Paul McCartneyproduced this debut album of twee but pretty, romantic pop-folk. Besides "Those Were the Days" (which actually originally appeared only on the British version, though it's on the CD reissue now available throughout the world), the highlights areDonovan's "Lord of the Reedy River" and "The Honeymoon Song," whichMcCartneyhimself had sung withthe Beatlesway back in 1963 on the BBC. If there's a fault to be found, it's that there's too high a percentage of pre-rock/pop standards à la "There's No Business Like Show Business." As it turns out this was more due to the leanings ofMcCartneythan Hopkin, who preferred the more simply arranged folk numbers such as theDonovancovers and the Welsh "Y Blodyn Gwyn." Also on board is a rather nice composition, "The Game," byBeatlesproducerGeorge Martin, who contributed some piano and orchestra conducting to the album. The CD reissue includesGeorge Gershwin/Ira Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" (which was on the original U.K. version of the LP, but was taken off the American counterpart), as well as the "Those Were the Days" B-side "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and versions of "Those Were the Days" that Hopkin sang in Italian and Spanish.