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With John–and good of Lou Adler–in control, the early Mamas & Papas stuff was often pop dynamite, a superb mix of crisp, clean, creative harmonies, dynamic instrumental chops, and John's clever lyrics, pop admittedly, but apotheotically so. The Mamas and the Papas singing, winging, soaring...

1971 RS: Not Rated

The Papas & the Mamas

1968

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

1966

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On the cover of their debut album, the Mamas and the Papas are shown lounging happily in one big bathtub. Four personable hippies, they came on in 1966 like lifestyle radicals promising hedonistic freedom. Their true gift, though, was compromise: fusing folk-rock urgency with the gloss of highly commercial studio pop. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears was a fresh wonder. By far their best...

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