| Waterbeds in Trinidad! | ||||
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| Released | April 1972 | |||
| Length | 33:29 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Lewis Merenstein | |||
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Waterbeds in Trinidad! is the seventh studio album (and ninth album overall by including a greatest hits and a live album) by The Association. This album was the group's only release for Columbia Records as well as their last recorded project of the 1970s. Released in 1972, it was the last album to feature original bassist Brian Cole, who died in August that year. One last recording with Cole, the non-album track "Names, Tags, Number, & Labels", was released as a single on the Mums label the following year.
Waterbeds in Trinidad! was their lowest charted album, climbing to only #194 on Billboard, but did reach #80 in Canada.[1] Of the two singles released in conjunction with the album, their rendition of The Lovin' Spoonful's "Darling Be Home Soon" bubbled under the Billboard charts at number 104, and reached number 64 in Canada.[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Silent Song Through the Land" | Ron Davies | Ramos | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Darling Be Home Soon" | John Sebastian | Yester | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Midnight Wind" | Jules Alexander, Steve Carey | Alexander | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Come the Fall" | Terry Kirkman | Kirkman | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Kicking the Gong Around" | Alexander, Carey | Alexander and Bluechel | 3:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rainbows Bent" | Alexander, Carey | Alexander and Ramos | 2:28 |
| 2. | "Snow Queen" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | Yester and Ramos | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Indian Wells Woman" | Del Ramos, Larry Hickman, Larry Ramos | Ramos | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Please Don't Go ('Round the Bend)" | Alexander | Group | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Little Road and a Stone to Roll" | John Stewart | Cole | 3:37 |
Personnel
- Jules Alexander - lead guitar, vocals
- Larry Ramos - lead guitar, vocals
- Terry Kirkman - keyboards, vocals, harmonica, saxophone
- Richard Thompson - keyboards, vocals
- Jim Yester - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Brian Cole - bass, vocals
- Ted Bluechel - drums, percussion, vocals
References
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Albums - June 24, 1972" (PDF).
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 24, 1972" (PDF).
- ↑ "Waterbeds in Trinidad! > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.