Gloria (Shadows of Knight album)


Gloria is the first album by the Shadows of Knight, released in 1966 on Dunwich Records 666. The Shadows of Knight are primarily known for their hit version of the Van Morrison penned Them band's "Gloria", but the band today is regarded as one of the original punk bands.
The band's association with "Gloria" has caused some to miscategorize them as one-hit wonders. One reviewer points out that their first album, and its follow-up, Back Door Men, represent far greater diversity: " positively rocks with a raw energy of a band straight out of the teen clubs, playing with a total abandon and an energy level that seems to explode out of the speakers. Equal parts Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Who, and snotty little Chicago-suburb bad boys, the Shadows of Knight could easily put the torch to Chess blues classics, which make up the majority of the songs included here. Their wild takes on "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Oh Yeah," and "I Got My Mojo Working" rank right up there with any British Invasion band's version from the same time period."

Background

The band released the Gloria album in the summer of 1966, after releasing "Gloria" as a single backed by "Darkside" in December 1965. The single charted at #10 according to Billboard. Later in the year, "Oh Yeah" was released from the same album as a single backed by "Light Bulb Blues", and charted as high as #39. The album liner notes credit the album as "Produced for Dunwich Records" instead of crediting a specific producer.

Track listing

  1. "Gloria" – 2:34
  2. "Light Bulb Blues" – 2:32
  3. "I Got My Mojo Working" – 3:28
  4. "Darkside" – 2:00
  5. "Boom Boom" – 2:28
  6. "Let It Rock" – 1:52
  7. "Oh Yeah" – 2:45
  8. "It Always Happens That Way" – 1:52
  9. "You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover" – 2:37
  10. " Hoochie Coochie Man" – 3:52
  11. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" – 3:49

    Bonus tracks on LP and CD reissue, 1998

  13. "Oh Yeah" ; – 2:45
  14. "I Got My Mojo Working" ; – 3:14
  15. "Someone Like Me" ; – 2:18

    Personnel

Musicians

Album

Singles