''Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle'' is an

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by American singer

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, released in 1967. It was arranged and conducted by

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. The album sold poorly, received little label promotion and was subsequently dropped from the label's catalog. This, in part, was to blame for Darin's separation from Atlantic and the beginning of his own label, Direction.The Making of ''Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle''
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Reception

Music critic JT Griffith wrote in his

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review "Not an essential Darin album, even to crazed fans. The songs are solid but the material is (obviously) neither his most weighty nor his most fun... One of the few genuine missteps in Darin's career."

Track listing

All songs written by

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Side one

# "At the Crossroads" – 2:34 # "When I Look in Your Eyes" – 2:56 # "I Think I Like You" – 2:21 # "Where Are the Words" – 2:48 # "Something in Your Smile" – 3:30

Side two

# "Fabulous Places" – 2:37 # "My Friend, the Doctor" – 2:59 # "Beautiful Things" – 2:26 # "After Today" – 3:01 # "Talk to the Animals" – 3:18

Personnel

*Bobby Darin – vocals *

– arranger, conductor * John Haeny – recording engineer *Haig Adishian - album design *Studio Five - cover photograph

References

{{Authority control 1967 albums Bobby Darin albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun