Together (Country Joe and the Fish album)

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Together
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Studio album by
Country Joe and the Fish
ReleasedJuly 1968
RecordedNovember 1967
StudioSierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, California
and February 1968 Vanguard Studios, 71 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY
Genre
Length34:31
Label Vanguard VSD-79277 [1]
Producer Samuel Charters
Country Joe and the Fish chronology
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die
(1967)		Together
(1968)		 Here We Are Again
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Together is the third album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish, released in 1968. [6] [7] Country Joe McDonald had briefly left the band prior to the recording sessions. [8] All of the band members contributed to the songwriting. [8] Together is the most commercially successful album from the band. [2]

Contents

The original lineup of the band broke up after the release of Together. [9] [10]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "McDonald tended to favor droning mantras like the album-closing 'An Untitled Protest', which worked better when contrasted with the likes of Melton's catchy anti-New York diatribe, 'The Streets of Your Town', and the group-written 'Rock and Soul Music'." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Rock and Soul Music" (McDonald, Melton, Cohen, Barthol, Hirsh) – 6:51
  2. "Susan" (Hirsh) – 3:28
  3. "Mojo Navigator" (Denson, Melton, McDonald) – 2:23
  4. "Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine" (Hirsh, Melton) – 2:19
  5. "Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer / The Streets of Your Town" (Melton) – 3:43
  6. "The Fish Moan" – 0:27
  7. "The Harlem Song" (McDonald) – 4:19
  8. "Waltzing in the Moonlight" (Hirsh, Melton) – 2:13
  9. "Away Bounce My Bubbles" (Hirsh) – 2:25
  10. "Cetacean" (Barthol) – 3:38
  11. "An Untitled Protest" (McDonald) – 2:45

Personnel

Country Joe and the Fish
Additional personnel

Chart positions

Billboard 200 – No. 23 [11]

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