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DTITLE=The Mamas And The Papas / If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
DTITLE= (Original CD)
DYEAR=1966
DGENRE=
TTITLE0=Monday, Monday
TTITLE1=Straight Shooter
TTITLE2=Got A Feelin'
TTITLE3=I Call Your Name
TTITLE4=Do You Wanna Dance
TTITLE5=Go Where You Wanna Go
TTITLE6=California Dreamin'
TTITLE7=Spanish Harlem
TTITLE8=Somebody Groovy
TTITLE9=Hey Girl
TTITLE10=You Baby
TTITLE11=In Crowd
EXTD=If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (Original CD)\nMamas And Th
EXTD=e Papas\n\nOriginally Released March 1966\nCD Edition Released 19
EXTD=89 ??\nRemastered CD Edition Released February 24, 1998\n\nAMG EX
EXTD=PERT REVIEW: In the spring of 1966, If You Can Believe Your Eyes 
EXTD=and Ears represented a genuinely new sound, as fresh to listeners
EXTD= as the songs on Meet the Beatles had seemed two years earlier. R
EXTD=eleased just as "California Dreaming" was ascending the charts by
EXTD= leaps and bounds, it was the product of months of rehearsal in t
EXTD=he Virgin Islands and John Phillips' discovery of what one could 
EXTD=do to build a polished recorded sound in the studio -- it embrace
EXTD=d folk-rock, pop/rock, pop, and soul, and also reflected the kind
EXTD= of care that acts like the Beatles were putting into their recor
EXTD=ds at the time. "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'" are fa
EXTD=miliar enough to anyone who's ever listened to the radio, and "Go
EXTD= Where You Wanna Go" isn't far behind, in this version or the ver
EXTD=y similar rendition by the Fifth Dimension. But the rest is might
EXTD=y compelling even to casual listeners, including the ethereal "Go
EXTD=t a Feelin'," the rocking "Straight Shooter" and "Somebody Groovy
EXTD=," the jaunty, torch song-style version of "I Call Your Name," an
EXTD=d the prettiest versions of "Do You Wanna Dance" and "Spanish Har
EXTD=lem" that anyone ever recorded.\n\nIf the material here has a cer
EXTD=tain glow that the Mamas & the Papas' subsequent LPs lacked, that
EXTD= may be due in part to the extensive rehearsal and the exhilarati
EXTD=on of their first experience in the studio, but also a result of 
EXTD=the fact that it was recorded before the members' personal confli
EXTD=cts began interfering with their ability to work together. The wo
EXTD=rk was all spontaneous and unforced here, as opposed to the emoti
EXTD=onal complications that had to be overcome before their next sess
EXTD=ions.  -- Bruce Eder\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMetamorpho,
EXTD= Metamorpho...So Good to Me..........., January 4, 2006\nReviewer
EXTD=: Metamorpho "reflective seer" (Budd Lake, N.J.)\nPeople, people.
EXTD= I remember a long time ago, when I was a Metamorpho in training,
EXTD= trying to angle my radio in just a certain way to pick up a radi
EXTD=o station in Boston to hear the latest. Even though I lived in th
EXTD=e suburbs of New Jersey - extremely close to N.Y.C. - they really
EXTD= weren't up on it as far as new music was concerned. So.... there
EXTD= I was... trying to get under just the right cloud formation. And
EXTD= then I heard it (Bless Boston, Massachusetts!), California Dream
EXTD=in'!!!! Then they announced that it was by The Mamas and the Papa
EXTD=s. My teenage brain repeated over and over to me.. "MUST GET THIS
EXTD=". \nOf course, I had to wait for New York to catch up, and then 
EXTD=I had to wait for the album release. It was well worth the wait! 
