If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

Same old problem. Decent popular tracks, not much interest otherwise.

FIRE AS FUCK

Opening track is very familiar. Tracks 2&3 are a bit by the numbers Baby do you want to dance is solid Overall too much of the same

Harmonies so tight it could rip apart time and space

i was born in the wrong era

Review - Never dove deep into this bands discography, basically just heard singles here and there. The album is good. Lovely vocal harmonies. A bit overproduced upok occasion but that's very of it's era. Worth a listen Score - 7/10 Need to listen? YES

Some bops on here but no so much for me. Its kind of to whispy for my taste.

I knew this album thanks to California Dreamin' but I never listened to the rest of the album up until now.

psychedelic

the hits are good but also the rest is kind of too twee for me

Very reminiscent of early Beatles work with all the harmonies but a nice change of pace with women vocalists in the mix. California Dreamin’ is definitely the standout but there’s a good mix of originals and covers too.

California dreaming was the only standout the rest of it was just kind of mediocre in my opinion good for its time I guess

Extremely 60s. But not bad, honestly! I wouldn’t choose to put it on, but it wasn’t the slog I was expecting. 7/10 Quite Likeable

The Mamas & The Papas created some of the best singles of the 60s but their albums were only ever okay. The music isn't bad, just stuck in that time period where the albums were sample platters of things the artists could do rather than full artistic statements.

Labai gražūs balsai

Patika viena dziesma. Uzmini kura🤣

Man ļoti patika :)

“I would like to sing this song, it's about love, and hate. Psychedelically speaking I am talking about the power.” The Producers (1967)

Great album

Es un disco que en su epoca estaría muy bien. No ha envejecido mal, pero si que es verdad que el disco no es el mejor de todos. Mola el rollo y vaya banger california dreamin'

Veeeeery 60s. “California Dreamin” is an awesome voice of course, but the rest really doesn’t do much for me.

Frühstücksmusik

Interesting listen here. I only knew California Dreaming, so I didn’t know what to expect of this album. I can’t say that I was surprised, but sometimes, I thought I was in a gospel choir, with the back vocals and the orchestrations. The In Crowd at the end sounds like straight out of Tapestry by Carole King, with the piano melody. 3/5. It’s wasn’t great, but I enjoyed it. The big songs carry the record though. Monday, Monday: 5 Straight Shooter: 3,5 Got a Feelin': 3 I Call Your Name: 3 Do You Wanna Dance: 3 Go Where You Wanna Go: 4 California Dreamin': 5 Spanish Harlem: 2 Somebody Groovy: 3 Hey Girl: 3 You Baby: 3 The "In" Crowd: 4 Monday, Monday: 5 Straight Shooter: 3,5 Got a Feelin': 3 I Call Your Name: 3 Do You Wanna Dance: 3 Go Where You Wanna Go: 4 California Dreamin': 5 Spanish Harlem: 2 Somebody Groovy: 3 Hey Girl: 3 You Baby: 3 The "In" Crowd: 4

a perfectly pleasant bit of pop-rock, with good harmonies and singing, a really tight studio band, but inconsistent lyrics (and it suffers a bit from the recording technology of the era).

I went into this album just assuming I would love it. I am a sucker for the 60s—hard rock, psychedelic, anything even remotely Beatles-esque, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (and any variations thereof), the smooth alto of Karen Carpenter's vocals—give it ALL to me. But I did not expect to find this album quite so ... twee. Obviously California Dreaming is a song for the ages but I never need to hear the rest of this album ever again. I also find the band name itself off-putting and have to question the judgement of whoever thought having a toilet take up a full fifth of the album cover was a good idea.

Great, an excuse to listen to California Dreaming 4 times on repeat and engage in euphoric recall of the karaoke bar I sang this at in Xishuangbanna. Rest of the album is sweet, fun and has a couple of other songs I recognize. Definitely fuck with this band, but it's definitely of a time and place.

A lot of classics I did not expect on this album. Exceeded expectations

All the leaves are brown

Although folk is not my genre I can’t deny a liking for this group. The harmonies and balance between the male and female voices and the uplifting melodies just offer positivity and relatable emotions. Enjoyed this one.

Loved this one, very nice Sunday morning music

If this album is not the Magnum Opus of Hippie Nonsense then I don’t know what would be. It’s a really good album. My only complaint is that it doesn’t have that one about how fat Mama Cass was.

