Mamas and Papas/Soul Train

Mamas and Papas/Soul Train
Studio album by Classics IV
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Studio	Studio One
Genre	Soft rock, blue-eyed soul
Label	Imperial Records
Producer	Bill Lowery
Classics IV chronology
Spooky (1967) Mamas and Papas/Soul Train (1968) Traces (1969)
Singles from Mamas and Papas/Soul Train
"Soul Train" Released: 1968 "Mama's and Papa's" Released: 1968 "Stormy" Released: 1968

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AllMusic	[1]

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. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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. ^[1] Bad Cat calls the album inconsistent, but praised the group for bringing an entertaining mix of commercial pop and blue-eyed soul. ^[4]

Track listing

All songs are written by Buddy Buie and J. R. Cobb, except where noted.

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Train"		2:40
2.	"Bed of Roses"	Buie, Cobb, Adkins	2:12
3.	"Strange Changes"		2:22
4.	"Ladies Man"	Buie, Adkins	2:15
5.	"Waves"		2:14

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Stormy"		2:45
7.	"Mama's And Papa's"		2:06
8.	"Pity The Fool"	Buie, Goldsboro	2:08
9.	"It Ain't Necessarily So"	G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin	1:45
10.	"24 Hours Of Loneliness"		2:05
11.	"The Girl from Ipanema"	Jobim, Gimbel, de Moraes	2:28

Personnel

Production

• Producer: Bill Lowery
• Photography: Marvin Lyons

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Billboard Top LPs	196

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1968	"Soul Train"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5]	90
	"Stormy"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6]	5
		U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [7]	26

References

1. "Mamas and Papas/Soul Train: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 4, 2020.
2. "Mamas and Papas/Soul Train". Crawdaddy (21–23). Crawdaddy Publishing Company. 1969. Retrieved September 4, 2020– via Google Books.
3. Larkin, Colin (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Publishing. pp. 498–499. ISBN   9780851129396 . Retrieved September 4, 2020– via Google Books.
4. "Classics IV". Bad Cat. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
5. "Soul Train". Music VF. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
6. "Stormy (Hot 100)". Music VF. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
7. "Stormy (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved September 4, 2020.

External links

• Mamas and Papas/Soul Train at Discogs
• Mamas and Papas/Soul Train at AllMusic