- ballad, folk, folk rock, pop
- 12 tracks
- Capitol Records
Something Special is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1962. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off single was a non-album track "C'mon Betty Home" b/w "Old Joe Clark". "One More Town" b/w "She Was Too Good to Me" was released as a single later the same year. Neither single made the Top 40. Something Special was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Recording category.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- A1Brown Mountain Light
- A2One More Town
- A3O Willow Waly
- A4Tell It on the Mountain
- A5Little Boy
- A6Strange Day
- B1Away Rio
- B2Pullin’ Away
- B3She Was Too Good to Me
- B4Jane, Jane, Jane
- B5Portland Town
- B6Old Joe Clark
About the album
- Artist
- The Kingston Trio
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1962
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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