The McCoys
' debut album in 1965 was less a unified collection than it was a classic single, the title tune
"Hang on Sloopy,"
which featured the singing and guitar playing of a young
Rick Derringer
, surrounded by a lot of likeminded filler, although a couple of the tracks, most notably the relatively ambitious
"Don't Worry Mother"
and the striking
"Sorrow,"
which sported a lovely melody, rose well above the generic feel of the rest of the album. That's still the case some 40-plus years later. ~ Steve Leggett