Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today CD Cover Art

Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today Audio CD

This item is not available directly from CD Universe, but it is available through our partnership with Amazon.

Available from Amazon Marketplace 6 New from $34.95 9 Used from $8.99 2 Collectible from $29.98

Let's Live For Today songs Product Information

Let's Live For Today album Product Description

Let's Live For Today album by Grass Roots was released Sep 06, 1988 on the Universal Special Products label. Released in the spring of 1967, Let's Live for Today was almost a musical throwback, steeped in folk-rock, which was fairly passé at the time, rather than psychedelia, but that's what makes it so appealing to listeners today. Let's Live For Today music CDs Listeners in 1967 were probably disappointed that there was nothing on the album as dramatic or memorable as the title track, but everything else is solid folk-rock with a pretty hard edge, which allows it to stand quite well alongside rival releases by the Beau Brummels, the Cryan Shames, the Blue Things, et al. Let's Live For Today songs Most of the music here is derived from the P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri songwriting and production team, spiced with four surprisingly strong originals -- mostly drawn from the original demo tape that they submitted as the 13th Floor -- by the band members themselves. Let's Live For Today album The Sloan-Barri numbers are smooth, hook-laden folk-rock "Things I Should Have Said," "Is It Any Wonder," some of it with a garage band edge, and with elements of mild pop psychedelia ("Wake Up, Wake Up") occasionally manifesting themselves. Let's Live For Today CD music Sloan and Barri's production gave the music a polish that made it thoroughly commercial without entirely losing sight of the band's fervor; the Grass Roots, only a few months out of playing bowling alleys, rose to the occasion in the singing and the basic playing, but they were also in the hands of two producers who knew how to add such embellishments as an unobtrusive harpsichord or flute over a garage band workout like "Tip of My Tongue," and who also took full advantage of stereo separation. The latter made this album a real treat for the fans, who bought it and got to hear the playing by Sloan (who contributed some guitar), Creed Bratton, and Warren Entner, and the singing by all of them (especially on "Is It Any Wonder") in vivid detail. Also surprising are the group originals, such as Entner and Bratton's "Beatin' Round the Bush" and Bratton's rocking "House of Stone," each of which is a match musically for most of the Sloan-Barri numbers. Admittedly, the lyrics on Sloan and Barri's songs are somewhat more sophisticated than those on most of the group originals, but the simpler words on the latter firm up this album's rock & roll credentials. The CD reissue has decent sound and is worth tracking down as one of the last examples of 1960s commercial folk-rock. ...See Full Description

Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today Album Track Listing

Trk

Song

Time

Price

Buy MP3

Things I Should Have Said See All 16

2:30

$0.99

(Available)

Wake Up, Wake Up See All 4

Tip of My Tongue See All 6

Is It Any Wonder See All 3

Let's Live For Today See All 20

2:47

$1.29

(Available)

Beatin' Round the Bush See All 2

Out of Touch See All 3

Won't You See Me See All 2

Where Were You When I Needed You See All 16

3:03

$1.29

(Available)

No Exit See All 2

This Precious Time See All 3

House of Stone See All 2

Let's Live For Today music CDs Customer Reviews

Have you heard this album?

Let's Live For Today songs Product Details

Label	Universal Special Products
Orig Year	1967
CD Universe Part number	1516250
Catalog number	MCAD31325
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 06, 1988
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Recording Time	33 minutes