The Partridge Family Bulletin Board

60sGuy · Ricky's Vocal Coach Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 34

I've done this for other bands on some other boards, and it always works out pretty well.

The game goes like this - for each P-Fam album, you rate each song out of five (5). The scoring is as follows.

5/5-Amazing
4/5-Great
3/5-OK
2/5-Don't Like It
1/5-Horrid
0/5-this rating is reserved for rap music only :-)

So you rate each song on a given album. Then, you total up your scores. After you determine your total, you then divide by fifty-five (55), which is the maximum number of points on any given P-Fam album (11 songs times a max of 5 points). Then you will have your album score. You can match your album score with other people's scores and also it is fun to see how much some albums get compared to others.

So, the first album, naturally, is....

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY ALBUM

Here are my ratings:

"Brand New Me" 4/5
"Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque" 5/5
"Bandala" 4/5
"I Really Want to Know You" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) 2/5
"Only a Moment Ago" 4/5
"I Can Feel Your Heartbeat" 5/5
"I'm on the Road" 3/5
"To Be Lovers" 3/5
"Somebody Wants To Love You" 4/5
"I Think I Love You" 5/5
"Singing My Song" 3/5

So, for me, the first album gets a 42 out of 55, or an 76 percent. What's your rating?

alain m. bergeron · Ricky's Vocal Coach Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 33

yes ! sounds fun. I'm in !
here's my rating

Brand New Me" 3/5
"Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque" 3/5
"Bandala" 5/5
"I Really Want to Know You" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) 3/5
"Only a Moment Ago" 4/5
"I Can Feel Your Heartbeat" 5/5
"I'm on the Road" 5/5
"To Be Lovers" 3/5
"Somebody Wants To Love You" 3/5
"I Think I Love You" 2/5
"Singing My Song" 1/5

my score is 39/55 : 70%
the PF album is the album that I hardly listen to, right from the beginning when I bought it in the early seventies.

summerdays71 · Simone's Groomer Joined: 28 Oct 2009 Posts: 23

Alright, I'll play too.

Brand New Me- 5/5
Point Me In The Direction Of Albuquerque- 4/5
Bandala- 5/5
I Really Want To Know You- 3/5
Only A Moment Ago- 5/5
I Can Feel Your Heartbeat- 2/5
On The Road- 5/5
To Be Lovers- 4/5
Somebody Wants To Love You- 4/5
I Think I Love You- 5/5
Singing My Song- 3/5

45 out of 55- 82 percent.

I don't know what the big deal is about I Can Feel Your Heartbeat. I think it's a very mediocre song, to me it sounds like filler that serves as rounding out the first side of the album. But overall, the album is a very strong debut. After the Sound Magazine LP, things quickly went downhill.

Canadian Reg · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:56 pm Post subject: Rate the PF Album

Me too !

Brand New Me - 5/5
Point me in the direction of Alberquerque - 5/5
Bandala - 5/5
Only a moment ago - 3/5
I really want to know you - 4/5
I can feel your heartbeat - 5/5
I'm on the road - 4/5
To be lovers - 3/5
Somebody wants to love you - 5/5
I think I love you - 5/5
Singing my song - 5/5

total : 49/55 = 89 %. It's a generous score but wait til we get to Up to Date and Shopping Bag... the score'll be lower ! Surprised

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KathySTL · Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:39 am Post subject:

Here are my ratings:

Brand New Me - 5/5
Point me in the direction of Alberquerque - 5/5
Bandala - 5/5
Only a moment ago - 3/5
I really want to know you - 3/5
I can feel your heartbeat - 5/5
I'm on the road - 5/5
To be lovers - 3/5
Somebody wants to love you - 5/5
I think I love you - 4/5
Singing my song - 5/5

45/55 = 82% I like this album, but I think I love you is not my favorite song on it.
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Britfan · Tracy's Sitter Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Posts: 60

I'm a sucker for these PF albums, I like them all, including this one, although it is not my favourite of all.

Brand New Me 5/5

Point me ....... 4/5

Bandala 4/5

I really want .. 3/5 (missing those DC vocals)

Only a moment 4/5

I can feel ..... 5/5

On the road 3/5

To be lovers 2/5

Somebody .... 4/5

I think I ..... 5/5

Singing my ... 4/5

They should have had David sing on the three where his vocals are sorely missed. These songs need a lead voice.

So my total is 43/55 or 78%

I wonder if we'll get as far as Bulletin Board. It's not regarded as the best but it is actually my favourite album of the lot, very funky and upbeat! Great DC vocals too.

60sGuy · Ricky's Vocal Coach Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 34

Thanks to all of those who are playing. You can still rank previous albums, but now it is time to move onto:

UP TO DATE

1."I'll Meet You Halfway" 5/5
2."You Are Always on My Mind" 5/5
3."Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" 5/5
4."I'm Here, You're Here" 3/5
5."Umbrella Man" 2/5
6."Lay It on the Line" 2/5
7."Morning Rider on the Road" 5/5
8."That'll Be the Day" 5/5
9."There's No Doubt in My Mind" 4/5
10."She'd Rather Have the Rain" 4/5
11."I'll Leave Myself a Little Time" 4/5

Total:44/55, or 80 percent

KathySTL · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject:

