Join others and track this album
Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account
- Length
- 12 tracks, 37:26
- Release Date
- 1 November 1971
Join others and track this album
Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account
- Length
- 12 tracks, 37:26
- Release Date
- 1 November 1971
On this 1971 final effort by The Mamas & The Papas, the recording sessions were thick with tension, and the attendant push-me-pull-you energy is audible (and highly listenable) in even the most beautiful, breezy passages. Band leader/album producer “Papa” John Phillips attempted to contemporize things by going for a slightly R&B-enhanced stoner vibe over the group’s patented California dreamy sound; he eschewed the Wrecking Crew session musicians (whom he’d used on the previous albums) mostly in favor of Motown’s Funk Brothers. The Brothers’ heft and swing illumina… read more
Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now