16 of Their Greatest Hits
{{Infobox album
| name = 16 of Their Greatest Hits
| type = greatest
| artist = the Mamas & the Papas
| cover = MamasandPapas16GreatestHits.jpg
| released = August 1969
| length = 49:01
| label = Dunhill
| producer = Lou Adler
| prev_title = The Papas & the Mamas
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = People Like Us
| next_year = 1971
}}
16 of Their Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Canadian-American folk rock band the Mamas & the Papas.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/897/mode/2u|website=Internet Archive |publisher=New York : Oxford University Press |access-date=18 September 2024 |date=2007}}
| rev2 = The Great Rock Discography
| rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Record Guide
| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 312
}}
AllMusic stated in its review of the album that it is a "great overview of the music from this group" and that "This is a good collection of their unforgettable electric folk-pop songs"{{Allmusic |title=The Mamas & the Papas – 16 of Their Greatest Hits: Review |class=album |id=mw0000190764 |access-date=2024-09-18 |language=en}} Billboard stated that it is a "collector's dream come true" and that it "is an enjoyable trip down memory lane."{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=%2216+of+Their+Greatest+Hits%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0xIyos6qLAxXpM9AFHQE3Fg8Q6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=%2216%20of%20Their%20Greatest%20Hits%22&f=false |title=Billboard |date=1969-09-06 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=20 |language=en}}
Track listing
- Dedicated to the One I Love – 2:59
- Monday, Monday – 3:24
- Look Through My Window – 3:34
- California Dreamin' – 2:40
- I Call Your Name – 2:37
- My Girl – 3:49
- Dream a Little Dream of Me – 3:13
- Go Where You Wanna Go – 2:27
- Got a Feelin' – 2:51
- I Saw Her Again Last Night – 3:14
- Words of Love – 2:15
- Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – 3:24
- Dancing in the Street – 3:48
- Glad to Be Unhappy – 1:43
- Creeque Alley – 3:49
- Midnight Voyage – 3:14
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Chart (1969)
!Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australian Charts (ARIA){{Cite book |last=Kent |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7--JAAAACAAJ |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |date=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |isbn=978-0-646-11917-5 |language=en}}
|13 |
| scope="row"|US Top LPs (Billboard){{Cite magazine |title=The Mamas & the Papas Chart History (Billboard 200) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-mamas-the-papas/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
|61 |