Haymans Green[nb 1] is a 2008 album by The Pete Best Band, released by Lightyear Entertainment and distributed in the US and Canada by EMI. Pete Best plays drums, and co-wrote most of the tracks. Reviews of the album have been mostly favourable, and almost all reviewers agree that the album sounds influenced by The Beatles, a band which Pete Best was a member of between 1960 and 1962.
| Haymans Green | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 16 September 2008 |
| Recorded | The Casbah Coffee Club Studios, Liverpool, England, 2006–2008 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 35:25 |
| Label | Lightyear Music |
| Producer | Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry |
| Singles from Haymans Green | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album's cover shows the section of the Hamburg-era photograph of The Beatles featuring Best's face that was removed as part of the collage design for the Beatles' Anthology 1 album.[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks written by Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia and Paul Parry, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Come With Me" | Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry[3] | 2:23 |
| 2. | "Step Outside" | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Round and Around" | 2:38 | |
| 4. | "Grey River" | 3:18 | |
| 5. | "Gone" | 2:34 | |
| 6. | "Dream Me Home" | 3:47 | |
| 7. | "Everything I Want" | R. Best, Melia, Parry | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Beat Street" | R. Best, Melia, Parry | 2:05 |
| 9. | "Broken" | 3:56 | |
| 10. | "Red Light" | 4:01 | |
| 11. | "Hayman's Green" | 3:04 | |
| Total length: | 35:25 | ||
Personnel
edit- Pete Best – drums
- Roag Best – drums, percussion
- Tony Flynn – guitar, vocals, lead vocals on 4, 9[4]
- Phil Melia – guitar, harmonica, vocals, lead vocal on 3
- Paul Parry – guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals, lead vocals on all tracks except 3, 4, 8
- Engineers – Nic Johnston and Kenny Jones
Notes
edit- ^ The title track, named after the street where Pete Best lived as a young man, is listed as "Hayman's Green" (with apostrophe). It is possible that the album title was meant to include the apostrophe as well but the graphic used throughout the CD package omits it.
References
edit- ^ Haymans Green at AllMusic
- ^ "Far Out Meets: Pete Best, re-connecting with the "forgotten Beatle"". Far Out Magazine. 25 January 2020.
- ^ First Pete Best album with original songs, "Haymans Green," announced. The songwriting credits in the CD package list both Pete & Roag as simply "Best," and thus don't make it clear which one actually co-wrote tracks 1, 7 & 8.
- ^ RadioRockonTour review
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