The Dave Clark Five - Session with the Dave Clark Five

All Music Guide

The group's debut LP did well in England but, as was the custom in the early days of the British invasion, but it had to be finessed into the United States. For the DC5's U.S. debut, Epic Records wisely decided to combine the band's British singles and Bsides onto what became the Glad All Over album, delivering one of the label's biggest selling longplayers up to that time in the process With that success behind them and the public eager for more DC5, the label then released A Session With The Dave Clark Five virtually intact in America as Return. As the group's first venture in making an LP, it's not as strong as their later efforts, though it does show off their range around the sound that would make them international stars. The lack of the presence of a hit single, however, leaves it weaker than most of the group's Americanreleased LPs.

- Bruce Eder, All Music Guide