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When Harris, who had just performed a slew of musical numbers for the film adaptation of ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', contacted Webb for a possible collaboration, this was among the compositions that were in consideration. The Harris recording became lead single for his pop record debut, ''[[A Tramp Shining]]'', and made its way onto the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79 on May 11, 1968, peaking at number 2 on June 22, 1968 behind [[Herb Alpert]]'s "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]".
When Harris, who had just performed a slew of musical numbers for the film adaptation of ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', contacted Webb for a possible collaboration, this was among the compositions that were in consideration. The Harris recording became lead single for his pop record debut, ''[[A Tramp Shining]]'', and made its way onto the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79 on May 11, 1968, peaking at number 2 on June 22, 1968 behind [[Herb Alpert]]'s "[[This Guy's in Love with You]]".


== Track listing ==
==Track listing==
{|class="wikitable"
{{Track listing
|-
| headline =Side one
! #
| extra_column =Lead vocals
! Title
| title1 =Come on In
! Writer
| note1 =[[Jo Mapes]]
! Lead vocals
| extra1 =Kirkman and Giguere
! Guest musicians/band contributions beyond usual instruments<ref>For this album the band's usual instruments are acoustic guitar (Roger McGuinn and Gram Parsons), electric bass (Chris Hillman), drums (Kevin Kelly), and vocals (Parsons, McGuinn and Hillman)</ref>
| length1 =3:19
! Time
| title2 =Rose Petals, Incense and a Kitten
|-
| note2 =Ric McClelland, Jim Yester
||||'''Side 1'''||||||||
| extra2 =Yester
|-
| length2 =2:57
|1.
| title3 =Like Always
|"[[You Ain't Goin' Nowhere#The Byrds' version|You Ain't Goin' Nowhere]]"
| note3 =[[Bob Alcivar]], Tony Ortega, Larry Ramos
|[[Bob Dylan]]
| extra3 =Ramos
|McGuinn
| length3 =3:08
|[[Lloyd Green]] (pedal steel guitar), [[Gram Parsons]] (organ)
| title4 =[[Everything That Touches You]]
|2:33
| note4 =[[Terry Kirkman]]
|-
| extra4 =Kirkman and Yester
| 2.
| length4 =3:22
| "[[I Am a Pilgrim]]"
| title5 =Toymaker
| [[traditional music|traditional]], arranged [[Roger McGuinn]], [[Chris Hillman]]
| note5 =Jeff Comanor
| Hillman
| extra5 =Yester and Kirkman
| [[John Hartford]] (fiddle), Roy Husky (double bass), Roger McGuinn (banjo), Chris Hillman (acoustic guitar)
| length5 =3:30
| 3:39
}}
|-
{{Track listing
| 3.
| headline =Side two
| "The Christian Life"
| extra_column =Lead vocals
| [[Louvin Brothers|Charles Louvin, Ira Louvin]]
| title1 =Barefoot Gentleman
| McGuinn
| note1 =Skip Carmel, Yester
| [[JayDee Maness]] (pedal steel guitar), [[Clarence White]] (electric guitar)
| extra1 =Yester
| 2:30
| length1 =3:27
|-
| title2 =Time for Livin'
| 4.
| note2 =[[Addrisi Brothers|Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi]]
| "[[You Don't Miss Your Water]]"
| extra2 =Giguere and Ramos
| [[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]]
| length2 =2:48
| McGuinn
| title3 =Hear in Here
| Earl P. Ball (piano), JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar)
| note3 =Ted Bluechel
| 3:48
| extra3 =Bluechel
|-
| length3 =3:17
| 5.
| title4 =The Time It Is Today
| "You're Still on My Mind"
| note4 =Russ Giguere
| [[Luke McDaniel]]
| extra4 =Giguere
| Parsons
| length4 =2:19
| Earl P. Ball (piano), JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar)
| title5 =The Bus Song
| 2:25
| note5 =Kirkman
|-
| extra5 =Kirkman
| 6.
| length5 =3:34
|"[[Pretty Boy Floyd#.22The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd.22|Pretty Boy Floyd]]"
| title6 =Birthday Morning
| [[Woody Guthrie]]
| note6 =Carmel, Yester
| McGuinn
| extra6 =Yester
| Roy Husky (double bass), John Hartford (acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle), Chris Hillman (mandolin)
| length6 =2:25
| 2:34
}}
|-
||||'''Side 2'''||||||||
|-
| 1.
| "[[Hickory Wind]]"
| [[Gram Parsons]], Bob Buchanan
| Parsons
| John Hartford (fiddle), Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Roger McGuinn (banjo), Gram Parsons (piano)
| 3:31
|-
| 2.
| "One Hundred Years from Now"
| Gram Parsons
| McGuinn, Hillman
| [[Barry Goldberg]] (piano), Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Clarence White (electric guitar)
| 2:40
|-
| 3.
| "Blue Canadian Rockies"
| [[Cindy Walker]]
| Hillman
| Clarence White (electric guitar), Gram Parsons (piano)
| 2:02
|-
| 4.
| "Life in Prison"
| [[Merle Haggard]], Jelly Sanders
| Parsons
| Earl P. Ball (piano), JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar)
| 2:46
|-
| 5.
| "[[Nothing Was Delivered]]"
| Bob Dylan
| McGuinn
| Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Gram Parsons (piano, organ)
| 3:24
|}

