The Hollies - evolution (EMI)

The Hollies released a few psychedelic albums in the late 60s though more on the pop + psych flourishes end than the more extreme weird stuff you may get elsewhere but no less welcome for that. The Evolution album as reissued on CD has the album twice in fact, mono and stereo versions which is maybe slightly pointless to be honest but anyway.

Favourite song so far is "Have you ever loved somebody" which is a great straight ahead 60s pop song with lovely harmonies. "Then the heartbreaks begin" is more experimental with its acoustic driven melody accompanied by juicy guitar licks and echoey noises in the background, but on top of it is another terrific pop song.

Nothing else really reaches the heights of these 2 songs though quite a few are also decent tracks, couldn't get into "Water on the brain" though which was a little too much whimsy.