I Need You (The Walker Brothers EP)

I Need You
EP by
ReleasedJune 1966 (1966-06)[1]
Recorded1966
GenrePop, baroque pop, blue-eyed soul
Length10:10
LabelPhilips
ProducerJohn Franz
The Walker Brothers chronology
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
(1966)
I Need You
(1966)
(Baby) You Don't Have to Tell Me
(1966)

I Need You is an extended play by the American pop group The Walker Brothers. It was released in 1966 reached number one on the UK EP Chart.[2] It was released following the group's second UK #1 single when the group were at the height of their popularity.

The EP was produced by John Franz, Ivor Raymonde and Reg Guest directed the musical accompaniment and the group's live backing band The Quotations performed on "Everything's Gonna Be All Right". The EP is also notable as it includes the original Scott Walker and John Franz composition "Young Man Cried". In Australia "Young Man Cried" was omitted from the EP and replaced with the album track "Land of 1,000 Dances" from the group's debut album.

All four tracks have since been re-released on the expanded edition of the group's début album.

  1. ^ "45cat - The Walker Brothers - I Need You - Philips - UK". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  2. ^ "UK EP chart listing". www.everyhit.com. 2000-03-16. Archived from the original on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2011-09-15.