The Goldebriars' second album is not folk-rock, but there's an expansiveness to the production that is definitely leading the music in the pop and even rock direction. You can hear a little drums (albeit of the sort where it sounds like someone's placed a towel over the kit), keyboards, and pop/rock rhythm. Unfortunately, the ambition of the arrangements is not matched by the material, which can digress into kind of corny folk-ethnic numbers along the lines of "Zum Gale Gale" (a song-chant familiar to anyone who attended Jewish summer camps) and "Joy, Joy, Joy." The non-traditional material, too, can be stultifyingly awkward. The tale of beatnik love on "MacDougal Street" probably would have generated raspberries from actual beatniks; it's hard to ascertain whether "No More Bomb" is a protest song or satire of protest songs; and "Queen of Sheba" is an off-puttingly campy comedy harem-pop number. And, frankly, the vocals particularly those of the Holmberg sisters are sometimes downright prissy. The potential of the group's (and particularly Boettcher's) talents is not fully exploited, and the Goldebriars split before they had a chance to get washed aboard a folk-rock bandwagon that might have served them better.

TRACKLIST

01. Sea of Tears
02. Mac Dougal Street
03. I've Got To Love Somebody
04. Jump Down
05. Sweet Potatoes
06. Haiku
07. No More Bomb
08. Queen Of Sheba (Album Version)
09. Joy, Joy, Joy (Album Version)
10. Castle On the Corner
11. Zum Gale Gale
12. Ride That Chariot (Album Version)
13. The Last Two People On Earth
14. Hush, Hush
15. Hush, Hush (Alternate Take #2)
16. Nothing Wrong With You That My Love Can't Cure
17. Licorice
18. Walkin' Down the Line
19. Tell It To the Wind
20. Tell It To the Wind (Alternate Take #2)
21. June Bride Baby (Single Version)
22. The Goldebriars; Arranged and conducted by Bob Goldstein, Beverly Ross & Curt Boettcher - I'm Gonna Marry You (Single Version)