| Tages | ||||
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| Released | 3 November 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 5 August − 6 October 1965 | |||
| Studio | EMI, Stockholm | |||
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| Length | 34:18 | |||
| Label | Platina | |||
| Producer | Anders Henriksson | |||
| Tages chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Tages | ||||
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Tages is the debut studio album by the Swedishrock bandTages, released on 3 November 1965 onPlatina Records.[2] Released during a period in which the band had accumulated four top ten singles inTio i Topp and as many onKvällstoppen.[3][4] This led the band to become one of Sweden's first and foremost pop groups, along withHep Stars.[5]
It was their first of three albums recorded on Platina Records, after which they'd switch toParlophone, becoming among the first Swedish groups to do so. Issued in 6000 copies, it sold 10000 and became their firstGold record in Sweden (the second beingTages 2).[2][6] Despite this apparent success, it failed to chart on Kvällstoppen.
The album features severalgarage rock andrhythm and blues standards such as "Dimples" and "Got My Mojo Working" (titled "I Got My Mojo Working" on the album) and can be considered a typical album for the era. However, unlike contemporary albums by other Swedish groups, Tages composed their own material, of which two are on the album. These are "Sleep Little Girl", their first single that hit number one onTio i Topp and number three on Kvällstoppen.[7][8] This was the third re-recording of the track as it differs from the single version.[2] The other original composition is "The One For You" which was also released as a single and reached number two onTio I Topp and number six on Kvällstoppen.[3][9] "The One For You" is the oldest recorded track on the album, recorded on 5 August 1965.[10]
Other tracks on the album include their cover of "Bloodhound" which was released as a single and reached number six onTio I Topp, but fared better on Kvällstoppen where it reached number three.[3][11] The non-album B-Side of that single is one of the first covers ofIan Samwell andBrian Potter's "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", which was released as theSmall Faces debut single on 6 August 1965.[12] Tages would go on and make one more Small Faces cover, "Understanding", which appears on their third studio albumExtra Extra.[13]
Vocally, the album is democratically divided, withTommy Blom singing solo on three songs.Göran Lagerberg sings solo on one song and the rest are harmony vocals, performed by various members of the band, including drummer Freddie Skantze and Blom on "Stand by Me"
In contrast to their later albums, which consisted of approximately half-to all tracks original material,Tages only feature two such songs.Tages is the band's only album where theirrhythm-and-blues based origins and influences are strongly present; on subsequent albums this is overshadowed by more conventionalpop songs and (especially on their three final studio albums)psychedelic-influenced material. "Doctor Feel-Good" would strangely be released as a single by Platina in May 1968; it failed to chart.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bloodhound" | Larry Bright | Tommy Blom | 2:21 |
| 2. | "Everybody Loves a Lover" | Anders Töpel | 2:14 | |
| 3. | "Dimples" | Göran Lagerberg | 3:03 | |
| 4. | "I Got My Mojo Working" | McKinley Morganfield | Blom | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Naggin'" |
| Blom | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Sleep Little Girl" | Tommy Blom | Blom | 2:27 |
| Total length: | 18:30 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The One For You" | Danne Larsson |
| 2:34 |
| 2. | "Seventh Son" | Willie Dixon | Blom | 3:14 |
| 3. | "I'll Go Crazy" | James Brown | Larsson | 2:21 |
| 4. | "Cathy's Clown" | Don Everly |
| 2:23 |
| 5. | "Doctor Feel-Good" | Curtis Smith | Larsson | 2:12 |
| 6. | "Stand by Me" |
| Blom | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 15:48 | |||
(note that the track listing was printed with a few errors on first pressings; "I Got My Mojo Working" is commonly thought to be written by Preston "Red" Foster, while others claim McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) wrote it. "Stand By Me" was written byBen E. King,Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, not byDean Beard, Ray Doggett andSlim Willet as the album claims)
| Year | Song | B-side | Chart positions | |
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| Kvällstoppen | Tio i Topp[3] | |||
| 1964 | "Sleep Little Girl" | "Tell Me You're Mine" | 4[8] | 1 |
| 1965 | "The One For You" | "I Got My Mojo Working" | 6[9] | 2 |
| "Bloodhound" | "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" | 3[11] | 6 | |
| 1968 | "Doctor Feel-Good" | "I'm Mad" | — | — |
| Chart (1965) | Peak |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] | 3 |