If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
| If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | ||||
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| Released | February 28, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1965 | |||
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| Length | 33:42 | |||
| Label | Dunhill | |||
| Producer | Lou Adler | |||
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is the debut studio album by the American vocal group the Mamas & the Papas (stylized as The Mama's and the Papa's), released on February 28, 1966. The stereo mix of the album is included on All the Leaves are Brown (2001), a double CD compilation consisting of the band's first four albums and various singles, as well as on The Mamas & the Papas Complete Anthology (2004), a four-CD box set released in the UK. The mono mix of the album was remastered and reissued on vinyl by Sundazed Music in 2010, and on CD the following year. It is the band's only album to reach number one on the Billboard 200.
In 2003, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears was ranked number 127 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, with its rank rising to number 112 in the 2012 revision.