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Association - ALBEN (1966-1969)

vom: 12.08.2021

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While there are plenty of amazing moments on the Association's albums that never came anywhere near a single, the group was first and foremost a singles-oriented act, just as L.A. sunshine pop contemporaries like the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds notwithstanding) and the Mamas & the Papas were. That's part of what makes this anthology such an effective encapsulation of the group's gestalt. The last major Association anthology, Rhino's 2002 double-disc release Just the Right Sound, took a more expansive approach to organizing its retrospective. But by presenting the A- and B-sides of each Association single from 1965's Bob Dylan cover "One Too Many Mornings" to 1971's "That's Racin'" in chronological order, the Now Sounds collection allows listeners to experience the group's evolution in exactly the same way a fan of 45s would have done during the Association's heyday. And while assembled A-sides like "Along Comes Mary," "Cherish," "Windy," and "Never My Love" lend this two-CD offering a definitive greatest-hits aspect, the B-sides are often non-LP cuts, adding some serious heft to the archival side of the project.

Stylistically speaking, it's fascinating to hear the growth the Association experienced over the course of just a few years. While the succulent vocal harmonies remained a signature throughout the group's career, the arrangements and songwriting underwent some major changes. The band began in a folk-rock mode with tracks like the aforementioned Dylan tune before settling into a lush, heavenly pop paradise all their own on circa 1968 masterpieces like "Everything That Touches You." At the same time, the fuzzed-out guitar lines of another 1968 single, "Six Man Band," showed the Association to be entirely comfortable with psychedelia. By 1969, the hits pretty much stopped coming, but the group didn't hit the pause button on its evolutionary process. 1970 B-sides "I Am Up for Europe" and "Look at Me, Look at You" show that the Association was capable of convincingly shifting toward heavy, blues-based rock and country-rock, respectively, while it's easy to envision "It's Gotta Be Real" hitting the early-‘70s R&B charts if only it had come from an act with a bit less of a squeaky-clean straight pop image. If you let it, The Complete Warner Bros. & Valiant Singles can simultaneously underline the Association's commercial peak and deepen your understanding of the group's true musical personality.

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1966 - And Then... Along Comes the Association
1-1 Enter The Young
1-2 Your Own Love
1-3 Dont' Blame It On Me
1-4 Blistered
1-5 I'll Be Your Man
1-6 Along Comes Mary
1-7 Cherish
1-8 Standing Still
1-9 Message Of Our Love
1-10 Round Again
1-11 Remember
1-12 Changes

1966 - Renaissance
2-1 I'm The One
2-2 Memories Of You
2-3 All Is Mine
2-4 Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies
2-5 Angeline
2-6 Songs In The Wind
2-7 You May Think
2-8 Looking Glass
2-9 Come To Me
2-10 No Fair At All
2-11 You Hear Me Call Your Name
2-12 Another Time, Another Place

1967 - Insight Out
3-1 Wasn't It A Bit Like Now (Parallel '23)
3-2 On A Quiet Night
3-3 We Love Us
3-4 When Love Comes To Me
3-5 Windy
3-6 Reputation
3-7 Never My Love
3-8 Happiness Is
3-9 Sometime
3-10 Wantin' Ain't Gettin'
3-11 Requim For The Masses

1968 - Birthday
4-1 Come On In
4-2 Rose Petals, Incense And A Kitten
4-3 Like Always
4-4 Everything That Touches You
4-5 Toymaker
4-6 Barefoot Gentleman
4-7 Time For Livin'
4-8 Here In Here
4-9 The Time Is Today
4-10 The Bus Song
4-11 Birthday Morning

1969 - The Association
5-1 Look At Me, Look At You
5-2 Yes, I Will
5-3 Love Affair
5-4 The Nest
5-5 What Were The Words
5-6 Are You Ready
5-7 Dubuque Blues
5-8 Under Branches
5-9 I Am Up For Europe
5-10 Broccoli
5-11 Goodbye Forever
5-12 Boy On A Mountain