EXTD=At that time (65-66) I remember how unique they were. I mean. who
EXTD= dressed like that? Not even my beloved Beatles took that chance 
EXTD=(Sgt. Pepper was years away). As I knew full well upon first hear
EXTD=ing, "California Dreamin'" eventually went to Number 1. And not t
EXTD=oo long after that, they doubled that gift by releasing "Monday, 
EXTD=Monday." Accessible pop done expertly. \nThis first album has man
EXTD=y things to reccommend it. The arrangements, the vocal harmonies,
EXTD= the professional session men who provided the backdrop for these
EXTD= voices. The "definitive" Mamas and the Papas, if you ask Metamor
EXTD=pho. \nSo many good tunes. That great riff on the pop-rock "Strai
EXTD=ght Shooter", the carnival take on "I Call Your Name", the great 
EXTD=tick-tocking of time on "Got a Feelin'". Wonderful, lush, great m
EXTD=id-sixties pop. Memorable and you always felt better after hearin
EXTD=g it. \nThe Mamas and the Papas were different than anything else
EXTD= at the time. Their legacy lives on because there was quality the
EXTD=re. Metamorpho is sad because he no longer discovers great music 
EXTD=by transistor radio. He is sad because the times have moved from 
EXTD=quality to quantity. To quote Metamorpho in one of his more refle
EXTD=ctive moods, "The discovery of great music is 50% of the joy upon
EXTD= hearing it." I hope my anecdotes and humor help you to the joy o
EXTD=f new discoveries! Bye my people.... Metamorpho\n\n\nAMAZON.COM C
EXTD=USTOMER REVIEW\nNothing like it before - EVERYTHING like it since
EXTD=, August 26, 2004\nReviewer: C. Littell (Phoenix, az)\nIn an era 
EXTD=where groups were categorized as 'Vocal', 'Motown', 'Folk', 'Girl
EXTD= Group', 'British Invasion', and 'Rock and Roll', along came The 
EXTD=Mama's and the Papa's (at the time, resplendent with their apostr
EXTD=ophes). What, exactly, do you call them? Part of the magic of the
EXTD= band was that you couldn't label them with anything that existed
EXTD= at the time - they really did carve their own niche... then immo
EXTD=rtalized it in the 2 years they were together. Their effect was p
EXTD=rofound, even leading to a 4/4 time drum beat that's colloquially
EXTD= referred to as 'Mamas and Papas'. The Classics IV would name a s
EXTD=ong after them; Peter, Paul and Mary would dedicate an entire ver
EXTD=se to them in their hit "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"; Donovan woul
EXTD=d write a song for Cass. The group was as adept at others' materi
EXTD=al (a full HALF of this album is comprised of tunes by other arti
EXTD=sts), as they were at their own. \n\nCalifornia Dreamin' - an age
EXTD=less classic which made Rolling Stone's top 100 of the best songs
EXTD= ever recorded, and with good reason. A haunting, minor-chord rev
EXTD=elation, the song takes the beachy California confections of the 
EXTD=early 1960's and gives them folk's depth and mood. And, by the wa
EXTD=y, the second verse ends with "you know the preacher LIGHTS the C
EXTD=OALS, he knows I'm gonna stay (get it, it's cold outside, the pre
EXTD=acher lights a fire for the wandering troubadour who's dreamin' o
EXTD=f California - the Beach Boys cover of this song sported a video 
EXTD=that illustrates this point with some clarity). \n\nStraight Shoo
EXTD=ter - Rock and Roll, pure and simple. Driving, groovy, and downri
EXTD=ght sexy towards the end (listen carefully for Cass's grinding 'h
EXTD=alf of that belongs to me' at the end of the song). \n\nGot a Fee
EXTD=lin' - One of the first four songs the group ever composed, the l
EXTD=iner notes of the album refer to the song as 'feathery'. I really
EXTD= can't improve on that. \n\nI Call Your Name - Cass' first showca
EXTD=se on the album, it defines the Mama's and Papa's brilliance (for
EXTD= the most part) at recording other's tunes, and Papa John's abili
EXTD=ty to rearrange a song and make it completely different. The Beat
EXTD=les' rock and roll standard becomes an almost ragtime love song, 
EXTD=if you can believe your ears... \n\nDo You Wanna Dance - another 
EXTD=cover tune, late of Bobby Freeman AND the Beach Boys, it is argua
EXTD=bly the group's best version of someone else's song - so good, in
EXTD= fact, that Dunhill - the group's record label - would mine it fo
EXTD=r a single TWO YEARS AFTER THE FACT. The beauty and sincerity of 
EXTD=this song is BEGGING to appear on a soundtrack of a romantic come
EXTD=dy. Brilliant beyond words. \n\nGo Where You Wanna Go - simple, c
EXTD=ool, four-part-harmony fun. The first single - though preemptivel
EXTD=y - released from the album, it was quickly pulled in favor of Ca
EXTD=lifornia Dreamin'. The 5th Dimension would later cover the song a
EXTD=nd send it into the American Top 20, thus launching THEIR career.
