If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears – THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS*****

Monday Monday/Straight Shooter/Got A Feelin’/I Call Your Name/Do You Wanna Dance/Go Where You Wanna Go/California Dreamin’/Spanish Harlem/Somebody Groovy/Hey Girl/You Baby/In Crowd

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears was the stunning debut album from the iconic Californian folk-rock group The Mamas & The Papas. The hippy revolution begins here. It includes two classic singles, California Dreamin', and the US chart topping and Grammy winning Monday Monday. (US:1 UK:3) "Coming at a time prior to the '67 Summer of Love, but riding the crest of folk music's metamorphosis into electric psychedelia, this stunning debut is packed with gorgeous pop melodies enhanced by The Mamas & The Papas soon-to-be trademark harmonisations. All of the classic singles are here and even when they are covering other songs, they create fascinating interpretations that stand on their own. This is easily their masterpiece in a short and turbulent career."

"In the spring of 1966, If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears represented a genuinely new sound, as fresh to listeners as the songs on Meet The Beatles had seemed two years earlier. It embraced folk-rock, pop/rock, pop, and soul, that also reflected the kind of care that acts like The Beatles were putting into their records at the time. Monday Monday and California Dreamin' are familiar enough to anyone who's ever listened to the radio."

"A terrific album, with great original compositions, and something to admire in every other song as well."

"One of pop music's great moments, from the 1960s or any other period. This album was solidly hippie, but it managed to bridge the generation gap nicely. Every song on this album is a winner - showcasing the group's tight vocal harmonies which would bring them a Grammy award for Monday Monday. This is a groundbreaking album with dazzling vocal harmonies that likely inspired later groups."

"You can feel the sixties in the air when this music is played. When I hear this album, I think of the Summer of Love and the culture change that occurred."