SEVEN IS A JOLLY GOOD TIME

What a coincidence, Eggs two worst songs are the A Side/B Side of their sole single release in 1969. One of my favourite bands, their first two albums have lacklustre songs like Clean Innocent Fun (Arzachel) and The Song Of? (Egg) yet manage to avoid being bad by having beautiful songs like Queen St. Gang (Arzachel) and I Will Be Absorbed (Egg). This single is the concentrated terribleness of Eggs worse distilled in two songs, Seven Is A Jolly Good Time and You Are All Princes.

Seven Is A Jolly Good Time has many very annoying vocal lines that are simply not captivating. Sounds like carnival music or old timey minstrel stuff when Mont Campbell sings the refrain, Seven Is A Jolly Good Time. The only not bad part of the song is the "Really doesn't matter".

You Are All Princes has nothing of merit, it is woefully forgettable. It's presence fails to bring this album out of the bad territory.

Overall this single is a solid 2/5, would not recommend, definitely listen to an Egg/Arzachel album instead.