The Tra-La Days Are Over


The Tra-La Days Are Over is a 1973 album by American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka.

Overview

The album was the second to be produced at Strawberry Studios in England in collaboration with Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Eric Stewart, who had formed the band 10cc since their first joint venture with Sedaka on Solitaire.
The album, which consolidated his return to popularity after his lengthy absence from the charts, yielded two hit singles for Sedaka, "Standing on the Inside" and "Our Last Song Together". The latter track commemorates the ending of his partnership with lyricist Howard Greenfield; the album title is taken from a line in this song.
Another song, "Love Will Keep Us Together", became a US No.1 for Captain & Tennille in 1975. Their version peaked at No.32 in Britain. The Captain & Tennille acknowledged Sedaka's authorship as well as his early-1970s comeback by working the phrase "Sedaka is back" into the song's fadeout.
On the liner notes to The Tra-La Days Are Over Sedaka added the dedication: "Thanks to Mike Curb for letting me have my way."

Release

In 1982 Polydor Records, which had by this time acquired the rights to The Tra-La Days Are Over, re-issued the album as part of their "Special Price Series".
In 1991 Polydor re-released the album on CD, the first CD issue for this album. In 2004 they reissued the album again in the UK, this time as part of Universal Music's 50th Anniversary Archive Collection.
In April 2012 the program from The Tra-La Days Are Over was re-released in combination with the program from the 1975 album "Overnight Success" on CD by BGO Records.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Little Brother"
  2. "Standing on the Inside"
  3. "Alone in New York in the Rain"
  4. "Caribbean Rainbow"
  5. "Let Daddy Know"
  6. "Suspicions"

Side two

  1. "Love Will Keep Us Together"
  2. "The Other Side of Me"
  3. "Rock and Roll Wedding Day"
  4. "For Peace and Love"
  5. "Our Last Song Together"

Singles

Four singles were issued from this album:
  • "Standing on the Inside" b/w "Let Daddy Know"
  • "Suspicions" b/w "Alone In New York In The Rain"
  • "Our Last Song Together" b/w "I Don't Know What I Like About You"
  • "Love Will Keep Us Together" b/w "Rock and Roll Wedding Day"

Personnel