| For Certain Because | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 9 December 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 17 November 1965 – 17 October 1966[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 32:24 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Producer | Ron Richards | |||
| The Hollies chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
For Certain Because is the fifth UK album by the Hollies and their second released in 1966.[4][5] It was the first Hollies album in which all the songs were written by members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks, and the first on which they did not use the songwriting pseudonym "L. Ransford" (or just "Ransford"). It was also the first Hollies album recorded with new bassist Bernie Calvert replacing Eric Haydock. In Bobby Elliott's book It Ain't Heavy, It's My Story, he explains how he came up with the title For Certain Because by taking the three words from the children's song "Teddy Bears' Picnic".
Most current CD releases of this album use the original UK album title and artwork, but a recent US CD reissue series instead uses the US title and artwork, described below.[6]
- ^ "Session Listing". Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ a b Unterberger n.d.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ For Certain Because at Discogs (list of releases)
- ^ "Discography". Hollies.co.uk. 9 December 1966. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Listing for Bus Stop/Stop! Stop! Stop! CD