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Este es un disco sin mucho chiste pero tiene California Dreaming, unas de las canciones MÁS CHINGONAS DE LA HISTORIA, OBRA MAESTRA, HITO, CIMA DE LA CULTURA HUMANA. ¡¡¡AAAAAH!!! QUÉ GANAS DE VIVIR Y MORIR VIVIENDO TU VIDA, PALMERAS, CALIFORNIA, SOL Y UNA TRISTEZA INSONDABLE. Pero bueno, Spanish Harlem está chida también. Su versión de Do You Wanna Dance awanta, Me encanta la portada porque Michelle Phillips me está viendo a los ojos. Es un sueño esa mujer. Grande crush de mi pubertad.
Not really doing anything for me.
Levyllä oli pari ikivihreää hittibiisiä, mutta jotenkin tunnelma jäi kuitenkin laimeaksi. Jäi fiilis, tällainen kevyt persoonaton rallattelu on aika kuultu jo. Varmaan ollut aikanaan kova juttu, mutta nyt ei puhutellut.
Gets old quickly. California Dreamin' is a classic though
3.5
Album has that flower power hippie vibe. Didn't expect much but ended up liking "Spanish Harlem" and "Somebody Groovy".
60s shit. Don't love it. Don't hate it. Isn't this the guy who had a sexual relationship with his daughter?
Meh. Pretty boring.
Just not the one for me, it felt like a lot of it blended together and sounded too similar, especially the B-Side! "California Dreaming" was the obvious best imo. "Go Where You Wanna Go" was also pretty good!
I did listen to this.. mostly on my walk with Penny. It’s the record with California Dreaming. This sort of soft rock 70s stuff is typically my jam. Idk
Stupid hippy bullshit. sucked!
Meni vähän ohi koko levy, mutta eipä ainakan vienyt mukanaan.
Not my cup of tea
Kivoja stemmoja ja kaunista musaa, mut ei ihan uppoo
It’s fine - cool for a Sunday morning
The world's most overplayed 'this is the 60s, look the 60s are happening' needledrop. More jangly sunshine pap from the most over-represented era of pop music. They're not even the best Beatles rip off band in LA in mid 60s. Sacharine, bloated arrangements. Annoying mixing/stereo effects. Flute. The harmonies are nice though.
Like a mix of psalms and lullaby's written by a 12 year old who fell in love for the first time.
Not my cup of tea at all.
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California Dreamin and an assortment of half assed tunes from a band of weirdos
Creepy hippies
Besides the california dreaming hit not much to listen to
195 / 1089. I loathe "Monday, Monday." (Three of the four members agreed with that assessment.) And for very good reasons, I despise John Phillips and seriously dispute his "reputation" as a songwriter. Guy Webster should have flushed the negative of the cover image down that toilet. And whoever typeset the damn album cover with two incorrect possessives should have been immediately fired. While there are certainly lovely harmonies sprinkled through the 12 tracks, those tracks are some of the most gag inducing music the 1960s had to offer (hence my animus for "Monday, Monday"). The group was just chasing trends left and right better exemplified by their contemporaries. I'd give this a 1/10, except for the fact that "California Dreamin'" is indelibly and beautifully linked to Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express, one of the best films of the 1990s. So I'm giving it a 2/10.
Remember when the Brady Bunch went to Hawaii and Bobby found an evil idol? What a crazy thing to happen. Greg crashes surfing, Bobby almost killed by a painting, and Peter is nearly bitten by a spider. Then Bobby gets rid of the thing only for Jan to bring it back. Then the crazed archaeologist tries to kill them. After that they have a big party, but like the crazy part was that the trip was all expenses paid, and they even brought their maid. That had to cost a small fortune.
PLZ DONT RECOMMED TRASH OK
This is just not for me.
I liked this, realized I kinda like 60s.
1/5 not my cup of tea, refuse to elaborate more.
Definitivamente un estilo musical que no es para mí
Shockingly disappointing, even outside the non-musical reasons this is problematic. Just not good.
This did not hit for me. Several of their songs have made it into contemporary culture and most are fine, but damn I hate California Dreaming so much. It ends up in modern media in the most vapid ways possible. The lyrics were also not my favorite. I'd bet you could assemble the entire album's lyrics by combining various Live, Laugh, Love-type posters from your nearest suburban neighborhood. I barely got through it, unfortunately.
like boring not my favorite. good background music
Non stereo voice/instrument hurts my ADHD brain, got 1 1/2 songs finished. Bit of an unfair rating but it is what it is in that state
Obnoxious, didn't even get as far as California Dreamin.
