Together (Country Joe and the Fish album)
Together | ||||
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Released | August 1968 | |||
Recorded | November 1967 | |||
Studio | Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, California and February 1968 Vanguard Studios, 71 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY | |||
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Length | 34:31 | |||
Label | Vanguard VSD-79277[1] | |||
Producer | Samuel Charters | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Together is the third album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish, released in 1968.[6][7] Country Joe McDonald had briefly left the band prior to the recording sessions.[8] All of the band members contributed to the songwriting.[8] Together is the most commercially successful album from the band.[2]
The original lineup of the band broke up after the release of Together.[9][10]
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "McDonald tended to favor droning mantras like the album-closing 'An Untitled Protest', which worked better when contrasted with the likes of Melton's catchy anti-New York diatribe, 'The Streets of Your Town', and the group-written 'Rock and Soul Music'."[2]
Track listing
- "Rock and Soul Music" (McDonald, Melton, Cohen, Barthol, Hirsh) – 6:51
- "Susan" (Hirsh) - 3:28
- "Mojo Navigator" (Denson, Melton, McDonald) - 2:23
- "Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine" (Hirsh, Melton) - 2:19
- "Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer / The Streets of Your Town" (Melton) - 3:43
- "The Fish Moan" - 0:27
- "The Harlem Song" (McDonald) - 4:19
- "Waltzing in the Moonlight" (Hirsh, Melton) - 2:13
- "Away Bounce My Bubbles" (Hirsh) - 2:25
- "Cetacean" (Barthol) - 3:38
- "An Untitled Protest" (McDonald) - 2:45
Personnel
- Country Joe and the Fish
- electric 12-string guitar(tracks 9, 10), noises (track 10)
- lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7), rhythm guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8), acoustic guitar(track 4), noises (track 10)
- backing vocals (track 4), spoken word (track 7), bells (track 9), harpsichord(track 10), noises (track 10)
- backing vocals (tracks 4, 7), acoustic guitar (track 10), organ(track 11), noises (track 10)
- (track 10)
- Additional personnel
- Robin McDonald – finger cymbals(track 11)
Chart positions
Billboard 200 - No. 23[11]
References
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin.
- ^ a b c "AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 576.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 279.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 164.
- ^ "Artist Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Oberman, Michael (2020). Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 124.
- ^ a b Harkins, Thomas (2019). Woodstock FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Fabled Garden. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 211.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 219.
- ^ Taylor, Steven (2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 75.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 193.