The Cowsills (1967 album)

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The Cowsills
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Studio album by
The Cowsills
Released1967
GenreBubblegum pop, pop
Length36:01
LabelMercury
ProducerArtie Kornfield
The Cowsills chronology
The Cowsills
(1967) 		We Can Fly
(1968)

The Cowsills is the eponymous debut album by American pop group and family the Cowsills. The first single from the album was "The Rain, The Park & Other Things", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart.

Similar in style to pop groups The Mamas & the Papas, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, The Monkees, AM pop and sunshine pop-style pop music of the time,[1] the Cowsills produced family-friendly music by an actual family.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars [1]

In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder wrote: "Echoes of the prettier and less daring parts of Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's abound in the best of the harmonizing here, and also in some of the brass and percussion, and the guitar flourishes on numbers like 'Pennies' (which could easily have been a hit)".[1]

Track listing[]

Side 1[]

  1. "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" – 2:57
  2. "Pennies" – 2:49
  3. "La Rue Du Soleil" – 2:46
  4. "Thinkin' About the Other Side" – 2:04
  5. "Dreams of Linda" – 2:44
  6. "River Blue" – 2:55

Side 2[]

  1. "Gettin' Into That Sunny, Sunny Feelin' Again" – 2:34
  2. "That's My Time of the Day" – 2:25
  3. "Troubled Roses" – 2:08
  4. "(Stop, Look) Is Anyone There?" – 2:33
  5. "How Can I Make You See" – 2:11
  6. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" – 2:14

Razor & Tie bonus tracks[]

  2. "Love American Style" Margolin, Fox[2]
  3. "The Impossible Years" (Medress, Margo, Margo, Siegel)

Now Sounds, April 7, 2015 release bonus tracks[]

  2. "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" (Mono 45)[3]
  3. "River Blue" (Mono 45)
  4. "Most of All"
  5. "Siamese Cat"
  6. "Party Girl"
  7. "What's It Gonna Be Like"
  8. "A Most Peculiar Man"
  9. "Could It Be, Let Me Know"

Personnel[]

  • Mom (Barbara) – vocals
  • Barry – bass, vocals
  • Bill – guitar, vocals
  • Bob – guitar, vocals
  • John – drums, vocals
  • Arranged by Jimmy "Wiz" Wisner (tracks: 1 to 12), Charles Calello (track: 14 Razor & Tie Version)
  • Produced by Artie Kornfeld

Charts[]

Chart performance for The Cowsills
Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 31

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Eder, Bruce. "The Cowsills > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ discogs.com (July 26, 2017). "The Cowsills - The Cowsills". discogs.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. ^ discogs.com (July 26, 2017). "The Cowsills - The Cowsills". discogs.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Cowsills Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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