Track Listing

1. Brand New Me
2. Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque
3. Bandala
4. I Really Want to Know You
5. Only a Moment Ago
6. I Can Feel Your Heartbeat
7. I'm on the Road
8. To Be Lovers
9. Somebody Wants to Love You
10. I Think I Love You
11. Singing My Song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123028 in Music
• Released on: 2000-08-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

CLASSIC POP
While the television show grew into David-mania, this first piece of merchandising, in the form of a manufactured rock recording, is fascinating. The Partridge Family sound would be determined by the success of their first gigantic hit, I Think I Love You, which appears on this album; but, by turns, you will find many differing styles of music here, with some songs featuring an audible Shirley Jones, and some featuring no one recognizable at all. The melodies are rich, the production values superb -- and songs like On The Road, To Be Lovers and Point Me In The Direction of Albequerque are infinitely more sophisticated than the bubblegum label we usually apply to records by the PF. Three cheers for this Album.

Great album...but get Razor & Tie instead
If you are a fan of these great early Partridge Family albums, then you owe it to yourself to buy the 1993 Razor & Tie versions instead. Why? Razor & Tie did not tamper with the sound quality, as a result, Razor & Tie discs sound just like the records you remember. I made the mistake of buying the re-masters thinking they would sound even greater; NOT!

I've heard both versions using top of the line monitor speakers, and these Buddha discs have too much bass added for their own good. They also sound flat, because too much noise reduction was used, thus taking away the sparkle which sounded so good on the Razor & Tie versions. You can still find these Partridge Family albums on Razor & Tie right here on Amazon.

The Partridge Family albums on Razor & Tie were the debut album, Up To Date, Sound Magazine, Shopping Bag and The Christmas album.

Partridge FAMILY, not David Cassidy solo album
A lot of comments made about the ommission of David Cassidy on every track, but it seems history is ignored. Using him on vocals in the first place almost didn't happen, so the music production was already underway before the producers realised Cassidy could sing. Either way, the whole PF concept was supposed to be the band/family as music artists and not a David Cassidy solo gig. His popularity after the series started changed all that, but you can't fault this album for that.

I have always found this to be the most balanced PF LP. The songs are better written and better produced than on any of the follow-up albums. After The Partridge Family Album, too many of the songs became lackluster and overly slick, with minimal emotion, opting out for corny sentiment. Obviously the general public agreed, since none of the other records came close to the popularity enjoyed here.

The good news is that even the non-hits here pack a punch. "Bandala" is chock full of hooks and even features some clever string arrangements, a rarity in later releases. "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat" even dares to rock out, replete with a chunky wah guitar riff. The #1 debut single, "I Think I Love You", while overplayed today, is still a brilliant piece of magic.

When I listen to this LP, the whole album feels good and one senses that each song meant something to those making the record. That automatically makes it the best set from the Partridge clan.