Build a Castle

build a castle

Track Listings
1. Falling
2. Confidence
3. Build a Castle
4. Inch by Inch
5. Going Home
6. Rain
7. Living
8. Why
9. City in the Sky

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
SONIC TEMPLE is a San Francisco Bay Area based band combining diverse multi-colored influences into a totally real and compelling sonic experience. Founded in 2001, the bands signature sound includes influences from the Beatles, Matchbox 20, Counting Crows, Collective Soul, Led Zeppelin & others.

The bands agenda is simply to produce music for the soul.

Product Description
SONIC TEMPLE's "Build a Castle" features a multi-colored assult of songs that are both snappy & compelling. Power folk arrangements sneak up on you to explode with rich jangling openings which proceed to explode to a total sonic experience. Simply put, it's music for the soul.

Build a Castle,Sonic Temple

Build a Castle
Build Me Up Buttercup: The Complete Pye Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Mod Soul to Groovy Bubblegum Pop and all the rest too !
 Build Me Up Buttercup: The Complete Pye Collection
The Foundations
Manufacturer: Sbme Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002L57VO
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

  1. BABY, NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU
  2. COME ON BACK TO ME - Tony Macaulay
  3. BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN
  4. I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOU LOVING
  5. HOLD ME JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER - Ruskin
  6. LOVE IS A FIVE LETTER WORD - G. Barge
  7. CALL ME - Tony Hatch
  8. SHOW ME - Joe Tex
  9. JERKIN' THE DOG
  10. A WHOLE NEW THING - Goldstein
  11. THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL - Macaulay, Macleod
  12. MR. PERSONALITY MAN
  13. ANY OLD TIME (YOU'RE LONELY AND SAD) - Macaulay, Macleod
  14. (WE ARE) HAPPY PEOPLE - Allendale
  15. IT'S ALL RIGHT
  16. BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
  17. NEW DIRECTION - Warner
  18. AM I GROOVIN' YOU - B. Berns, J. Barry
  19. HARLEM SHUFFLE
  20. TOMORROW - Curtis
  21. GIVE ME LOVE - Young

Tracks:

  1. MY LITTLE CHICKADEE
  2. TILL NIGHT BROUGHT DAY
  3. WAITING ON THE SHORES OF NOWHERE
  4. IN THE BAD, BAD OLD DAYS (BEFORE YOU LOVE ME)
  5. A PENNY, SIR
  6. I CAN FEEL IT - Allendale
  7. TAKE AWAY THE EMPTINESS TOO - Macaulay, Macleod
  8. LET THE HEARTACHES BEGIN
  9. A WALK THROUGH THE TREES - Burke
  10. THAT SAME OLD FEELING - Macaulay, Macleod
  11. SOLOMON GRUNDY
  12. BORN TO LIVE, BORN TO DIE
  13. WHY DID YOU CRY - Gomez
  14. BABY, I COULDN'T SEE
  15. TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU
  16. I'M GONNA BE A RICH MAN
  17. IN THE BEGINNING
  18. WHERE THE FIRE BURNS
  19. BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU (12' '89 REMIX)

Tracks:

  1. I'VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO)
  2. MOUNTAIN OVER THE HILL
  3. POINT OF NO RETURN - Unidentified
  4. STAND BY YOUR MAN - Unknown
  5. TIME ALONE WILL TELL - Unidentified
  6. I NEED YOUR LOVE - Young
  7. SOMETHING FOR MY BABY
  8. LOVE IS ALRIGHT/ THE HORSE - Jesse James
  9. PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
  10. HARLEM SHUFFLE
  11. COMING HOME BABY
  12. TOMORROW - Unknown
  13. AM I GROOVIN' YOU - B. Berns, J. Barry
  14. BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN - Macaulay, Macleod
  15. ANY OLD TIME (YOU'RE LONELY AND SAD)
  16. THINGS GET BETTER
  17. THE LOOK OF LOVE - Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  18. STOP HER ON SIGHT
  19. (WE ARE) HAPPY PEOPLE

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mod Soul to Groovy Bubblegum Pop and all the rest too !.......2005-06-27

This is a great package and an example of an English band putting out a good soul sound.
This band was one of the first multi racial bands on the scene in England in the fantasic sixties.
The Foundations were the first to have a hit with the timeless and untouchable "Baby Now That I've Found You" in 1967 and that song paved the way for them and others too.
The Foundations were an unusually large group on the scene with 8 members and were also equally unusual with their ethnic make up and a range in age from 19 to 38 .
Four West Indians , three White Londoners and A Sri Lankan .
This diversity contributed to the sound that they made.

