Butterfly is the second studio album released by British

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 band The Hollies

The Hollies

The Hollies are an English pop and rock group, formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, though most of the band members are from throughout East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and 1970s...

 in 1967, their seventh in England overall. It was also the last new Hollies album to feature Graham Nash

Graham Nash

Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...

 until 1983's What Goes Around. This, like its predecessors For Certain Because

For Certain Because

-External links:**http://www.proweb.co.uk/~rhaywood/albums/4certain.htm Lyrics and album information...

and Evolution

Evolution (Hollies album)

The cover shown is the Sundazed 1998 rerelease, which differs from the original by having a small black rectanglular Sundazed logo present in the lower right....

, featured songs written solely by Allan Clarke

Allan Clarke (singer)

Allan Clarke is a retired British singer who was one of the founding members of The Hollies. He retired in 1999.-Career:...

, Graham Nash

Graham Nash

Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...

, and Tony Hicks

Tony Hicks

Tony Hicks is a guitarist and singer who has been a member of the British pop group The Hollies since 1963.-Career:...

.

As noted below, this album was really a Graham Nash-led project, and he featured as lead vocal more than on any prior album.

As with Evolution

Evolution (Hollies album)

The cover shown is the Sundazed 1998 rerelease, which differs from the original by having a small black rectanglular Sundazed logo present in the lower right....

, none of the songs on the album were selected for single or EP release in the UK. In the U.S., "Dear Eloise" was issued as a single A-side while "Try It" and "Elevated Observations?" were issued as B-sides of the "Jennifer Eccles

Jennifer Eccles

"Jennifer Eccles" is a 1968 single by The Hollies. It was released with the B-side "Open Up Your Eyes" on the Parlophone label, Catalogue number R5680. The song reached #7 on the UK singles chart in March 1968...

" and "Do The Best You Can" singles, respectively. In Canada the single "Dear Eloise" reached #36. The mono single and stereo CD versions of "Try It" differ greatly in terms of sound effects and vocals.

Reissues

In 1978, Parlophone

Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...

 reissued Butterfly with new cover art, and again in 1999. Almost all current CD issues of this album contain the original cover art. The 1998 U.S. CD reissue of Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse by Sundazed presents the original UK Butterfly track lineup with "King Midas In Reverse", "Leave Me" and "Do The Best You Can" added to the tracklisting.

Original UK edition

Side 1

1. "Dear Eloise" (Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash) - 3:04
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
2. "Away Away Away" (Nash) - 2:19
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash
3. "Maker" (Nash) - 2:52
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash
4. "Pegasus" (Hicks) - 2:38
   • Lead vocals: Tony Hicks
5. "Would You Believe?" (Clarke) - 4:08
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
6. "Wishyouawish" (Clarke, Nash) - 2:04
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash

Side 2

1. "Postcard" (Nash) - 2:17
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash
2. "Charlie and Fred" (Clarke, Nash) - 2:56
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
3. "Try It" (Clarke, Nash) - 3:04
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke and Graham Nash
4. "Elevated Observations?" (Clark, Hicks, Nash) - 2:32
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke and Graham Nash
5. "Step Inside" (Clarke, Hicks, Nash) - 2:51
   • Lead vocals: Allan Clarke
6. "Butterfly" (Nash) - 2:42
   • Lead vocals: Graham Nash

US edition

The U.S. edition of Butterfly, retitled Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse and released via Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 (BN 26344) on November 27, 1967, featured different tracks in a modified lineup:

Side 1

1. "Dear Eloise"
2. "Wishyouawish"
3. "Charlie and Fred"
4. "Butterfly"
5. "Leave Me" (left off U.K. version of Evolution)
6. "Postcard"

Side 2

1. "King Midas in Reverse
   King Midas In Reverse
   King Midas In Reverse is a song by British pop group The Hollies written by members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash and Tony Hicks. It was released by The Hollies as single in September 1967 in anticipation of their album Butterfly. It was released in the UK on the Parlophone label and in the US on the...
   
   "
2. "Would You Believe?"
3. "Away Away Away"
4. "Maker"
5. "Step Inside"