Ricochet (1967)

"The Dirt Band's second album is a masterpiece. From the opening bars of Jackson Browne's "Shadow Dream Song," high spirits overflow. The singing and playing are more confident, and some of the songs - including the bluesy "Ooh Po Pe Do Girl" and the hook-laden "I'll Search The Sky" by Jeff Hanna, and Copeland and Noonan's (the "Buy for Me the Rain" team) "Tide of Love" - are as solid as anything coming out of California. Even the kazoo-dominated "Coney Island Washboard" and "Happy Fat Annie" and the nostalgic '20s-styled Jackson Browne-written "It's Raining Here in Long Beach" fit well here, reflecting the full range of the band's influences. Their cover of Brewer and Shipley's "Truly Right" is pretty spacy in its production, but "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" -- an adaptation of an old children's song -- was probably beyond the pale of most listeners. Anyone looking for a companion to "Notorious Byrd Bros." or the Monkees' "Aquarius, Capricorn Pisces & Jones Ltd." need look no further." (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)

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