=== Singles ===
#"Everything That Touches You" b/w "We Love Us" (Warner Bros. 7163) January 8, 1968 (US #10)
#"Time for Livin'" b/w "Birthday Morning" (Warner Bros. 7195) April 24, 1968 (US #39)


==Musicians==
==Musicians==

Revision as of 00:43, 6 April 2020

Birthday
Studio album by
The Association
ReleasedMarch 7, 1968[1]
RecordedSeptember 12, 1967 – February 23, 1968
StudioUnited Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA
GenreSunshine pop, psychedelic pop
LabelWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
ProducerBones Howe
The Association chronology
Insight Out
(1967) 		Birthday
(1968) 		Greatest Hits
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Birthday is The Association's fourth album. Despite the ostensibly psychedelic cover, the album was even lighter on psychedelic influences than their first three, with "The Time it is Today" being the sole representative of conventional psychedelic rock. Most of the album, including the two hit singles, "Everything That Touches You" (which hit number 10 in the charts[3]) and "Time For Livin'" (which reached number 39[3]) is in the easy-listening symphonic pop vein.

This was the last LP by the group that spawned Top 40 hits. It peaked at number 23 in the Billboard charts.

MacArthur Park

The song "MacArthur Park", which was first recorded by Richard Harris, was originally offered to the Association for inclusion on this album. Producer Bones Howes challenged Jimmy Webb to write a pop song that incorporated classical instrumentation and an odd time signature, which he planned to have the Association record.

According to rumors, the song was intended as a centerpiece for a twenty-four minute cantata that would occupy one side of the record; but the group rejected the idea and were only interested (albeit reluctantly) in recording the “MacArthur Park” section. This rumor was later debunked by Webb himself, claiming there was only one composition. The reason for its exclusion was that the group, being able songwriters themselves, were not willing to give up two to three of their songs for the sake of Webb's project.

When Harris, who had just performed a slew of musical numbers for the film adaptation of Camelot, contacted Webb for a possible collaboration, this was among the compositions that were in consideration. The Harris recording became lead single for his pop record debut, A Tramp Shining, and made its way onto the Billboard Hot 100 at number 79 on May 11, 1968, peaking at number 2 on June 22, 1968 behind Herb Alpert's "This Guy's in Love with You".

Track listing

# Title Writer Lead vocals Guest musicians/band contributions beyond usual instruments[4] Time
Side 1
1. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" Bob Dylan McGuinn Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Gram Parsons (organ) 2:33
2. "I Am a Pilgrim" traditional, arranged Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman Hillman John Hartford (fiddle), Roy Husky (double bass), Roger McGuinn (banjo), Chris Hillman (acoustic guitar) 3:39
3. "The Christian Life" Charles Louvin, Ira Louvin McGuinn JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar), Clarence White (electric guitar) 2:30
4. "You Don't Miss Your Water" William Bell McGuinn Earl P. Ball (piano), JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar) 3:48
5. "You're Still on My Mind" Luke McDaniel Parsons Earl P. Ball (piano), JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar) 2:25
6. "Pretty Boy Floyd" Woody Guthrie McGuinn Roy Husky (double bass), John Hartford (acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle), Chris Hillman (mandolin) 2:34
Side 2
1. "Hickory Wind" Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan Parsons John Hartford (fiddle), Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Roger McGuinn (banjo), Gram Parsons (piano) 3:31
2. "One Hundred Years from Now" Gram Parsons McGuinn, Hillman Barry Goldberg (piano), Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Clarence White (electric guitar) 2:40
3. "Blue Canadian Rockies" Cindy Walker Hillman Clarence White (electric guitar), Gram Parsons (piano) 2:02
4. "Life in Prison" Merle Haggard, Jelly Sanders Parsons Earl P. Ball (piano), JayDee Maness (pedal steel guitar) 2:46
5. "Nothing Was Delivered" Bob Dylan McGuinn Lloyd Green (pedal steel guitar), Gram Parsons (piano, organ) 3:24

Singles

  1. "Everything That Touches You" b/w "We Love Us" (Warner Bros. 7163) January 8, 1968 (US #10)
  2. "Time for Livin'" b/w "Birthday Morning" (Warner Bros. 7195) April 24, 1968 (US #39)

Musicians

According to the 2010 deluxe mono edition:[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Association--Anthology: Just The Right Sound". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Credits are given in liner notes of CD release--see 42nd image.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ a b The Association USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  4. ^ For this album the band's usual instruments are acoustic guitar (Roger McGuinn and Gram Parsons), electric bass (Chris Hillman), drums (Kevin Kelly), and vocals (Parsons, McGuinn and Hillman)
  5. ^ "Birthday: Deluxe expanded mono edition - product information". Cherry Red. Retrieved 2020-04-06.


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