Mamas and Papas/Soul Train
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Mamas and Papas/Soul Train
| type = Album
| artist = Classics IV
| cover = ClassicsIVMamasAndPapasSoulTrain.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1968
| recorded = 1968
| venue =
| studio = Studio One
| genre = Soft rock, blue-eyed soul
| length =
| label = Imperial Records
| producer = Bill Lowery
| prev_title = Spooky
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = Traces
| next_year = 1969
| misc =
{{Singles
| name = Mamas and Papas/Soul Train
| type = studio
| single1 = Soul Train
| single1date = 1968
| single2 = Mama's and Papa's
| single2date = 1968
| single3 = Stormy
| single3date = 1968
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mamas-and-papas-soul-train-mw0000868026|title=Mamas and Papas/Soul Train: Review|website=AllMusic|accessdate=September 4, 2020}}
}}
Mamas and Papas/Soul Train is the second album by Classics IV, released in 1968 on Imperial Records. The album was reissued in 1984 by Liberty Records, with "The Girl from Ipanema" omitted from it.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kbaAAAAMAAJ|title=Mamas and Papas/Soul Train|journal=Crawdaddy|issue=21-23|date=1969|publisher=Crawdaddy Publishing Company|accessdate=September 4, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22YmAQAAIAAJ|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|pages=498–499|date=1992|publisher=Guinness Publishing|isbn=9780851129396|accessdate=September 4, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/badcatrecords/CLASSICiv.htm|title=Classics IV|website=Bad Cat|accessdate=September 4, 2020}}
The album scratched the Billboard Top LPs, peaking at No. 196. "Stormy" was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Reception
The album was met with mixed reviews. Joe Viglione of AllMusic describes the album as a compilation of pop and soul acts, in which the band attempted to sound like the Mamas and the Papas. Bad Cat calls the album inconsistent, but praised the group for bringing an entertaining mix of commercial pop and blue-eyed soul.
Track listing
All songs are written by Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Soul Train
| length1 = 2:40
| title2 = Bed of Roses
| writer2 = Buie, Cobb, Adkins
| length2 = 2:12
| title3 = Strange Changes
| length3 = 2:22
| title4 = Ladies Man
| writer4 = Buie, Adkins
| length4 = 2:15
| title5 = Waves
| length5 = 2:14
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title6 = Stormy
| length6 = 2:45
| title7 = Mama's And Papa's
| length7 = 2:06
| title8 = Pity The Fool
| writer8 = Buie, Goldsboro
| length8 = 2:08
| title9 = It Ain't Necessarily So
| writer9 = G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin
| length9 = 1:45
| title10 = 24 Hours Of Loneliness
| length10 = 2:05
| title11 = The Girl from Ipanema
| writer11 = Jobim, Gimbel, de Moraes
| length11 = 2:28
}}
Personnel
;Production
- Producer: Bill Lowery
- Photography: Marvin Lyons
Charts
;Album
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Chart !Position |
| 1968
|Billboard Top LPs |align="center"|196 |
;Singles
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Single !Chart !Position |
| rowspan="3"|1968
|"Soul Train" |U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Soul+Train+by+Classics+IV&id=9054|title=Soul Train|website=Music VF|accessdate=September 4, 2020}} |align="center"|90 |
| rowspan="2"|"Stormy"
|U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Stormy+by+Classics+IV&id=9055|title=Stormy (Hot 100)|website=Music VF|accessdate=September 4, 2020}} |align="center"|5 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/classics-iv-dennis-yost-2/chart-history/asi/|title=Stormy (Adult Contemporary)|website=Billboard|accessdate=September 4, 2020}}
|align="center"|26 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs release|8902922|Mamas and Papas/Soul Train|type=album}}
- {{AllMusic|id=mw0000868026|title=Mamas and Papas/Soul Train}}
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