EXTD= \n\nMonday, Monday - won the group the Grammy in 1966, and with 
EXTD=good reason. It's a symphony. In stereo, the one speaker will pro
EXTD=duce Cass, John, Michelle, and the strings, while the other will 
EXTD=feature Denny's lead, the harpsichord (!) and percussion. It is t
EXTD=echnically awe-inspiring, simple and complex at the same time. Mi
EXTD=chelle thought it was pretentious at the time, and potentially ca
EXTD=reer-limiting. Never has an artist been so happy to be so wrong. 
EXTD=I can hear this song 1,000 times - and have - and can still find 
EXTD=something new to love about it. \n\nSpanish Harlem - on par with 
EXTD=Do You Wanna Dance, Denny's vocals are pristine and plaintive, wi
EXTD=th the girls' harmonies behind him evoking the balcony to which h
EXTD=e's singing. A love song lovers' love song. \n\nSomebody Groovy -
EXTD= another of their first four tunes, it - along with the rest of t
EXTD=he album - demonstrates the group's ability to be good time rock 
EXTD=n' rollers. It's got a great beat, and you can... well, you know.
EXTD= \n\nYou, Baby - The Turtles are targeted in this cover, and I'm 
EXTD=hard-pressed to decide who's won. The boys do it a little faster;
EXTD= the Mama's and the Papa's do it a little more rock-er. One of th
EXTD=e few times the group would take on another artist's tune and mat
EXTD=ch it closely, rather than re-invent it entirely. \n\nHey Girl - 
EXTD=A great answer-back pop tune that should've appeared on more of t
EXTD=he millions of compilations than it has. An early showcase for th
EXTD=e girls' voices. \n\nThe In-Crowd - Watch Cass take a soul tune a
EXTD=nd make it her own. The other side of the coin from I Call Your N
EXTD=ame, here Cass is finally unleashed on a song, her barreling cont
EXTD=ralto owning every note. \n\nI still cannot imagine, after all th
EXTD=e greatest hits re-do's, that California Dreamin' and Monday, Mon
EXTD=day actually appeared on the same album together ORIGINALLY. Univ
EXTD=ersal in its acceptance, If You Can Believe is to the Mama's and 
EXTD=the Papa's what Pet Sounds is to the Beach Boys, and Sgt. Peppers
EXTD= is to the Beatles. \n\nYes, there was Abba, the Carpenters, the 
EXTD=Sunshine Company... but FIRST, there was The Mama's and the Papa'
EXTD=s. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nTheir Fabulous Classic First
EXTD= Folk-Rock Album!, May 15, 2002\nReviewer: Barron Laycock "Labrad
EXTD=orman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States)\nNo single group fla
EXTD=shed faster to the top nor created more hype than the fabled the 
EXTD=Mamas and the Papas. From their initial burst onto the scene with
EXTD= "California Dreaming" to their final efforts with "For The Love 
EXTD=Of Ivy", they created a new, exciting, and melodramatic form of v
EXTD=ocal harmonies into the folk-rock mainstream. The album featured 
EXTD=here was their freshman effort, and it is indeed a classic, conta
EXTD=ining wall to wall hits with "Monday Monday", "I Call Your Name",
EXTD= "Go Where You Wanna Go", and of course, "California Dreaming". \n
EXTD=The cover shot of the four of them gathered fully clothed in an e
EXTD=mpty bathtub was typical of their earthy presence and flair the u
EXTD=nconventional. Within a couple of years they had conquered the po
EXTD=p heavens, had an incredible string on non-stop hits, and promptl
EXTD=y dissolved among the internal frictions so common to mid-sixties
EXTD= super-groups like the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and a number o
EXTD=f others. Yet the incredible sound they created remains, and I de
EXTD=fy anyone to listen to this album without snapping a finger or ta
EXTD=pping a foot in time with incredible sounds emanating from the st
EXTD=ereo. This album is a must-have for collectors of sixties folk-ro
EXTD=ck music. Enjoy!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nTheir Debut Is 
EXTD=Still the One To Own, December 2, 2001\nReviewer: Steve Vrana (Au
EXTD=rora, NE)\nOf the four studio albums this highly influential grou
EXTD=p recorded during their all too brief career (1966-68), their deb
EXTD=ut is still the most thoroughly satisfying. It contains their two
EXTD= signature songs and biggest hits--"California Dreamin'" and "Mon
EXTD=day, Monday"--and both sold over a million copies. \nAlmost every
