If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears

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If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
Studio album by The Mamas and the Papas
Released	March 1966
Recorded	1965—1966
Genre	Pop rock
Length	33:42
Label	Dunhill
Producer(s)	Lou Adler
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The Mamas and the Papas chronology
	If You Can Believe You Eyes and Ears (1966)	The Mamas and the Papas (album) (1966)

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is the 1966 debut album by The Mamas & the Papas. In 2003, the album was ranked number 127 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Album covers

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is one of the few albums to have three separate covers. The first cover featured the group in a bathroom sitting in a bathtub with a toilet in the corner. The album with this cover was pulled from stores after the toilet was declared indecent. The remaining covers featuring the toilet have since become collector's items. A second album cover was then released with a scroll over the toilet listing the hit songs in the album. A third album cover was later released with a closely cropped shot of the band surrounded by a black border that removed any hint that the picture was taken in a bathroom.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Monday, Monday"
2. "Straight Shooter"
3. "Got a Feelin'"
4. "I Call Your Name"
5. "Do You Wanna Dance"
6. "Go Where You Wanna Go"
7. "California Dreamin'"
8. "Spanish Harlem"
9. "Somebody Groovy"
10. "Hey Girl"
11. "You Baby"
12. "The 'In' Crowd"

[edit] External links

• Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time listing
• About the album's cover