Mention the Rationals to anyone who was a teenager in Michigan during the 1960s and you will hear impassioned testimony to a group unlike any other. This punchy quartet from Ann Arbor ruled the state during the mid-1960s with a blend of rootsy garage and exciting blue-eyed soul. The handful of records they cut have become totems of cool to garage fanciers the world over.
CD 1
1. FEELING LOST
2. LOOK WHAT YOU’RE DOING (TO ME BABY)
3. SOMEDAY
4. GAVE MY LOVE
5. I NEED YOU
6. I WANT TO WALK WITH YOU
7. LITTLE GIRLS CRY (DEON’S SONG)
8. GLORIA
9. BE MY GIRL
10. LEAVIN’ HERE (VERSION 1)
11. MEDLEY: SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN’/INSIDE LOOKING OUT
12. SING
13. TURN ON
14. IRRATIONAL
15. LOOK WHAT YOU’RE DOING (TO ME BABY) (DEMO)
16. SOMEDAY (DEMO)
17. GAVE MY LOVE (DEMO)
18. OUT IN THE STREETS (REHEARSAL)
CD 2
1. RESPECT
2. HOLD ON BABY
3. I GOTTA GO NOW (OUT ON THE FLOOR)
4. SAID I WASN’T GONNA TELL NOBODY
5. (HAD YOU TOLD IT LIKE IT WAS IT WOULDN’T BE LIKE IT IS, OH NO) NOT LIKE IT IS
6. KNOCK ON WOOD
7. LEAVIN’ HERE (VERSION 2)
8. POOR DOG (WHO CAN’T WAG HIS OWN TAIL)
9. TEMPTATION’S ‘BOUT TO GET ME
10. LISTEN TO ME
11. I NEED YOU
12. YOU GOT IT MADE
13. HA HA SONG
14. SUNSET
15. PART TIME LOVE
16. OUT IN THE STREETS