Nobody but Me (Human Beinz album)


Nobody but Me is the first album released by the American rock band The Human Beinz, in 1968 on Capitol Records.

Background

After three singles of cover songs on smaller labels, The Human Beinz signed with Capitol Records, who misspelled the group's name on their contract, leaving out the "g". They went into the recording studio in the summer of 1967 to record their debut album. The sessions started with an attempt to record "You Don't Love Me", a Willie Cobbs song that Sonny and Cher had recently covered. When that didn't work out, they recorded "Nobody but Me" from the Isley Brothers. They replaced the dances "The Jerk" and "The Twist" with The Boogaloo and The Shingaling. Several other covers and some original material written by their producer/songwriter Lex de Azevedo filled out the album. The resulting album was not as successful as the single "Nobody but Me", which reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single "Turn on Your Love Light" reached number 80. The album itself charted as high as number 65 on the Billboard 200, and was on the charts for ten weeks.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Nobody but Me" – 2:22
  2. "Foxey Lady" – 2:41
  3. "The Shaman" – 2:30
  4. "Flower Grave" – 2:19
  5. "Dance on Through" – 3:08
  6. "Turn on Your Love Light" – 2:17

    Side two

  7. "It's Fun to Be Clean" – 2:12
  8. "Black is the Color of My True Loves Hair" – 4:31
  9. "This Lonely Town" – 2:29
  10. "Sueño" – 2:10
  11. "Serenade to Sarah" – 2:01

    Personnel

The Human Beinz

;Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1968"Nobody but Me"Billboard Hot 1008
1968"Turn on Your Love Light"Billboard Hot 10080