The Papas & The Mamas top ten, it was a commercial success upon its release, becoming the band's fourth and last top 20 album in America and producing two hit singles (one of which, "Dream a Little Dream of Me", would begin Cass Elliot's solo career). This album is included in its entirety on "All the Leaves Are Brown", a retrospective compilation of the band's first four albums and various singles. All songs by John Phillips, unless otherwise noted. The Papas & The Mamas The Papas & The Mamas is a 1968 album by The Mamas & the Papas. It was their fourth and final
The Mamas & the Papas the record in the fall of 1966, playing a series of precarious and reportedly bizarre shows. At a September 1966 concert at Fordham University in New York City, the band was noted by Gus Duffy and Jim Mason of their co-headlining band, Webster's New Word, as being clearly "high, drunk, or tripping. When they got on stage, it was clear that these people shouldn't be on stage ... They tumbled onto the stage, shambled around, and just got nowhere. After completing their brief East coast tour, the group started work immediately on its third album, "The Mamas & The Papas