Chirpy Bubblegum!
Pieter | Johannesburg | 04/02/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was a hit for a certain Lally Stott the year before, but it took Middle Midle Of The Road to take it to number one in middle 1971. This charming collection of early 1970s bubblegum pop also contains their other hits Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum, Samson & Delilah and Soley Soley, plus cover versions of familiar 60s hits like Yellow River, Sacramento and I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top. There's a tremulous quality in the female voice in songs like Chirpy and Tweedle Dee that reminds me of Stevie Nicks on some of her solo stuff. I think they were a Scottish band and I remember seeing them live in South Africa way back. As pop music goes, this isn't bad at all. Nothing cerebral, but these catchy songs still pack a punch and if you're prone to nostalgia, this will serve as a pleasant time machine trip back to your childhood."
Middle of the Road indeed
Robert S. Estes | Santa Rosa, Ca | 06/23/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"US Top 40 lovers might vaguely remember "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" a hit in Hawaii and some parts of Western states,a bigger hit worldwide. Middle of the Road was inbetween girl group pop and basic late 60's early 70's reminicent of so- called "Bubble Gum" , but more like the England studio bands with Tony Burrows heading groups like White Plains (My Baby Loves Love) Edison Lighthouse (Love Grow where My Rosemary Goes) First Class (Beach Baby) Pipkins (Gimme Dat Ding) but with a female lead singer mostly.
Middle of the Road could be considered a fore-runner of ABBA. The
beat is there, the harmonies ring ring, the production has the blast at the end.
In the end, though,this is for only those who like a period of 70's rock, who lived, loved through it, and want to keep it alive!!!"
Track Listings (16) - Disc #1