Weekend in London is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Dave Clark Five. It contains the single "Come Home" and covers of "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins and "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris. The album also features "Hurting Inside" and "'Till the Right One Comes Along", both of which later appeared on The Dave Clark Five (1971) compilation album. In Canada, it was released as Encores on Capitol Records.[2]

Weekend in London
Studio album by
Released1 March 1965[1]
Genre
Length23:48
LabelEpic - LN 24139/ BN 26139
ProducerDave Clark
The Dave Clark Five US chronology
Coast to Coast
(1965)
Weekend in London
(1965)
Having a Wild Weekend
(1965)
Singles from Coast to Coast
  1. "Come Home" / "Your Turn To Cry"
    Released: 22 January 1965[1]
  2. "Reelin' and Rockin'" / "I'm Thinking"
    Released: 2 April 1965[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

In his retrospective review for AllMusic, Greg Adams said the band's own songs on Weekend in London "vacillate between the pretty Beatlesque pop of 'Your Turn to Cry' and moody rockers similar to early Zombies" and that as the band released three albums around that time, "Weekend in London sounds like they were being stretched a little too thin."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith, except were noted.[2]

Side one

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  1. "Come Home" – 2:49
  2. "We'll Be Running" (Dave Clark, Denis Payton) – 1:32
  3. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) – 1:44
  4. "Hurting Inside" – 2:37
  5. "I'll Never Know" (Dave Clark, Denis Payton) – 1:45
  6. "'Til the Right One Comes Along" – 2:11

Side two

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  1. "I'm Thinking" (Dave Clark, Denis Payton) – 1:29
  2. "Your Turn to Cry" – 3:12
  3. "Little Bitty Pretty One" (Robert James Byrd) – 1:30
  4. "Remember it's Me" – 2:19
  5. "Mighty Good Loving" (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson) – 2:40

Personnel

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The Dave Clark Five[3]
Technical
  • Jay Thompson - cover photography

Charts

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Chart (1965) Peak
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US Billboard 200[4] 24

References

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  1. ^ a b c The History of The Dave Clark Five (liner notes pg. 30). Barnes, Ken. The Dave Clark Five. Hollywood Records. 1993. HR-61482-2.
  2. ^ a b "The Dave Clark 5* - Weekend In London". Discogs. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Adams, Greg. The Dave Clark Five – Weekend in London: Review at AllMusic
  4. ^ "The Dave Clark Five Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.