Clem Curtis who 38 years later is still going strong has now got a new record single released in 2005 "Stuck In A Wind Up" bw "Move Over Daddy" with Lord Large ..... and yes it's him ! and he was the original lead singer who sang on hits "Baby Now That I've Found You" , "Back On My Feet Again" .
At the suggestion of Sammy Davis JR left the group in 1968 to go solo and he was replaced by a slightly more poppier sounding Colin Young who sang on the smash hit "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "In The Bad Bad OLd Days"

This 3 x CD set contains just about the whole output of the band in the sixties and into the seventies.
CD#1 is all of the debut album "FROM THE FOUNDATIONS" and some other hits and extra songs.
CD#2 is all of their "DIGGING THE FOUNDATIONS" album
with some singles from 1969 and 1970.
CD#3 has Clem Curtis solo tracks , 2 songs from Colin Young / New Foundations and all of the live album "ROCKING THE FOUNDATIONS".

There are some interesting and unexpected surprises on this album.
Those who expect the Motown Soul sound or Pop Soul will be surprised when they hear "New Direction" and "Till Night Brought Day" which are edging on Psychedelia !
Or the Canned Heat Blues Rock sound of "I'm Gonna Be A Rich Man" or a real Down an' Funky instrumental "In The Beginning"

There is a lot to be said for this complitation which has some great soul contained in the three discs it has.
Another interesting thing is the songs that were written by its members. They have an appeal of their own.
The Trombone player Eric Allendale turned out to be a very good song writer and his efforts "Solomon Grundy" and "I Can Feel It" are excellent examples.

The band broke up in 1971 and some members carried on , most obvious were Clem Curtis who came back and formed another Foundations group , Colin Young with a rival Foundations (The New Foundations) and Allan Warner in the Progressive Rock Group Pluto.
This album gives a good serve up on the band in their time as the top soul group in Great Britain.

My picks on the album are "Baby Now That I've Found You" , "Come On Back To Me", "Mr Personality Man" , "Its All right" , "Why Did You Cry" , "Baby I Couldn't See" and "I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)".
Actually I love the whole album as it is just so good and fun to listen and move to .
Build Me Up Buttercup: The Complete Pye Collection
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Build Me Up Buttercup: The Complete Pye Collection
    The Foundations
    Manufacturer: Castle Us
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0007TFGZ8
    Release Date: 2005-02-15

    Tracks:

    1. Baby, Now That I've Found You
    2. Come On Back to Me
    3. Back On My Feet Again
    4. I Can Take or Leave Your Loving
    5. Hold Me Just a Little While Longer
    6. Love Is a Five Letter Word
    7. Call Me
    8. Show Me
    9. Jerkin' the Dog
    10. Whole New Thing
    11. Writing's on the Wall
    12. Mr. Personality Man
    13. Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)
    14. (We Are) Happy People
    15. It's All Right
    16. Build Me Up Buttercup
    17. New Direction
    18. Am I Groovin' You
    19. Harlem Shuffle
    20. Tomorrow
    21. Give Me Love

    Tracks:

    1. My Little Chickadee
    2. Till Night Brought Day
    3. Waiting on the Shores of Nowhere
    4. In the Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)
    5. Penny, Sir
    6. I Can Feel It
    7. Take Away the Emptiness Too
    8. Let the Heartaches Begin
    9. Walk Through the Trees
    10. That Same Old Feeling
    11. Soloman Grundy
    12. Born to Live, Born to Die
    13. Why Did You Cry
    14. Baby, I Couldn't See
    15. Take a Girl Like You
    16. I'm Gonna Be a Rich Man
    17. In the Beginning
    18. Where the Fire Burns
    19. Baby Now That I've Found You [12" 1989 Remix]

    Tracks:

    1. I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Clem Curtis
    2. Mountain Over the Hill - Clem Curtis
    3. Point of No Return - Clem Curtis
    4. Stand By Your Man - Clem Curtis
    5. Time Alone Will Tell - Clem Curtis
    6. I Need Your Love
    7. Something for Your Baby
    8. Love Is Alright (The Horse) [Live]
    9. People Are Funny [Live]
    10. Harlem Shuffle [Live]
    11. Comin' Home Baby [Live]
    12. Tomorrow [Live]
    13. Am I Groovin' You [Live]
    14. Back On My Feet Again [Live]
    15. Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad) [Live]
    16. Things Get Better [Live]
    17. Look of Love [Live]
    18. Stop Her On Sight [Live]
    19. (We Are) Happy People [Live]
    Build a Castle
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Build a Castle

      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B00006IR6S
      Release Date: 2002-02-01

      Tracks:

      1. Falling
      2. Confidence
      3. Build a Castle
      4. Inch by Inch
      5. Going Home
      6. Rain
      7. Living
      8. Why
      9. City in the Sky

      Album Description

      SONIC TEMPLE's "Build a Castle" features a multi-colored assult of songs that are both snappy & compelling. Power folk arrangements sneak up on you to explode with rich jangling openings which proceed to explode to a total sonic experience. Simply put, it's music for the soul.
      They're Moving Willie's Grave to Build a Sewer
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		They're Moving Willie's Grave to Build a Sewer

        Manufacturer: GHB
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0000DERB9
        Release Date: 2002-01-04

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