"Need a Little Love" is rich in pop harmonies.

It stood out among San Francisco bands with its three-guitar front line and its capacity for elaborate pop vocal harmonies as well as virtuoso jamming.

Their folk songs were marked by "witty wordplay and sumptuous pop harmonies," according to one music critic.

Other songs, like "Whispers and Moans" and "All I Ask," carry chromatic pop harmony to a level one step more sophisticated than the Beatles.

"Toward a theory of pop harmony", In Theory Only, 4, pp.

The band's music makes frequent use of pop harmonies and the lyrics make frequent use of wordplay.

Again the chunking acoustic guitar rhythm carries the song to a joyful chorus that turns average voices into timeless pop harmony.

The musical style consisted of pop harmonies influenced by the soft rock and folk rock styles that were popular during the late 1960s.

The Portland Mercury also considered the song irresistible, and applauded its "snappy pop harmonies" and "jazzy dance beats".

So he did, with smooth 1930's pop harmonies.