(Rock, Pop-Rock, Psychedelica) [LP] [24/96] Grapefruit - Around Grapefruit (1968) - 2008, FLAC (tracks)

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John Perry: Lead guitar
Pete Swettenham: Rhythm guitar
Geoff Swettenham: Drums
George Alexander: Bass guitar, saxophone
Mick Fowler: Keyboards, guitar

Certainly similarities to the Paul McCartney-penned tracks from the Beatles' own psych-pop era are evident, and if George Alexander's songs weren't in nearly the same league as McCartney's, well, no one working the style was in McCartney's league. Grapefruit was at their best on the occasional songs in which they reached into slightly darker and more melancholy territory, particularly when they made creative use of strings, organ, baroque keyboards, and Mellotron, as on "This Little Man" and "Dear Delilah" and the instrumental "Theme for Twiggy." The latter tune sounds like something that could have been killer had words been devised; as it is, it seems like something that wasn't quite seen through to completion. There's also the Four Seasons cover "C'mon Marianne," which, although it wasn't one of their better tracks, was (along with "Dear Delilah") one of their two small U.K. hits. Richie Unterberger, Allmusic.