Greatest Hits

by The Mamas & the Papas

Overview

This is the single-CD successor to Creeque Alley, the double-disc career retrospective issued in the early '90s. All of the hits from "California Dreamin'" to "Dream a Little Dream of Me" are here, along with their more celebrated album tracks, and the notes by Joseph Laredo provide a decent overview of the group's formation and history. The records have been remastered yet again, although the level of improvement over Creeque Alley seems modest (Creeque Alley sounded really good) compared with that double disc's improvement over the earlier, wholly inadequate masters from the 1980s. For someone who doesn't have a lot of money to spend on the band, this is the place to start, superseding all other single-disc hits collections. [Not to be confused with earlier hits compilations, the catalog number on this 20-song collection is MCAD-11740.] ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	03/10/1998
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0008811174026
Rank:	49899

Tracks

1. California Dreamin'
2. Go Where You Wanna Go
3. Monday, Monday
4. I Call Your Name
5. Do You Wanna Dance
6. I Saw Her Again
7. You Baby
8. Dancing Bear
9. Words of Love
10. No Salt on Her Tail
11. Look Through My Window
12. Dancing in the Street
13. Dedicated to the One I Love
14. Creeque Alley
15. Glad to Be Unhappy
16. Twist and Shout
17. Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)
18. My Girl
19. Safe in My Garden
20. Dream a Little Dream of Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Mamas & the Papas   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

P.F. Sloan   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Phil Medley   Composer
Ralph Bass   Composer
Michelle Phillips   Composer
Mike Fink   Design
Jim Marshall   Photography
William Stevenson   Composer
Dennis Doherty   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Steve Barri   Composer
Andy McKaie   Producer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bobby Freeman   Composer
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer
Fabian Andre   Composer
Erick Labson   Digital Remastering
Denny Doherty   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Wilbur Schwandt   Composer
Lou Adler   Producer
Joseph F. Laredo   Liner Notes
John Phillips   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Ronald White   Composer
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer