Évolution + 11 Bonus Tracks (1967)

"This 1967 album is considered the band's most accessible blend of pop and psychedelia. The quintet were headed into musical territories beyond simply "moon-June-bloom" and boy-meets-girl lyrics coupled with the tightly constructed vocal harmonies that had become their calling card. There are clear indications of new horizons on cuts such as the modish "You Need Love," the distorted electric guitar on "Have You Ever Loved Somebody," and the wailing fretwork on the driving freakbeat rocker "Then the Heartaches Begin." Graham Nash (guitar/vocals), Allan Clarke (guitar/vocals), Tony Hicks (guitar/banjo/dulcimer/vocals), Bobby Elliott (drums), and new recruit Bernie Calvert (bass/vocals) were also taking different approaches in their writing and arranging, as heard on the trippy "Headed for a Fall." (unusual time signature, inversed banjo). Somewhat more atypical of the Nash-era band are the light, limber acoustic and uptempo "Stop Right There," or the baroque "Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe." (Lindsay Planer, Allmusic)

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