It's the mixed sex Beach Boys. Monday, Monday is already annoying the hell out of me. This whole album sounds like the soundtrack to Scooby Doo. It's like they kept the harmony and lost any edge the early Beatles had. California Dreamin' is the hit and it is not even close. Monday, Monday might as well not exist. Spanish Harlem is a terrible cover. Aretha is the queen of this song. The original Ben E. King version is vastly superior as well.
respectfully.. fysiek draining om met koptelefoon te luisteren door de mix en kreeg bijna hoofdpijn door sommige vocals. definitely een ‘luister van een luidspreker’ album maar i didnt like it
i wholeheartedly give this record minimal stars, which is 1, which i believe to be one too many. with the exception of "California Dreaming" i'd like to unhear this.
Boring as heck
I have to give this one a low score purely due to the mix being so bad. Virtually every single song has one of the tracks playing 100% in one ear, and another track playing 100% in the other ear. It didn't sound cohesive at all; in Monday, Monday if I turned the volume up loud enough to make out the guitar in my right ear, the vocals in the left ear were painful to listen to. Lowering the volume so my left ear stopped bleeding made it so I could barely hear the guitar in my right ear. It probably isn't fair and it might be a pleasant experience if I was in a room with speakers, but listening to this one all the way through with headphones made me want to vomit. Stereo mixing probably wasn't mature when this was produced...I'm glad that folks figured out if you want to record in stereo you shouldn't pan the tracks THAT hard...
bit "nicey nice" isn't it?
No thanks, I don't want to spend time with this twee garbage. Utter nonsense. Even California Dreaming really pissed me off.
I did not know the Ramones' Do You Wanna Dance was a cover and now I do and I'm biased but that cover was way better than whatever this was.
Just can’t really enjoy listening to the mamas and papas since I read their Wikipedia page
Schlock. Laurence Welk in hippie clothes.
That stereo-thing is maybe a bit to much...
Kind of generic and boring. The guitar in Straight Shooter is good, but it's just kind of mid-level pop. 1/5 stars.
This began grating on me from the word go. Other than country, this type of 60's twaddle is second in my personal pecking order of music which I'd be demanding financial compensation to ever be subjected to. Needless to say, I passed up the opportunity to continue listening at around the halfway point. Life is too fucking short. Plus, after conducting some brief research, I learned of the disturbing lore associated with the members of this band, which makes the album cover all the more uncomfortable to look at.
So incredibly boring and I can’t believe this was ever popular. (Weren’t they the best selling American band from the sixties?) California Dreamin’ is famous but not incredible and not enough ballast to save this sinking ship
Dieser rechts/links Split macht mich über Kopfhörer fertig. Jeder Text hier gibt mir übelste frauenschläger-vibes - da sind die Beatles wesentlich besser gealtert (Revolver kam im gleichen Jahr raus, was macht dann dieses Gedudel auf einer muss-man-gehört-haben Liste?)
9/1001 :: The Mamas & The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: Light 3 Fav Tracks: Somebody Groovy, California Dreamin’ Aside from Monday, Monday, California Dreamin’ and their cover of In Crowd I had never heard this album before. The Mamas and the Papas are a product for of the time. Feels like there are no original ideas here and it’s just a 60s (or at times 50s) pop album. The music is not offensive and I understand its place in time. These songs are a good backdrop for a movie that takes place in the 60s. Overall it’s fine, but unless I’m missing something it’s pretty uninteresting and I won’t be returning.
The band has a strong technical ability, but their songs are so schmaltzy and syrupy that I just can't stand it.
They weren’t saying anything.
Dire. Just fucking dire. Imagine thinking this was good music.
I find 60s music kinda boring
I immediately hated it because it reminded me of a musical
Today they would have to bill themselves as a Beatles/Beach Boys tribute act featuring a fucking pervert
Worst band name ever.
Obrzydliwa okładka, znane totalnie, choć tylko punktowo. Jest to zle, wesole i nudne
meh there were some good songs
Don’t like the musical vibe of the songs, especially the first song. Had a few decent moments but nothing to write homemade about. Feels like a strange collection of songs that don’t quite work together
Det låter så gammalt,! Första ettan!
This is a prime reason why pop sucks. It gets SOOOOOO dated. 1/5
Trite 60s pop made by at least one absolutely terrible person. California Dreamin' is a pretty good song and I can see why Monday, Monday was popular.
1. monday - 2 2. zhooter - 1 3. feeling - 1.5 4. name - 1 5. dance - 1 6. go - 1 7. california - 3.5 8. harlem - 1.5 9. groovy - 1 10. girl - 1 11. baby - 1 12. in - 1.5
No
Ugh, I have never liked the Mama's and the Papa's. This album is no different.
I was expecting more from such an established name in music history. Regardless can't change my rule that all child-fuckers get 1 star.
