The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette

by The 4 Seasons

The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1969
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:07:04
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Fritz Matzka, Hans Gr枚tzer, Kurt Hauenstein, Harry Polesnig, Theo Bina, Wolfgang Ambros, Christian Kolonovits, G眉nter Gro脽lercher, Johan Daansen, Norbert Niedermayr, Wiener Volksopernorchester

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette' was an ambitious concept album that repositioned the 4 Seasons far from their earlier hit-single formula. Packaged like a newspaper, it addressed social fragmentation, media, and American identity through ornate pop arrangements. Its commercial failure helped obscure it for years, but later listeners have treated it as one of the group's most unusual releases.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, alienation, political, conceptual, melodic

Tracklist

  1. American Crucifixion Resurrection
  2. Mrs. Stately's Garden
  3. Look Up Look Over
  4. Something's on Her Mind
  5. Saturday's Father
  6. Wall Street Village Day
  7. Genuine Imitation Life
  8. Idaho
  9. Wonder What You'll Be
  10. Soul of a Woman

Credits

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