Renaissance – THE ASSOCIATION****

I’m The One/Memories Of You/All Is Mine/Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies/Angeline/Songs In The Wind/You May Think/Looking Glass/Come To Me/No Fair At All/You Hear Me Call Your Name/Another Time Another Place

The Association's second LP Renaissance lacked a big hit single resulting in a comparatively low US album chart placing. However, it still combined memorable tunes with the group's excellent trademark vocal harmonies. (US:34)

"Renaissance is The Association's second album and, once more, these guys deliver the goods with catchy, inventive, memorable pop songs and truly unique vocal harmonies. It features a couple of Association hits, albeit minor ones: the lovely No Fair At All, and the spectacular psychedelia of Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies, one of the band's very best confections. But there are many more first rate songs."

"Second album by the excellent US pop group The Association, a sextet of gifted songwriters, players and most importantly singers, who brought the art of vocal harmony to the highest levels known in popular music. The group enjoyed some success on the US charts in the late 1960s, but they were way more sophisticated and creative to be considered just as hit makers. Most of their material was self penned, self played and self arranged and the collective talent and ingenuity of the band members was beyond doubt. This is classic pop, which still sounds perfect today. Wholeheartedly recommended.”

"This one doesn't have a standout track like their debut, but to my ears, it is every bit as good overall, and maybe even a tad more consistent. This one establishes the band as more than just commercial fluff propagators."

"Renaissance is the second album The Association released. Although there were a few 'minor' hits on the album, it did not make waves like their first release. The only reason for that is that The Association did not sound like other groups at that time, and much of their music was not mainstream top 40."

"When I first heard this I thought it paled significantly in comparison to the debut largely because it doesn't benefit from Curt Boettcher's innovative production. Give it a few listens and the quality comes through. The stripped back production actually stops this from being too cloying when they slip into ballad mode."