Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina

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Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1967 (1967-01)
RecordedDecember 1965  January 1967
StudioWorld United and Mercury, New York City
GenreBaroque pop
Length27:59
LabelSmash
ProducerHarry Lookofsky
The Left Banke chronology
Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
(1967)
The Left Banke Too
(1968)
Singles from Walk Away Renée / Pretty Ballerina
  1. "Walk Away Renée" / "I Haven't Got the Nerve"
    Released: July 1966
  2. "Pretty Ballerina" / "Lazy Day"
    Released: December 1966
  3. "She May Call You Up Tonight" / "Barterers and Their Wives"
    Released: May 1967

Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina is the debut studio album by the American baroque pop band the Left Banke, released in January 1967. Named after its two hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina", it peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Albums chart. Although the album was not widely popular upon its initial release, and fell into relative obscurity for a time, it is now viewed as a definitive example of baroque pop music.

The album spent eleven weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 67. After its initial release, the album remained out of print for decades. It was, however, available in its entirety on the 1992 compilation There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966–1969. On June 28, 2011, Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina was reissued on Sundazed Music, remastered by Bob Irwin.