Weekend in London is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Dave Clark Five. It contains the single "Come Home" and covers of "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins and "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris. The album also features "Hurting Inside" and Till the Right One Comes Along", both of which later appeared on a The Dave Clark Five (1971) compilation album. In Canada, it was released as Encores on Capitol Records.
Reception
In his retrospective review for AllMusic, Greg Adams said the band's own songs on Weekend in London "vacillate between the pretty Beatlesque pop of 'Your Turn to Cry' and moody rockers similar to early Zombies" and that as the band released three albums around that time, "Weekend in London sounds like they were being stretched a little too thin."
Track listing All tracks written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith, except were noted.
Side one "Come Home" – 2:49 "We'll Be Running" (Dave Clark, Denis Payton) – 1:32 "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) – 1:44 "Hurting Inside" – 2:37 "I'll Never Know" (Dave Clark, Denis Payton) – 1:45 Til the Right One Comes Along" – 2:11
Side two "I'm Thinking" (Dave Clark, Denis Payton) – 1:29 "Your Turn to Cry" – 3:12 "Little Bitty Pretty One" (Robert James Byrd) – 1:30 "Remember it's Me" – 2:19 "Mighty Good Loving" (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson) – 2:40
Personnel The Dave Clark Five Dave Clark - drums, backing vocals Mike Smith - keyboards, lead vocals Lenny Davidson - guitars, backing vocals and harmony vocals Rick Huxley - bass guitar, backing vocals Denis Payton - saxophone, harmonica, backing vocals Technical Jay Thompson - cover photography
Charts
Chart (1965)Peakposition US Billboard Top LP's24 US Cash Box Top 100 Albums24 US Record World 100 Top LP's13
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