Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful album) explained

Daydream is the second album by the Lovin' Spoonful, released in March 1966. It features two hits, "Daydream", which reached No. 2 in the U.S. Billboard Top 40 charts, and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (U.S. No. 10).

History

The Lovin' Spoonful recorded most of Daydream in four days at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, from December13 to 16, 1965. Some songs had been recorded in November, including the non-album single "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice".^[2] Sessions also took place at Columbia Studios in New York City and RCA in Hollywood, Los Angeles. With only five originals on the band's debut release, Do You Believe in Magic, Daydream featured much more songwriting by Lovin' Spoonful co-founder singer and vocalist John Sebastian, who either wrote or co-wrote all but one of the songs on this release.

Kama Sutra Records issued Daydream in the United States in March1966. Release of the album followed in the United Kingdom on April 29.^[3]

Covers

The song "Daydream" was recorded by Bobby Darin for his album If I Were A Carpenter. British pop group Right Said Fred took the song "Daydream" to Number 29 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992. The New Jersey band Yo La Tengo released its arrangement of "Butchie's Tune" on their 2015 album Stuff Like That There. In 1967 Scott McKenzie recorded "It's Not Time Now" for his debut album The Voice of Scott McKenzie.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, Gary Mollica describes the album as "very strong".It was voted number 767 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).^[4] The album reached number 9 on the Finnish Album Chart in August 1966.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Sebastian, except where noted.

Personnel

According to the album's original liner notes, except where noted:

The Lovin' Spoonful

• John Sebastianlead vocals, guitars, harmonica, autoharp; lead guitar ; additional drums
  • Zal Yanovskylead vocals; lead guitar ; six-string bass guitar Steve Boonebass guitar; piano ; chimes

Production

• Erik Jacobsenproducer

Charts

+Weekly chart performance	Chart (1966)	Peak position
Finland (Suomen Virallinen)	9
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[6]	8
US Billboard Top LPs[7]	10
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[8]	25
US Record World 100 Top LPs[9]	7

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Ranking
US Billboard[10]	85
US Cash Box[11]	49

References

Sources

• Book: Boone . Steve . Moss . Tony . Steve Boone . Hotter Than a Match Head: My Life on the Run with The Lovin' Spoonful . 2014 . . Toronto . 978-1-77041-193-7 . Google Books.
• Book: Turner . Steve . Steve Turner (writer) . Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year . 2017 . . New York City . 978-0-06-247558-9 . registration . the Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. Book: Nelson . Paul . Paul Nelson (critic) . Miller . Jim . The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll . 1980 . . New York City . 0-394-73938-8 . 231–234 . Revised and Updated . https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneillu00mill/page/231/ . Folk Rock . registration . the Internet Archive.
2. Diken . Dennis . Daydream . . 2002 . Liner notes . . 74465 99731 2.
3. Anon.. News Extra: Spoonful LP. Melody Maker. April 30, 1966. 15.
4. Book: All Time Top 1000 Albums. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin. Virgin Books. 2000. 3rd. 0-7535-0493-6. 242.
5. Book: Nyman, Jake . Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja . Tammi . 2005 . 951-31-2503-3 . 1st . Helsinki . 199 . fi.
6. Web site: Lovin' Spoonful . . August 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816014342/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12420/lovin-spoonful/ . 16 August 2022 . live.
7. The Lovin' Spoonful Chart History . . August 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121215619/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-lovin-spoonful/chart-history/hsi/ . November 21, 2022 . live.
8. Cash Box Top 100 Albums. June 18, 1966. Cash Box. 53.
9. 100 Top LP's. June 18, 1965. Record World. 24.
10. Top Records of 1966 . December 24, 1966 . . 34–35 . Google Books.
11. Best Albums of 1966. December 24, 1966. Cash Box. 34.