The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette

The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
Studio album by The Four Seasons
Released January 1969
Genre Psychedelic pop, rock
Length 44:50
Producer Bob Gaudio

The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette is a 1969 psychedelic pop album by American band the Four Seasons. With musical influences changing in the late 1960s, the Four Seasons teamed up with Jake Holmes to create a concept album that placed their traditional pop stylings into the psychedelic era.[1] Instead of love songs, the group tackled subjects such as war and racial tension.[2]

The album's packaging was also very unique, with the cover being stylized as a newspaper and the sleeve containing an eight-page newspaper-like insert. This unique packaging inspired John Lennon and the band Jethro Tull to use the concept for later albums of their own. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

In a review for AllMusic, Donald A. Guarisco says the album "lives up to its reputation as the most bizarre album in the Four Seasons' catalog", describing it as "a concept album that casts a satirical eye on American life." He calls it "relentlessly inventive, skillfully constructed, and never dull" and "a stunning example of the artistry of the Four Seasons at their most ambitious."[4]

Track listing

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

References

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