UP TO DATE

1."I'll Meet You Halfway" 5/5
2."You Are Always on My Mind" 5/5
3."Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" 4/5
4."I'm Here, You're Here" 3/5
5."Umbrella Man" 5/5
6."Lay It on the Line" 4/5
7."Morning Rider on the Road" 4/5
8."That'll Be the Day" 4/5
9."There's No Doubt in My Mind" 4/5
10."She'd Rather Have the Rain" 5/5
11."I'll Leave Myself a Little Time" 4/5

47/55=85

I guess this one ranked higher with me since this was the first album we had at home and DC is lead on all the songs. More consistent sound I guess.
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Britfan · Tracy's Sitter Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Posts: 60

UP TO DATE

I'll meet you ...... 4/5
You are always ... 4/5
Doesn't somebody 3/5
I'm Here .... 5/5
Umbrella Man 4/5
Lay It On .. 5/5
Morning Rider 3/5
That'll Be .... 4/5
There's No dboubt ... 4/5
She'd Rather have ... 5/5
I'll leave myself 4/5

45/55 which is 82%

DeeDee · Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:43 am Post subject:

I'll play too.

UP TO DATE:

1."I'll Meet You Halfway" 3/5
2."You Are Always on My Mind" 3/5
3."Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" 4/5
4."I'm Here, You're Here" 5/5 (Cassidy singing "You're the sweetest thing I ever saw" and "I know I never wanted anymore more"? Yeah, that's a 5/5.)
5."Umbrella Man" 5/5 (love the lyrics!!)
6."Lay It on the Line" 3/5
7."Morning Rider on the Road" 4/5 (love the story and the imagery)
8."That'll Be the Day" 4/5
9."There's No Doubt in My Mind" 4/5
10."She'd Rather Have the Rain" 3/5
11."I'll Leave Myself a Little Time" 4/5

42/55 = 76%

To catch up, The PF Album:

1. Brand New Me - 5/5
2. Point me in the direction of Albuquerque- 3/5
3. Bandala - 4/5
4. I really want to know you - 2/5
5. Only a moment ago - 3/5
6. I can feel your heartbeat - 5/5 (it left a strong impression on me when I first heard it as a kid: hot!)
7. I'm on the road - 3/5
8. To be lovers - 4/5 (a 3 if not for DC's bit)
9. Somebody wants to love you - 5/5
10. I think I love you - 4/5
11. Singing my song - 3/5

41/55 = 74.5%

60sGuy · Ricky's Vocal Coach Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 34

Thanks for your responses. On to.....

SOUND MAGAZINE

1."One Night Stand" 3/5
2."Brown Eyes" 3/5
3."Echo Valley 2-6809" 5/5
4."You Don't Have to Tell Me" 2/5
5."Rainmaker" 2/5
6."I'm on My Way Back Home" 5/5
7."Summer Days" 5/5
8."I Would Have Loved You Anyway" 5/5
9."Twenty-Four Hours a Day" 4/5
10."I Woke up in Love This Morning" 5/5
11."Love Is All That I Ever Needed" 2/5

41/55, or 75 percent. I thought I would like this album a lot more - but it seems that there are tracks i love and tracks I loathe Smile

Britfan · Tracy's Sitter Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Posts: 60

I think this is generally considered to be the best PF album and I have to agree there isn't a bad song on it.

Sound Magazine

One night Stand 5/5
Brown Eyes 5/5 (purely for the vocals!)
Echo Valley 4/5
You dont have 3/5
Rainmaker 5/5
I'm on My Way 4/5
Summer Days 5/5
I Would Have .... 5/5
24 Hours 4/5
I Woke Up 5/5
Love is All ....... 5/5

That's a massive 50/55 or 91%.

DeeDee · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject:

Hmm. Thought I had already done this one. Guess my reply didn't go through.

SOUND MAGAZINE

1."One Night Stand" 5/5
2."Brown Eyes" 5/5
3."Echo Valley 2-6809" 3/5
4."You Don't Have to Tell Me"3/5
5."Rainmaker" 3/5
6."I'm on My Way Back Home" 3/5
7."Summer Days" 5/5
8."I Would Have Loved You Anyway" 5/5
9."Twenty-Four Hours a Day" 4/5
10."I Woke up in Love This Morning" 5/5
11."Love Is All That I Ever Needed" 5/5

46/55 = 84%

Simone70 · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:27 pm Post subject: Sound Magazine

SOUND MAGAZINE

1."One Night Stand" 5/5
2."Brown Eyes" 5/5
3."Echo Valley 2-6809" 5/5
4."You Don't Have to Tell Me"2/5
5."Rainmaker" 5/5
6."I'm on My Way Back Home" 4/5
7."Summer Days" 5/5
8."I Would Have Loved You Anyway" 5/5
9."Twenty-Four Hours a Day" 5/5
10."I Woke up in Love This Morning" 5/5
11."Love Is All That I Ever Needed" 5/5

=92%
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Till' next time!

Simone70

Simone70 · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:28 pm Post subject:

UP TO DATE

1."I'll Meet You Halfway" 5/5
2."You Are Always on My Mind" 5/5
3."Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" 4/5
4."I'm Here, You're Here" 4/5
5."Umbrella Man" 5/5
6."Lay It on the Line" 5/5
7."Morning Rider on the Road" 5/5
8."That'll Be the Day" 5/5
9."There's No Doubt in My Mind" 4/5
10."She'd Rather Have the Rain" 5/5
11."I'll Leave Myself a Little Time" 5/5

=94%
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Simone70