Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful album)

Daydream
Daydream
Studio album by The Lovin' Spoonful
Released	March 1966
Recorded	Aug 1965-Dec 1965
Genre	Folk rock, pop
Length	30:24 (original LP)
Label	Kama Sutra
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
The Lovin' Spoonful chronology

Daydream is the second album by The Lovin' Spoonful, released in 1966. It features two hits, "Daydream", which reached No. 2 in the U.S. Billboard Top 40 charts, and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (U.S. No. 10).

History[]

With only five originals on the band's debut release, Do You Believe in Magic, Daydream featured much more songwriting by Lovin' Spoonful co-founder singer and vocalist John Sebastian, who either wrote or co-wrote all but one of the songs on this release.

Daydream was re-released on CD in 2002 by Buddah Records and included five bonus tracks.

Covers[]

The song "Daydream" was recorded by Bobby Darin for his album If I Were A Carpenter. British pop group Right Said Fred took the song "Daydream" to Number 29 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992. The New Jersey band Yo La Tengo released its arrangement of "Butchie's Tune" on their 2015 album Stuff Like That There. In 1967 Scott McKenzie recorded "It's Not Time Now" for his debut album .

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Gary Mollica said that "The band's second LP was very strong".^[1] It was voted number 767 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).^[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by John Sebastian except as noted. Jug Band Music was the first song on side two of the original LP.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Daydream"		2:21
2.	"There She Is"		1:58
3.	"It's Not Time Now"	Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky	2:49
4.	"Warm Baby"		2:03
5.	"Day Blues"	Joe Butler, Sebastian	3:15
6.	"Let the Boy Rock and Roll"	Butler, Sebastian	2:34
7.	"Jug Band Music"		2:53
8.	"Didn't Want to Have to Do It"		2:36
9.	"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"	Steve Boone, Sebastian	2:29
10.	"Bald Headed Lena"	Willy Perryman, Edward Snead	2:25
11.	"Butchie's Tune"	Boone, Sebastian	2:37
12.	"Big Noise from Speonk"	Boone, Butler, Sebastian, Yanovsky	2:21

Bonus tracks on 2002 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Fishin' Blues" (Instrumental)	Traditional	2:32
14.	"Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Demo)		2:49
15.	"Jug Band Music" (Instrumental)		2:54
16.	"Daydream" (Demo)		3:19
17.	"Night Owl Blues" (Alternate)	Boone, Butler, Sebastian, Yanovsky	4:40

Personnel[]

John Sebastian – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, autoharp, harmonica, keyboards
Steve Boone – bass, vocals
Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals
Zal Yanovsky – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Mollica, Gary. "Daydream > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 3074. ISBN 978-0857125958.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 242. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

[AM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Mollica, Gary. "Daydream > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 3074. ISBN 978-0857125958.

[Larkin-3] Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 242. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

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hide v t The Lovin' Spoonful
Steve Boone Joe Butler Mike Arturi Phil Smith John Sebastian Zal Yanovsky Jerry Yester
Studio albums	Do You Believe in Magic Daydream Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful You're A Big Boy Now Everything Playing Revelation: Revolution '69
Compilations	What's Shakin' The Best of The Lovin' Spoonful The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful Anthology Greatest Hits
Live albums	Live at the Hotel Seville
Singles	"Do You Believe In Magic" "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" "Daydream" "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" "Summer in the City" "Darling Be Home Soon"