The Mamas & the Papas discography | |
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The Mamas & the Papas in 1967 | |
Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 5 |
Compilation albums | 23 |
Video albums | 6 |
Music videos | 6 |
EPs | 5 |
Singles | 17 |
The Mamas & the Papas were a vocal group from Los Angeles, California that was active from 1966 to 1969. Their discography consists of a total of five albums and 17 singles, six of which made the Billboard top ten, and sold close to 40 million records worldwide. [1] " Monday, Monday" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1966 and " California Dreamin'" was the top song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966.
The Mamas & the Papas' recordings were released on Dunhill Records until 1967, when the company was sold and the label became ABC-Dunhill. [2] Around 1973, ABC-Dunhill discarded all multi-track session recordings and mono masters because they were deemed obsolete and too expensive to store. [3] The original recordings of the Mamas & the Papas, and of labelmates such as Three Dog Night, are therefore lost, and it has been necessary to create digital versions from the stereo album masters, often second- or third-generation tapes. This is why the sound quality of Mamas and Papas' reissues does not match the best from the 1960s. In 2012, Sundazed Records located a mono master of If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears in the UK and released it on 180-gram vinyl and a limited edition of 500 compact discs. [4] Three years later an extensive search of label archives worldwide turned up all the mono singles and mono LP masters from which the 50th Anniversary 2-CD set was made a year later and reissued for Record Store Day in 2018. [5]
The singles "California Dreamin'", " Dream a Little Dream of Me", and "Monday, Monday" have been certified as 3× platinum, platinum, and gold by the RIAA, respectively. [6]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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US [7] |
CAN [8] |
GER [9] |
UK [10] | |||
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears |
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1 | — | — | 3 | |
The Mamas & the Papas |
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4 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
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Deliver |
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2 | 3 | 30 | 4 |
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The Papas & the Mamas |
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15 | — | — | — | |
People Like Us |
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84 | 55 | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Historic Performances at the Monterey International Pop Festival |
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Greatest Hits: Live in 1982 |
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Live in Concert |
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California Dreamin' |
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Live! |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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US [7] |
AUS [14] |
BEL (FL) [15] |
NL [16] |
UK [10] | |||
Farewell to the First Golden Era |
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5 | — | — | — | — |
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Golden Era Vol. 2 |
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53 | — | — | — | — | |
Hits of Gold |
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— | — | — | — | 7 | |
16 of Their Greatest Hits |
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61 | 13 | — | — | — | |
A Gathering of Flowers |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
20 Golden Hits |
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186 | — | — | — | — | |
The Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
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— | — | — | — | 6 | |
The ABC Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
The Hit Singles Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
The ★ Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Creeque Alley: The History of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
California Dreamin': The Very Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
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— | — | 45 | 33 | 14 | |
California Dreamin': The Greatest Hits of the Mamas and the Papas |
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— | — | — | — | 30 | |
Greatest Hits |
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123 | — | — | — | — | |
Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas... The Magic Circle |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mamas & the Papas |
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— | — | — | — | — |
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All the Leaves Are Brown: The Golden Era Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
Complete Anthology (4-disc box set) |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
Gold |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
California Dreamin': The Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
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— | — | — | — | 21 | |
Icon |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
The Complete Singles (50th Anniversary Collection) |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
Ultimate Anthology |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Straight Shooter |
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The Very Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
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California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas and the Papas |
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The Mamas & the Papas & Other '60s Greats |
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Legends of the Canyon |
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The Ed Sullivan Show Presents: The Mamas & the Papas |
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The Ed Sullivan Show Presents: California Dreaming' - The Songs of the Mamas & the Papas |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [19] |
AUS [14] |
BEL (FL) [15] |
BEL (WA) [20] |
CAN [21] |
GER [9] |
NL [16] |
NZ [22] |
SA [23] |
UK [10] | ||||
" Go Where You Wanna Go" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |
" California Dreamin'" | 4 | 87 | — | — | 3 | 31 | — | 14 | — | 9 |
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" Monday, Monday" | 1966 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| |
" I Saw Her Again" | 5 | 9 | — | 47 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | The Mamas & the Papas | ||
" Look Through My Window" | 24 | 67 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 18 | — | 53 [a] | Deliver | ||
" Words of Love" | 5 | 6 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 47 | The Mamas & the Papas | ||
" Dancing in the Street" | 73 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
" Dedicated to the One I Love" | 1967 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Deliver | |
" Creeque Alley" | 5 | 4 | — | 26 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 19 | 9 | |||
" Twelve Thirty" | 20 | 20 | — | — | 14 | — | — | 11 | 16 | 51 [a] | The Papas & the Mamas | ||
" Glad to Be Unhappy" | 26 | 55 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | Golden Era Vol. 2 | ||
"Dancing Bear" | 51 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | The Mamas & the Papas | ||
" Safe in My Garden" | 1968 | 53 | 86 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | The Papas & the Mamas | |
" Dream a Little Dream of Me" | 12 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 5 | — | — | 8 | 11 [b] |
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"For the Love of Ivy" | 81 | — | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
" Do You Wanna Dance" | 76 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | ||
"Step Out" | 1972 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | People Like Us | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
The Mamas & the Papas discography | |
---|---|
The Mamas & the Papas in 1967 | |
Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 5 |
Compilation albums | 23 |
Video albums | 6 |
Music videos | 6 |
EPs | 5 |
Singles | 17 |
The Mamas & the Papas were a vocal group from Los Angeles, California that was active from 1966 to 1969. Their discography consists of a total of five albums and 17 singles, six of which made the Billboard top ten, and sold close to 40 million records worldwide. [1] " Monday, Monday" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1966 and " California Dreamin'" was the top song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966.
