I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing

by The Drifters

I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1966
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:10
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A stunning artifact of the Brill Building era's intersection with rhythm and blues, this album features meticulously orchestrated pop soul. The soaring vocal harmonies build directly on their doo-wop foundations, resulting in timeless, highly polished commercial soul.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal-group, orchestral, soulful, retro, harmonious, harmonies, ballad, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing (2:42)
  2. I've Got Sand in My Shoes - Single Version (2:51)
  3. At the Club - Single Version (2:59)
  4. I Don't Want to Go on Without You (2:59)
  5. Answer the Phone (2:51)
  6. He's Just a Playboy - Single Version (2:58)
  7. Follow Me (2:34)
  8. Spanish Lace (2:29)
  9. Chains of Love (2:45)
  10. Far From the Maddening Crowd (2:55)
  11. The Outside World (2:32)
  12. Come on Over to My Place - Single Version (2:31)

Credits

  • The Drifters - primary artist
  • George W. Michas - illustration [cover illustration], illustration
  • Bert Berns - supervised by [supervision], written-by
  • Jerry Wexler - supervised by [supervision], written-by
  • Ellie Greenwich - written-by
  • Jeff Barry - written-by
  • Arthur Resnick - written-by
  • Kenny Young - written-by

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