Black version of "Mamas and Papas" with (gasp) far better voices and not one but two stunning beauties smiling from the album cover - and if that is not enough,you have songs by Laura Nyro,Jimmy Webb and Ashford & Simpson spread generously through very strong album with some seriously spectacular 1960s orchestration,strings swirling around singer's strong voices like Hurricanes and there are some clever touches everywhere that get listener's attention from the start (like unexpected happy Banjo in the opening song).
"Stoned Soul Picnic" is of course excellent song,pure delight here - it is actually lifted note by note from Nyro original and I can't say why lady herself did not top the charts because her recording is exactly the same - just give it a listen and you will hear basically no difference between them,maybe it is a power of voices united that gives a song a different glow,who knows? In any case they do glow and sound like a dream,there is a particular magic in these wonderful voices combined and everything about vocal arrangements and production is first-rate.
The cream of 1960s vocal harmonies,seriously.
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