EXTD= song on this album would have succeeded as a single, but by the 
EXTD=time "Monday, Monday" was dropping off the charts "I Saw Her Agai
EXTD=n" (from their soon-to-be released sophomore album) was already c
EXTD=limbing the charts. [In fact, their first three albums were relea
EXTD=sed during an astonishing 12-month period!] \n\nWhether doing cov
EXTD=ers like "I Call Your Name," "Do You Wanna Dance" and "Spanish Ha
EXTD=rlem" or John Phillips originals like "Straight Shooter" and "Go 
EXTD=Where You Wanna Go," the group's folk-pop sensibilities and lush 
EXTD=vocal harmonies make this album a real treasure.\n\nWhile interna
EXTD=l friction caused the breakup of the group by mid-1968, they left
EXTD= behind a body of work which rightfully earned them a spot in the
EXTD= Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED\n\n\nAMAZ
EXTD=ON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nEasily one of the greatest pop-rock album
EXTD=s of the 60's, June 13, 2000\nReviewer: Michael Paulsen (Huntingt
EXTD=on Beach, CA USA)\nComing at a time prior to the '67 Summer of Lo
EXTD=ve, but riding the crest of folk music's metamorphosis into elect
EXTD=ric psychedelia, this stunning debut is packed with gorgeous pop 
EXTD=melodies enhanced by The Mamas & The Papas soon-to-be trademark h
EXTD=armonizations. All of the classic singles are here: "Monday, Mond
EXTD=ay" , "Go Where You Wanna Go" and "California Dreamin'", and even
EXTD= when they are covering other songs, they create fascinating inte
EXTD=rpretations that stand on their own. Bobby Freeman's "Do You Wann
EXTD=a Dance" is a good example: The Mamas & The Papas take this class
EXTD=ic rollicking dance-hall number and strip it down to a beautiful,
EXTD= almost melancholy love song. Elsewhere, they do a vaudevillian s
EXTD=end-up of The Beatles' "I Call Your Name", with Mama Cass on lead
EXTD=. And I still like their version of "You Baby" better than the be
EXTD=tter-known Turtles version. This is easily their masterpiece in a
EXTD= short and turbulent career.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe
EXTD= one Mamas and the Papas album to own!, September 24, 1999\nRevie
EXTD=wer: A music fan\nThis is it! This is the pinnacle of the Mamas a
EXTD=nd the Papas, the beginning of the decline of the one of the best
EXTD= rock groups of all time. Never will there be a mixed sex group t
EXTD=hat could harmonize like these guys could. Unfortunately (similar
EXTD= to Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Simon & Garfunkel), they weren
EXTD='t very good on their own (exception: Mama Cass). Every single so
EXTD=ng on this album is a classic, even the maudlin "Got a Feelin'". 
EXTD=A CD that needs to be in any serious rock fan's library, is heavi
EXTD=ly influential and just plain excellent! Listen to this and I dar
EXTD=e you not to be enthralled by it!\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProduce
EXTD=r: Lou Adler \n\nAlbum Notes\nThe Mamas & The Papas: John Phillip
EXTD=s (vocals, guitar); Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty, "Mama Cass"
EXTD= Elliot (vocals).\n\nAdditional personnel includes: Peter Pilafia
EXTD=n (electric violin); P.F. Sloan, Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe 
EXTD=Osborn.\n\nIncludes liner notes by Andy Wickham, Lou Adler and An
EXTD=dy McKaie.\n\nThe Mamas And The Papas' 1966 debut, IF YOU CAN BEL
EXTD=IEVE YOUR EYES AND EARS (reissued with the original uncensored co
EXTD=ver, which features--gasp!--a toilet in the corner), is probably 
EXTD=their best album.\n\nIt contains three timeless hit singles: "Go 
EXTD=Where You Wanna Go," "Monday Monday," and "California Dreamin'," 
EXTD=alongside a handful of originals and some excellent close-harmony
EXTD= covers, including the Beatles' "I Call Your Name," "Do You Wanna
EXTD= Dance," and a lovely take on the Drifters' "Spanish Harlem." As 
EXTD=always, the terribly underrated Cass Elliott handles most of the 
EXTD=vocals and does the best job. A true sunshine pop classic.\n\nInd
EXTD=ustry Reviews\nRanked #127 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
EXTD= Of All Time - [S]unshine pop with a rustic heart, the Beach Boys
EXTD= for folkies.\nRolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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