Left Banke's complete Mercury collection was among one of my most played discs a long time back, and even beyond that first album they had some fine sides. Too precious sounding, but when it worked, it was very fine.
Oddly enough, as it may be the label they were on, when think of Left Banke, I always think of The Blues Magoos' and 3'rd album Basic. Not everything worked, but it had some good singles ("There She Goes," "I Wanna Be There"). Garage Psych Pop they turned into, and moving into the bargain bins fast as things went "Heavy" in the music scene, but it was a good try most of the time.
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