The band recorded the instrumental backing to tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, and 12.
Malcolm Hale – lead guitar, trombone, vocals. Nigel Pickering – rhythm guitar, vocals. Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane – lead vocals. "Come and Open Your Eyes (Take a Look)" ( Jo Mapes) – 2:18. "Distance" (Ray Gilmore, Joe Renzetti) – 2:38. " Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" ( Jay Gorney, Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg) – 5:02. "5 Definitions of Love" ( Bob Dorough, Dan Greenburg, Monte Ghertler) – 2:21. "Making Every Minute Count" (John Morier) – 2:35. "If You Could Only Be Me" (Roger Atkins, Carol D'Errico) – 2:05. " Sunday Will Never Be the Same" ( Terry Cashman, Eugene Pistilli) – 2:58. " Ya Got Trouble (In River City)" ( Meredith Willson) – 4:38. "(It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue" (Michael P. " Lazy Day" ( George Fischoff, Tony Powers) – 3:10. Though those hits are here, the album is the least representative of what the group was about and a mixed bag for fans, presenting a trio of widely available hits, six or seven fine tracks currently unavailable elsewhere, and two musical lapses that between them account for nearly one-third of the running time." Track listing Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "The group's debut LP demonstrates what can go wrong, even with a group enjoying a trio of hit singles. Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores In an interview, Cashman said that the song was originally written as a ballad, but the group changed it and added the vocal - 'Ba-da-da-da-da' - which turned out to be a "great hook" for the song. "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" was written by Terry Cashman and Gene Pistilli. "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" and "Lazy Day" both sold over one million copies. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1967, "Making Every Minute Count", which reached Number 31, and " Lazy Day", reaching Number 14. These were " Sunday Will Never Be the Same", their biggest hit, which reached number Number 9 on the U.S. The album was released by Mercury Records and included three songs that were released as singles. 
Spanky and Our Gang is the debut album by Spanky and Our Gang, released on August 1, 1967. Western Recorders, Hollywood, California Olmstead Studios, New York
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