''Just Like Us!'' is the fourth studio album by American
rock band
Paul Revere & the Raiders. Produced by
Terry Melcher and released on January 3, 1966, by
Columbia Records
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, it featured the U.S. hit single "
Just Like Me". Unlike their later albums, on which
Mark Lindsay was the primary lead singer, the
lead vocal duties on ''Just Like Us!'' were split among him and the other band members,
guitarist
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Drake Levin,
bassist
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Phil Volk, and
drummer
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Mike Smith.
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This was their last album of cover songs, their next album ''
Midnight Ride'' was mostly self-penned material.
Release and reception
''Just Like Us!'' was the band's first album to be released after they had started appearing regularly on the 1960s television
variety show
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''
Where the Action Is''.
The LP peaked at number five on the
''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.
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It was certified gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) on January 6, 1967.
[
] The cover art was taken from a Guy Webster photo session at
Clark Gable
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's ranch in
Encino, California
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History
In 1769, the Spanish Portolá expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, traveled north through Sepulved ...
.
This album was remastered and rereleased May 19, 1998 by
Sundazed Records
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with extra tracks.
Track listing
Side 1
# "Steppin' Out" — (
Mark Lindsay,
Paul Revere) - 2:13
# "
Doggone" (
Marvin Tarplin,
Smokey Robinson
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,
Warren Moore
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) — 2:50
# "Out of Sight" (Ted Wright)— 2:35
# "
Baby, Please Don't Go" (
Big Joe Williams) — 2:30
# "I Know" (
Barbara George) — 2:30
# "
Night Train" (
Jimmy Forrest, Lewis P. Simpkins,
Oscar Washington) — 2:30
Side 2
# "
Just Like Me" (Richard Dey, Roger Hart) — 2:23
# "
Catch the Wind" (
Donovan Leitch) — 2:00
# "
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (
Mick Jagger
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,
Keith Richards
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) — 3:18
# "
I'm Crying" (
Alan Price
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,
Eric Burdon)— 3:05
# "