Currency

by Plastic Penny

Currency cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1969
  • Label: Page One
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:40
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drifting away from the orchestrated pop of their debut, the English quintet adopted a noticeably heavier, more improvisational approach on their final release. The extended tracks and robust keyboard work clearly signal the impending shift toward the progressive rock stylings that several members would pursue in later bands.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal, british, chamber, fuzz, nostalgia

Tracklist

  1. Your Way to Tell Me Go (2:52)
  2. Hound Dog (2:48)
  3. Currency (3:40)
  4. Caledonian Mission (3:00)
  5. Mcarthur Park (7:35)
  6. Turn to Me (2:46)
  7. Baby You're Not to Blame (2:53)
  8. Give Me Money (3:00)
  9. Sour Suite (8:12)
  10. She Does (Bonus Track) (3:08)
  11. Celebrity Ball (Bonus Track) (2:41)

Credits

  • Plastic Penny - primary artist
  • Mick Grabham - performer, written-by
  • Nigel Olsson - performer, written-by
  • Paul Raymond - performer, written-by
  • Tony Murray - performer, written-by
  • Leiber & Stoller - written-by
  • Robbie Robertson - written-by
  • Jimmy Webb - written-by

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