Birthday (album)

Birthday
Studio album by The Association
Released March 1968[1]
Recorded October 1967-February 1968
Genre Psychedelic pop, rock
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bones Howe
The Association chronology
Insight Out
(1967)		 Birthday
(1968)		 Greatest Hits
(1968)
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Allmusic [2]

Birthday is The Association's fourth album (# 23). Despite the ostensibly psychedelic cover, the album was even lighter on psychedelic influences than their first three, with "The Time it is Today" being the sole representative of conventional psychedelic rock. Most of the album, including the two hit singles, "Everything That Touches You" (#10) and "Time For Livin'" (#39) is in the easy-listening symphonic pop vein.

This was the last LP by the group that spawned Top 40 hits.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "Come On In" (Jo Mapes) Kirkman and Giguere 3:19
2. "Rose Petals, Incense and a Kitten" (McClelland, Jim Yester) Yester 2:57
3. "Like Always" (Bob Alcivar, Tony Ortega, Larry Ramos) Ramos 3:08
4. "Everything That Touches You" (Terry Kirkman) Kirkman and Yester 3:22
5. "Toymaker" (Comanor) Yester and Kirkman 3:30
Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "Barefoot Gentleman" (Carmel, Yester) Yester 3:27
2. "Time For Livin'" (Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi) Giguere and Ramos 2:48
3. "Hear in Here" (Ted Bluechel) Bluechel 3:17
4. "The Time It Is Today" (Russ Giguere) Giguere 2:19
5. "The Bus Song" (Kirkman) Kirkman 3:34
6. "Birthday Morning" (Carmel, Yester) Yester 2:25

References

  1. ^ "The Association". Technicolor Web of Sound. October 10, 2011. http://www.techwebsound.com/playlistdetail.cfm?artist=37. 
  2. ^ Allmusic review
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Jules Gary Alexander • Terry Kirkman • Brian Cole • Ted Bluechel Jr
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