The Mamas & the Papas' recordings were released on Dunhill Records until 1967, when the company was sold and the label became ABC-Dunhill. [2] Around 1973, ABC-Dunhill discarded all multi-track session recordings and mono masters because they were deemed obsolete and too expensive to store. [3] The original recordings of the Mamas & the Papas, and of labelmates such as Three Dog Night, are therefore lost, and it has been necessary to create digital versions from the stereo album masters, often second- or third-generation tapes. This is why the sound quality of Mamas and Papas' reissues does not match the best from the 1960s. In 2012, Sundazed Records located a mono master of If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears in the UK and released it on 180-gram vinyl and a limited edition of 500 compact discs. [4] Three years later an extensive search of label archives worldwide turned up all the mono singles and mono LP masters from which the 50th Anniversary 2-CD set was made a year later and reissued for Record Store Day in 2018. [5]
The singles "California Dreamin'", " Dream a Little Dream of Me", and "Monday, Monday" have been certified as 3× platinum, platinum, and gold by the RIAA, respectively. [6]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [7] |
CAN [8] |
GER [9] |
UK [10] | |||
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears |
|
1 | — | — | 3 | |
The Mamas & the Papas |
|
4 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
|
Deliver |
|
2 | 3 | 30 | 4 |
|
The Papas & the Mamas |
|
15 | — | — | — | |
People Like Us |
|
84 | 55 | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
---|---|
Historic Performances at the Monterey International Pop Festival |
|
Greatest Hits: Live in 1982 |
|
Live in Concert |
|
California Dreamin' |
|
Live! |
|
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [7] |
AUS [14] |
BEL (FL) [15] |
NL [16] |
UK [10] | |||
Farewell to the First Golden Era |
|
5 | — | — | — | — |
|
Golden Era Vol. 2 |
|
53 | — | — | — | — | |
Hits of Gold |
|
— | — | — | — | 7 | |
16 of Their Greatest Hits |
|
61 | 13 | — | — | — | |
A Gathering of Flowers |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
20 Golden Hits |
|
186 | — | — | — | — | |
The Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
— | — | — | — | 6 | |
The ABC Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
The Hit Singles Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
The ★ Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Creeque Alley: The History of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
California Dreamin': The Very Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
— | — | 45 | 33 | 14 | |
California Dreamin': The Greatest Hits of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
— | — | — | — | 30 | |
Greatest Hits |
|
123 | — | — | — | — | |
Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas... The Magic Circle |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mamas & the Papas |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
All the Leaves Are Brown: The Golden Era Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Complete Anthology (4-disc box set) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Gold |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
California Dreamin': The Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
— | — | — | — | 21 | |
Icon |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
The Complete Singles (50th Anniversary Collection) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
Ultimate Anthology |
|
— | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
---|---|
Straight Shooter |
|
The Very Best of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas and the Papas |
|
The Mamas & the Papas & Other '60s Greats |
|
Legends of the Canyon |
|
The Ed Sullivan Show Presents: The Mamas & the Papas |
|
The Ed Sullivan Show Presents: California Dreaming' - The Songs of the Mamas & the Papas |
|
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [19] |
AUS [14] |
BEL (FL) [15] |
BEL (WA) [20] |
CAN [21] |
GER [9] |
NL [16] |
NZ [22] |
SA [23] |
UK [10] | ||||
" Go Where You Wanna Go" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |
" California Dreamin'" | 4 | 87 | — | — | 3 | 31 | — | 14 | — | 9 |
| ||
" Monday, Monday" | 1966 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| |
" I Saw Her Again" | 5 | 9 | — | 47 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | The Mamas & the Papas | ||
" Look Through My Window" | 24 | 67 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 18 | — | 53 [a] | Deliver | ||
" Words of Love" | 5 | 6 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 47 | The Mamas & the Papas | ||
" Dancing in the Street" | 73 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
" Dedicated to the One I Love" | 1967 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Deliver | |
" Creeque Alley" | 5 | 4 | — | 26 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 19 | 9 | |||
" Twelve Thirty" | 20 | 20 | — | — | 14 | — | — | 11 | 16 | 51 [a] | The Papas & the Mamas | ||
" Glad to Be Unhappy" | 26 | 55 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | Golden Era Vol. 2 | ||
"Dancing Bear" | 51 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | The Mamas & the Papas | ||
" Safe in My Garden" | 1968 | 53 | 86 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | The Papas & the Mamas | |
" Dream a Little Dream of Me" | 12 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 5 | — | — | 8 | 11 [b] |
| ||
"For the Love of Ivy" | 81 | — | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
" Do You Wanna Dance" | 76 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | ||
"Step Out" | 1972 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | People Like Us | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |