Draft:Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas... The Magic Circle
"Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas... The Magic Circle" is a compilation album by the American folk rock vocal group The Mamas and the Papas.
| Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas... The Magic Circle | ||||
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| Released | March 9, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 40:14 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
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Reception
[edit]Billboard called it a "delightful disc" while going on to state that it "shows the magic circle of early-’60s Greenwich Village folk groups, from which evolved the legendary California folk-rock quartet."[1] AllMusic user Richie Unterberger stated that it was a "comprehensive overview of the Mamas & the Papas' roots" while going on to state that the album was "sometimes questionable" and "fascinating and at times musically fine document of the Mamas & Papas' tangled roots."[2]
- ^ Staff, Billboard (2001-05-19). "The Magic Circle—Before They Were the Mamas and the Papas". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas...The M... | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-08-06