The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is a flat-out amazing album. Yes, it's a tongue-in-cheek collection, b …" /> The Turtles by itunes

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Artist Song
The Turtles  Just a Room (Stereo)  
The Turtles  Cat In the Window  
The Turtles  Like the Seasons  
The Turtles  House On the Hill  
The Turtles  I Know That You'll Be There (Stereo)  
The Turtles  The Battle of the Bands  
The Turtles  Surfer Dan  
The Turtles  There You Sit Lonely  
Flo & Eddie  Goodbye Surprise  
Flo & Eddie  Illegal, Immoral and Fattening  
Flo & Eddie  Afterglow  
Flo & Eddie  Moving Targets  
Flo & Eddie  Feel Older Now  
Flo & Eddie  Just Another Town  
Flo & Eddie  Marmendy Mill  

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Once you get beyond its hits ("Elenore" and "You Showed Me") you realize [i]The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands[/i] is a flat-out amazing [i]album[/i]. Yes, it's a tongue-in-cheek collection, but its mostly original cuts cast a spotlight on the band's (underutilized) songwriting strengths. Consider the title track and "Surfer Dan," a send-up of the omnipresent surf culture that's simultaneously one of the best songs the genre ever produced. Another album well worth digging into is [i]Wooden Head[/i], a career-end collection of tracks from the band's early years; tracks like the snarling "Tie Me Down," written by future Bread frontman David Gates, and the original "She'll Come Back," a song that'll leave you wondering why the band didn't write a whole lot more of their material.
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