Herman's Hermits on Tour


Herman's Hermits on Tour is the second album released in the US and Canada by MGM Records for the band Herman's Hermits. It was released in 1965. The cover drawing was by Jim Spanfeller and the design was credited to Michael Malatak.

Reception

Billboard magazine reviewed the album saying "The current hot British group performs numbers they offered during their recent concert tour of the U.S. Included are their singles hits", noting that "In addition to the rockers, Herman displays much warmth sensitive reading of 'The End of the World'."
Joe Viglione on AllMusic called the album a "highly listenable album created in a day when albums were secondary to hits." In his long review he would add that "The genius of Mickey Most is that he packs the punch into all these songs in a solitary moment - every one of them clocks in at three minutes and under. "Silhouettes" is three seconds shy of two minutes, "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" an amazingly succinct one minute and 49 seconds. These are short little pop blasts - you could really fit the 26 minutes on one side of a long-player - and the young Peter Noone brings each melody home."

Chart performance

Billboard also called the album a "A chart buster LP", and that it was. On the Billboard Top LP's it peaked at No. 2 during a thirty-nine-week run on the chart. The album debuted on the Cashbox Top 100 Albums in the issue dated 19 June, 1965, peaking at No. 2 during a thirty-four-week run on the chart.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" – 2:15
  2. "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" – 1:49
  3. "The End of the World" – 2:57
  4. "For Your Love" – 2:21
  5. " Dream On" – 2:04
  6. "Don't Try to Hurt Me" – 2:04

Side 2

  1. "Silhouettes" – 1:57
  2. "Heartbeat" – 2:45
  3. "I'll Never Dance Again" – 3:00
  4. "Tell Me Baby" – 2:12
  5. "Traveling Light" – 2:31

Personnel

Herman's Hermits

Technical