first full-length "Guess Who" album to feature Burton Cummings on lead vocals and the first without original lead singer Chad Allan.

Production

Wheatfield Soul was not a commercial success. "These Eyes" was released as a single. Wheatfield Soul is the group's first psychedelic LP[1] that also focuses on British influenced pop and rock.[2] An original version of "Friends of Mine" is on the Guess Who's posthumous compilation This Time Long Ago.

Added to the 2009 remastered CD version was "When Friends Fall Out," "Guess Who Blues," and "Of a Dropping Pin." This version of "When Friends Fall Out" never made it to any original, early Guess Who albums. A later version appeared on American Woman.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Robert ChristgauB–[3]
Rolling Stone(positivie)[4]

Original track listing

All songs written by Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings except as noted.

  1. "These Eyes" - 3:45
  2. "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass" - 2:13
  3. "I Found Her in a Star" (Cummings) - 2:36
  4. "Friends of Mine" - 10:04
  5. "When You Touch Me" (Bachman, Cummings, Rob Matheson) - 3:38
  6. "A Wednesday in Your Garden" (Bachman) - 3:20
  7. "Lightfoot" (Bachman, Cummings, Matheson) - 3:07
  8. "Love and a Yellow Rose" - 5:05
  9. "Maple Fudge" - 1:49
  10. "We're Coming to Dinner" - 2:43

2009 Remastered CD (IconoClassic ICON 1008)

  1. "These Eyes"
  2. "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass"
  3. "I Found Her in a Star
  4. "Friends of Mine
  5. "When You Touch Me
  6. "A Wednesday in Your Garden"
  7. "Lightfoot"
  8. "Love and a Yellow Rose"
  9. "Maple Fudge"
  10. "We're Coming to Dinner"
  11. "When Friends Fall Out" - 3:17
  12. "Guess Who Blues" - 3:31
  13. "Of a Dropping Pin" - 3:24

CD Mastered by Bob Irwin at Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, NY and Vic Anesini at Sony Music Studios, NY

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1969 Billboard 200[6] 45

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1969 "These Eyes" Canada[7] 7
Australia 100
Billboard Hot 100[8] 6

References

  1. ↑ Riley Haas (13 September 2013). The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It. Riley Haas. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-9921513-0-0.
  2. ↑ Wheatfield Soul at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 31, 1969). "Consumer Guide (2)". The Village Voice. Music section. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ↑ Edmonds, Nancy (14 June 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (35): 36.
  5. ↑ The Guess Who, Wheatfield Soul Credits Retrieved March 16, 2015
  6. ↑ The Guess Who, Wheatfield Soul Chart Position Retrieved March 16, 2015
  7. ↑ The Guess Who, "These Eyes" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 16, 2015
  8. ↑ The Guess Who, "These Eyes" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved March 16, 2015
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