The Young Mods' Forgotten Story

The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
Studio album by
The Impressions
ReleasedMay 1969
GenreChicago soul
Length25:26
LabelCurtom
ProducerCurtis Mayfield
The Impressions chronology
The Versatile Impressions
(1969) 		The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
(1969) 		The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred
(1970)
Singles from The Young Mod's Forgotten Story
  1. "My Deceiving Heart"
    Released: February 1969
  2. "Seven Years"
    Released: April 1969
  3. "Choice of Colors"
    Released: June 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

The Young Mods' Forgotten Story is an album by the American soul music group the Impressions.[3][4] It was released in 1969 via Curtom Records.[5]

Production

Donny Hathaway worked as an arranger on the album.[6]

Critical reception

Billboard deemed The Young Mods' Forgotten Story a "smooth soul sampler of choice tunes."[7] Colin Larkin called it "quintessential," writing that it "set the framework for [Curtis Mayfield's] solo work."[2] The Edmonton Journal, reviewing a reissue, wrote that "the music, save for touches of wah-wah and (prescient) proto-funk on 'Mighty Mighty', was in many ways a step behind similar groups of the time."[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield

  1. "The Young Mods' Forgotten Story"  – 2:00
  2. "Choice of Colors"  – 3:15
  3. "The Girl I Find"  – 2:37
  4. "Wherever You Leadeth Me"  – 2:32
  5. "My Deceiving Heart"  – 2:49
  6. "Seven Years"  – 2:21
  7. "Love's Miracle"  – 2:24
  8. "Jealous Man"  – 2:34
  9. "Soulful Love"  – 2:30
  10. "Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)"  – 2:21

Personnel

Charts

USA - Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1969 Black Albums 21
Pop Albums 104[9]

USA - Singles

Year Song Chart Peak Position
1969 Choice of Colors Black Singles 1
Pop Singles 21
My Deceiving Heart Black Singles 69
Seven Years Pop Singles 84
Black Singles 15

References

  1. ^ Bush, John. The Young Mods' Forgotten Story at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 464.
  3. ^ Cohen, Aaron (September 25, 2019). "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Werner, Craig (December 18, 2007). "Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul". Crown – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The Impressions | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Lordi, Emily J. (October 20, 2016). "Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 19, 1969 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Murray, Tom (15 Oct 2005). "Even at their most cliched, Impressions never lost spirit". Edmonton Journal. p. E3.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 402.