Album #176: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - The Mamas & The Papas Genre (W): Folk rock, pop rock, pop soul, sunshine pop Singles: Go Where You Wanna Go, California Dreamin’, Monday, Monday I have listened to this album once before. Thoughts?: I love the way they harmonize, it sounds heavenly. However, I felt a good majority of the album was made of filler tracks centering around the two hit singles. It’s overall decent! Favorite tracks: Monday, Monday, I Call Your Name, Go Where You Wanna Go, California Dreamin’, Spanish Harlem, The ‘In’ Crowd

Familiar with a decent number of these from a greatest hits video frequently playing in a former retail job. I do like the hits like Monday Monday and California Dreamin'. Solid record.

love love love the mamas & the papas

(6 estrellas)

Sorry, bathroom’s taken!

Listened before?: only California Dreamin'. i've heard and am more familiar with Cass Elliot's solo work, but i've never bothered to listen to this album in full til today Monday, Monday - 4/5 Straight Shooter - 3/5 Got a Feelin' - 4/5 I Call Your Name - 3/5 Do You Wanna Dance - 2/5 Go Where You Wanna Go - 4/5 California Dreamin' - 5/5 Spanish Harlem - 2/5 Somebody Groovy - 3/5 Hey Girl - 1/5 You Baby - 2/5 In Crowd - 3/5 Average score: 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ yeah... California Dreamin' is really the only track worth listening to here like others have mentioned, just about everything on this album felt like a ripoff of The Beatles or The Beach Boys, and nothing really caught my attention aside from California Dreamin'. still, it's not a bad album, and i love Cass Elliot's performance regardless. she was far too good for this group in so many ways

touching children is bad, this album is good

Getting a little burnt out of realizing how many people are sick fucks. I liked the album tho.

Probably the most cringe band name of all times, and whoever thought that record cover would be a good idea should be forced to listen to this kitsch fest for eternity. Some nice vocal harmonizing though, and I have to grudgingly admit the songs aren't all that bad.

Favourite Songs: California Dreamin'

Generational sound and songs. This reminds me of growing up and know this is probably my mom's favorite album. I messaged her that I was listening and she said she knows every word by heart. I remember this seeing vinyl growing up & singing these with her on Fox97. Such a recognizable sound.

3.6

Good vibes

Liker stilen. Mye fine harmonier og høy kvalitet i musikken. "California Dreamin'" er tidløs. Mangler kanskje det siste lille for min del, men en finfin 4er dette.

På vippen mellom 3 og 4 for min del, men California Dreaming bikker i riktig retning. Behagelig å høre på, men blir litt kjedelig i lengden

Dette liker jeg. Sterk debut!

Comercial demais, simples demais. Não me pegou.

Ok ,ok better than I thought

Mysigt

Early and influential folk rock band. Good record with several notable tracks. Peace and Love ✌️

Their vocals are so lush. The only album of theirs I ever bought was a greatest hits. It's interesting to hear this first album start to finish.

I skipped to this one because it was short (what I had time for) but most of the songs are pretty good

there are some other decent tracks, but is this albums reputation just "the one with california dreamin on it"?

California Dreamin' ist ein Brett. Auch ansonsten eine ganz gute Platte. Irgendwie aber sehr zahm. Nette, gefällige Roadtrip Musik. Viel Acapella. Für eine 4 /5 reicht es nicht ganz.

California Dreaming is a classic song. Monday Monday is alright, the rest was pretty poor to be honest. The good couple of songs drag If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears up to a three.

Pleasant enough 60s pop rock album. Best listened to when sunny.

Good time vibes, almost utopian. Easy listening. 3.6/4.0

Like it 3/5

Gotta love the hits: Monday Monday and California dreamin. Otherwise, I found most of the album to be meh…inoffensive pseudo-psychedelic bubblegum. The stereo mix probably sounds cool on speakers, but it was weird in my headphones. It sounds like a simpler time and there’s a sweetness to it, I’m glad it exists, but I’m even more glad it was only 34 minutes long.

Gr00vy

Beautiful harmonies great voices, but some rather boring tracks bringing down this album as a whole. Love their cover of do you wanna dance.

3.5

didn’t stick out to me

Pleasant listen but nothing really special apart from California Dreamin. Probably won't listen to again.

Nichts halbes und nix ganzes. Hier fehlt einfach total die Substanz.

Hatte erwartet, dass es mich nerven wird und dann habe ich die positive Stimmung gefeiert. Wird ein bisschen "same-y" gegen Ende, dennoch auf Verdacht 4 Sterne, weil Neuentdeckung.

California Dreamin is awesome, the other songs can't unfortunately live up to that massive hit.

Incredibly talented bunch. Great record.

