No single group flashed faster to the top nor created more hype than the fabled the mamas and the papas.
The mamas and the papas if you can believe vinyl.
Even the cover tracks found here have a sound that sets them squarely at the feet of the mama s.
The band s album if you can believe your eyes and ears was released in march 1966 and became the band s only number 1 album on the billboard 200.
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If you can believe your eyes and ears is the debut album by the mamas and the papas listed as the mama s and the papa s released in 1966 in 2003 it was ranked number 127 on rolling stone magazine s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time with its rank rising to number 112 in the 2012 revision.
The stereo mix of the album is included in its entirety on all the leaves are brown.
But none of that is evident on their 1966 debut if you can believe your eyes and ears.
The band s first single go where you wanna go was released in 1965.
From their initial burst onto the scene with california dreaming to their final efforts with for the love of ivy they created a new exciting and melodramatic form of vocal harmonies into the folk rock mainstream.
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The second single california dreamin was released later in 1965 and quickly peaked in the charts.
As they developed and incorporated more of their own social lives into their music the mamas and the papas became the model for other dysfunctionally self involved groups like fleetwood mac.
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Leader john phillips visionary producing arranging and songwriting abilities combined with the quartet s breathtaking harmonies to make music that.
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Upon its release in 1966 the mamas and the papas debut lp if you can believe your eyes and ears introduced a fresh new sound that would permanently alter the face of contemporary popular music.
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