Wild Things!

by The Ventures

Wild Things! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: Dolton
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:14
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Joe Saraceno

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Adapting to the seismic shifts occurring in mid-60s pop, the premier instrumental rock group tackled the burgeoning garage rock aesthetic on 'Wild Things!'. The Ventures apply their trademark clean precision and heavily reverberated tone to aggressive, fuzz-laden hits of the day, reflecting the genre's transition away from traditional surf rock.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Wild Thing (2:16)
  2. Fuzzy And Wild (2:29)
  3. Sweet Pea (1:57)
  4. Wild And Wooly (2:14)
  5. Wild Child (2:11)
  6. Summer In The City (2:28)
  7. The Pied Piper (1:59)
  8. Wild Trip (2:07)
  9. Hanky Panky (2:03)
  10. Wildcat (2:11)
  11. How Now Wild Cow (2:09)
  12. The Work Song (2:06)

Credits

  • The Ventures - primary artist
  • Chip Taylor - written-by
  • Don Wilson - written-by
  • Mel Taylor - written-by
  • Nokie Edwards - written-by
  • Robert Lenard Bogle - written-by
  • Tommy Roe - written-by
  • Danny Hamilton - written-by

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