Good-byes and Butterflies

Good-byes and Butterflies
Studio album by
Five Man Electrical Band
Released1970, 1971
GenreRock
LabelsLionel Records LRS-1100
MGM Records
ProducerDallas Smith
Five Man Electrical Band chronology
Five Man Electrical Band
(1969)		 Good-byes and Butterflies
(1970)		 Coming of Age
(1972)

Good-byes and Butterflies is a studio album by Canadian rock band the Five Man Electrical Band. The album includes the band's biggest hit, "Signs," which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was released in 1970, and then re-released in 1971 with different cover art.

Chart performance

The album reached No. 52 in the Canadian RPM Magazine charts on October 2, 1971. It debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated July 31, 1971, peaking at No. 148 during a nine-week run on the chart. The album debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated July 1, 1971, peaking at No. 141 during a six-week run on the chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Les Emmerson.

  1. "Signs" - 4:05
  2. "Safe & Sound (With Jesus)" - 3:30
  3. "Dance of the Swamp Woman" - 3:51
  4. "(You and I) Butterfly" - 4:52
  5. "Hello Melinda Goodbye" - 3:15
  6. "Moonshine (Friend Of Mine)" - 2:10
  7. "Forever Together" - 2:35
  8. "Mama's Baby Child" - 3:32
  9. "The Man with the Horse and Wagon" - 4:45
  10. "All Is Right (With The World)" - 3:45
  11. "Variations on a Theme of Lepidoptera" - 2:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart peaks for Good-byes and Butterflies
Chart (1971) Peak
position
CAN RPM Top 100 Albums 52
US Billboard Top LP's 148
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums 141

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Five Man Electrical Band". www.fivemanelectricalband.ca.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (December 2, 2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780898201741 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Five Man Electrical Band Signs Chart History". Billboard.
  5. 1 2 "RPM Top 100 Albums - October 2, 1971" (PDF).
  6. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1945–1972. Record Research. p. 52. LCCN 74075179. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W. (1975). The Cashbox Album Charts, 1955–1974. Scarecrow Press. p. 123. Retrieved April 30, 2026.