DAWN : TIE A YELLOW RIBBON

  1. Freedom For The Stallion
  2. Jolie
  3. When We All Sang Along
  4. Runaway / Happy Together
  5. Easy Evil
  6. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
  7. You're A Lady
  8. Lazy Susan
  9. Watch A Clown Break Down
  10. I Can't Believe How Much I Love You
  11. I Don't Know You Anymore

Label : Bell Records

Length : 37:12

Release Date : 1973

Review (Wikipedia) : Tuneweaving (released as Tie a Yellow Ribbon in the UK) is the third album by American popular music group Dawn (Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent Wilson) released in 1973 by Bell Records. The title track reached number one in both the US and UK. In terms of sales, this single was the most successful in the group's career, starting a string of seven consecutive Hot 100 appearances. Another track, "You're a Lady" by English singer/songwriter Peter Skellern, reached number 70 on the US charts. The group changed their name to "Tony Orlando and Dawn" later in 1973.

Review (AllMusic) : Dawn's third album was gifted with what is surely one of the ugliest sleeves ever concocted, unforgivable even if you accept the weak title pun (weaving and cross-stitch are scarcely interchangeable). But delve inside and Tuneweaving remains one of the group's strongest albums, long after you tire of its signature hit, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon." A medley of "Runaway" and "Happy Together" ranks among their most inspired concoctions, while Joyce Vincent's solo lead through "Easy Evil" is sexy enough to sweep away all thoughts of the group's usual vanilla approach to that subject. Telma Hopkins, too, reveals herself to have been sorely under-used by the group; her "I Don't Know You Anymore" is an absolute jewel. But, of course, the star of the show remains Orlando, who himself turns in some career-best performances, most notably on the harmony-laden "I Can't Believe How Much I Love You" and the almost painfully sincere "You're a Lady." Tuneweaving became Dawn's first gold album, and deservedly so.