Jälleen yksi ihan kiva 60-luvun pop/folk/rock-lätty. Tämän aikakauden levyissä on usein se hyvä puoli, että ne ovat helposti kuunneltavia lyhyen kestonsa puolesta. California Dreamin' oli selkeä huippukohta.

Love them. Don't think I've ever heard a whole album. Amazing.

Nah

This feels a bit outdated and uninteresting for 1966 music until California Dreaming - that flute solo! The vocals sound so interesting and a bit off/creepy against the instrumental, I don't know the music theory unfortunately but what a track. There are a few other solid tracks and it's not unpleasant overall so would have gone 2*, but California Dreaming brings it up to 3* for me

"California Dreamin'" is spectacular. The rest of the album is quite nice overall.

California Dreamin the song that you are

Great, very Beach Boys esque. You can see how they fit into the flow from the sounds of the sixties into the seventies with ABBA, etc.

I find it hard to really be able to sit down and dedicate 100% of my attention to listening to these albums, so I appreciate when one is straightforward and inoffensive. It makes it easier to throw it on in the background and cycle through the album a few times. These songs are pleasant, fine, nice, cool, and not bad.

Perfect weekend album, asks very little of you but to sink in and enjoy the shimmery harmonies. This is the kind of thing that's always playing when I'm working. I don't have much else to say but I like their music a lot! Second act montage needle drop in my biopic: "Do You Wanna Dance"

These guys never miss.

MEEEEEOOOWWWWWWWWWW harmonization all weekend until monday monday??? im counting my lucky pennies beautiful sweet album, I'm a sucker for these guys. it just has a fun, sweet relaxing sound, very shiny very beautiful. do I think they lezzed out? no, honestly, I think these guys were kind of assholes, specifically to mama cass who I am ride or die for so I don't think they had space in their hearts for it, 1/5

really nice album for the weekend, somethin light, sounds Bad in my car for some reason 3.75/5 justice for mama cass

California dreamin' helped bump this to a 3. Not sure when I would seek out this album.

I really don't know what to think of this. It feels fun, and even a bit beach boys. It's not really my style, but I liked it well enough for the style it is.

Listened to the original mono recording which IMHO sounded the best. Fun listen. Great songs. Weird characters.

This band is neat. If there were two California Dreamin's it'd have popped to a 4. Still enjoyed though.

I haven't even listened to this yet and I want to deduct at least one star for this dumb album art. Now that I've listened to it, this is a pretty good album. One that I doubt I'll seek out again, but if someone plays it I won't have any problem listening to it. I really liked the vocals, especially the background vocals. They made the songs much richer.

Those harmonies. Amazing.

Some bangers, and some average songs.

Like a few groups and artists of this era I was never a great fan of them. I was more into the more rockier side of music about then and considered this lot a bit twee and appealing to a market I didn’t belong in. But as I’ve aged and matured I can now see the brilliance in a lot of what I dismissed. This album has a lot of the superb harmonies the M&P’s became famous for and some lovely melodies. They were a lynchpin of the Laurel Canyon scene which I knew nothing about at the time but now realise was a hot bed of talent responsible for some of the great popular music which still impacts globally as well to me personally in the music I play a lot. So a good album which apparently made headlines for of all things the toilet on the cover. What a remarkable khazi! Who wouldn’t want one of those in their loo nowadays? 3/5 26/9/26

I don't have much to say about this one even though I enjoyed almost every minute of it. Mama Cass, woofta.

Favorite songs: Monday, Monday, Straight Shooter, I Call Your Name, Do You Wanna Dance, Go Where You Wanna Go, California Dreamin’, Spanish Harlem, Somebody Groovy

She was so so pretty and iconic! Love their sound and their aesthetic. Overall great album!

a lesson in 4 different distinct voices in harmony

Solid album. Cass really did make this whole group. Not my normal listening but it was a nice pick to come up on a chilly autumn day. Can't quite give it a four but I wanna.

Honestly a little disappointing by this one. It's very pleasant and has some great tracks, but also feels kind of ridiculously derivative at points. Though if you're looking for a sound like the things it's deriving from, you could do a lot worse.

I probably won't come back to this album, but I liked it. Songs are pretty iconic.

Monday, Monday and California dreaming are really the only high points in this album. The rest is sickeningly sweet soft pop without teeth. 2.4/5 -> 2/5

A lot of the songs have that mundane 60s sound. Vocal backing for instance. California dreamin isn’t a crazy stylistic outlier but definitely more going on.

This was a great album, it was very roomy and soothing and I loved doing my makeup to it.

Ei jaksa. Honk shoo honk shoo.