Artist: The Shirelles
Title: Tonight's The Night (Original 1961 Album - Digitally Remastered)
Year Of Release: 1961 (2012)
Country: US
Label: Labelle
Genre: Pop, R&B, Doo Wop, Sou
Quality: FLAC | lossless
Total length: 00:27:19
Cover: Front

The Shirelles' first album was, in common with many debuts by hitmakers of the early 1960s, utterly dominated by the hit singles included on the LP. On Tonight's the Night, these included not only the title track, but also "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "Dedicated to the One I Love," and an honorary hit in "Boys," the B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (and made into a standard in its own right via a cover by the Beatles). These tracks are excellent, and appear on virtually any comprehensive Shirelles best-of. The other cuts are filler by comparison, though still pleasant for the period pop-soul-early girl group production if nothing else. Of those other songs, Luther Dixon's smoldering "Fever"-like "You Don't Want My Love" stands out, while "Unlucky" is notable for later appearing on Dionne Warwick's debut album. For the most part, even more so than some other Shirelles' long-players, the LP evokes a bygone era when innocuous young love and its accompanying hurts were the centers of many teenagers' universes, fretted over with the detailed seriousness of international diplomacy.

Tracklist:
1. Tonight's The Night - 01:59
2. Johnny On My Mind - 02:10
3. Lower The Flame - 02:17
4. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - 02:42
5. Doin' The Ronde - 02:12
6. You Don't Want My Love - 02:20
7. Dedicated T The One I Love - 02:04
8. Boys - 02:12
9. The Dance Is Over - 02:26
10.Oh, What A Waste Of Love - 01:57
11.Unlucky - 02:27
12.Tonight At The Prom - 02:33