If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Your Ears

Description

Nothing in hand, everything in voice! A vocal miracle with four (two women, two men), the Mama's & Papa's were a waking Californian dream. From this first album, this California of the 1960s radiates warmth, carefreeness, and a saving naivety. Original compositions (the pure masterpieces "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'") and well-chosen covers ("Spanish Harlem," "Do You Wanna Dance," "The In Crowd," "I Call Your Name" by the Beatles), the Los Angeles quartet establishes its pop infused with folk and soul on radiant vocal harmonies that make you smile blissfully. Without ever approaching any kind of silliness, the well-being of these perfectly produced songs with complex architecture is immediate. A true West Coast dream.