Ummm… so, this was an interesting listen! I can totally see how it was popular in the 1960s; it really is twist-your-leg type of music. However, unfortunately, it has not really survived the test of time! California Dreamin’ is iconic and really provided a midway through pick me up. However, the rest of the album was boring, a bit cringe and just not my vibe! I don’t think I’d really mind if I never heard any of these songs again! Feels harsh but #sorrynotsorry 🫣😂
This was 1 star for me when I was 10 and is still 1 star 56 years later, F.
One ‘iconic’ song doesn’t make an album great
best thing about this is the part on Do You Want To Dance sampled on Jens Lekman's Maple Leaves. the stuff that isn't terrible is recorded in a way that sound cool, in that way that bass guitar etc. sounds reliably cool on 60s records. this was supposed to be counterculture. how bout that. downgrading from a 2 for reprehensible behaviour. music: hated. (⌐☮_☮)
This stinks! No wonder all the hippies grew up to be reactionary conservatives. They thought this stuff was the soundtrack to a revolution!
60’s don’t care
California dreaming gives it an extra star.
I dont like it
"My generation? Yeah, we all used to hang out together in bathrooms, taking turns shitting in one over-burdened toilet. We were responsible for ending the war in Vietnam!" Get fucked.
Not my thing. John Phillips is a reprehensible human being.
Couple of good songs but they just sound so old. I can't really get behind listening to them a ton. Appreciate their classics but that's all it is to me.
Not a fan of music to murder to
Plastic people. Oh baby now you're such a drag. This is so shiny and polished and bland and happy and superficial and inoffensive. So much so it made me angry. It is also derivative. Do you find the Monkees a bit edgy? Are the Beach Boys a little subversive for you? This is the album for you. Just the most banal, lightweight, pointless un-engaging sack of piffle. 'California dreamin' is a bona fide hit but still a pretty cheesy and jaded one. And how did they mange to such a gutless, souless, off tune version of the usually crisp and jaunty 'The In-crowd'. They should have all got in toilet not the bath.
100 albums be so US dominant caste. The "In" Crowd: nice Motown sound...another appropriation. Sounds different from the rest of the album. This is another one that can play in the background while I work. Won't 'favorite' this or listen again voluntarily, but don't hate it.
I’ve never been a fan of theirs
Not a big fan
Super derivative of beach boys and other pop sensations of the time. Their songwriting is not nearly on the same on this album. I thought a lot of the songs hit a level of irritating as it’s trying to be sweet. California dreaming is good and a classic. 1.5/5
Boo
The song Spanish Harlem was so fkn bad I couldnt finish the album
Not good to listen to when you are frustrated at work
All the leaves are brown is leuk, de rest een beetje gezeik
Nah
Monday Monday and California Dreaming classics, right? The rest is dreadful. I did like Straight Shooter with its slick guitar riff. That’s it. The rest of this is cheesy. The In Crowd is the cringiest thing I’ve ever heard.
Meh
Remember when all it took to be happy was this?
More like great-grandmama's and great-grandpapa's.
Did not like
It's music so that's good. But it's very same-y to me. I think I'm lacking historical context or something. Too many lose songs.
Niet mijn ding. Zoetsappig close harmony geneuzel, ik luister wel gewoon Rubber Soul
great 1
I've never liked The Mamas & The Papas. I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt; but then I heard what they did to "Do You Wanna Dance". In some circles it's considered to be a war crime.
Never cared for them, still don't.
Monday, Monday: 1/5, if every song sounds like this then...yeah Straight Shooter: 1/5 Got a Feelin': 1/5 I Call Your Name: 1/5 Do You Wanna Dance: 1/5 Go Where You Wanna Go: 1/5 California Dreamin': 2/5, like the flute solo Spanish Harlem: 1/5 Somebody Groovy: 1.5/5 Hey Girl: 1/5 You Baby: 1/5 The 'In' Crowd: 1/5 Overall: 1.13/5, definitely not my cup of tea
Not a big fan of the hippie music of the 60's. The 2 most popular songs, I find pretty annoying, California Dreaming and Monday Monday. I liked Straight Shooter. Just seemed to be different. Also liked Do you wanna dance, but because I thought of the Ramones. These clowns managed to fuck it up, but what do you want from a group of hippies? John Phillips is one sick motherphugger or should I say daughter phugger? When I hear Mamas & Papas, I immediately think of how sick that bastard is/was and just cringe when I hear any of their music. I'll give a 1, because they made me think of the Ramones
Meh. Ikkje så veldig fan av slik pop-rock utført på denne måten. Og sangen "Do you wanna dance" fortjener -3000 i score. :P
California Dreamin stands so far and above the other tracks in terms of production, vocals and quality it’s like it’s a completely different band. Holy balls. After reading the controversy, I’m done with them.
couple of songs
I have never felt so physically revolted by the sound of music.
This type of jam just ain't my kind of bag, baby.
Didn’t dig it
i only like california dreaming because of chungking express...but yeah generally not into this vibe..
good vibez
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