Sunny Side!


Sunny Side! is an album by the American folk music group the Kingston Trio, released in 1963. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The lead-off single was "Desert Pete" b/w "Ballad of the Thresher". The single was the last Top 40 single for the group. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Preview copies of the album that were sent to radio stations and music critics contained the track "Woody's Song." Negative feedback led to Capitol removing it from the album. "Woody's Song" appeared on "Rediscover," a rarities album released by Folk Era Records in 1985, under the title of "Folksinger's Song."

Reception

critic Bruce Eder thought the album was a "rushed recording" due to the success of "Reverend Mr. Black". He wrote: "The major problem with the album is that too many of the songs here sound like they're stuck at the demo stage"

Reissues

Side one

  1. "Desert Pete"
  2. "Marcelle Vahine"
  3. "Sing Out"
  4. "Ballad of the Thresher"
  5. "Blowin' in the Wind"
  6. "Goo Ga Gee"

    Side two

  7. "Jackson"
  8. "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen "
  9. "Those Brown Eyes"
  10. "Those Who Are Wise"
  11. "Rider"

    Personnel