Info:
Artist: Various
Album:  Sunshine Pop Essentials
Year: 2021
Genre: Pop
Format/Quality: .mp3 320 kbps

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As the tumult of the ‘60s grew, people turned to music as a way to manage the anxieties and fears stoked by societal upheaval. Sunshine pop, a melding of the Beach Boys’ rich harmonies and layered production with slightly ramshackle aesthetics and melancholia-tinged lyrics, couched its messages of anxiety in melodies lifted from television ads and images of airborne balloons and kites. Even the most cheerful-sounding sunshine pop standard-bearers—the Turtles’ shimmering “Happy Together,” Harpers Bizarre’s “Come to the Sunshine”—have a sense of growing angst lurking underneath their relentless positivity. Acts like The 5th Dimension and The Mamas & The Papas rode these seemingly conflicting ideals to the top of the charts, imprinting themselves on the decade’s wild history. It’s no surprise: Sunshine pop’s songs are quite pleasing to the ear, but the worries they’re painting over in bright colors give that happiness added depth.

Tracklist:
01. The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic (Digitally Remastered 1997)
02. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (Single Version)
03. Harpers Bizarre - Come to the Sunshine (Remastered Version)
04. The Arbors - I Can't Quit Her/For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
05. The Turtles - Happy Together (Mono) (Remastered)
06. Eternity's Children - Flowers (Stereo)
07. The Cowsills - The Rain The Park And Other Things
08. The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra, The Glitterhouse - Barbarella
09. Chad & Jeremy - Painted Dayglow Smile (Single Version)
10. The Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon
11. Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
12. The Free Design - Kites Are Fun
13. The Association - Cherish
14. Curt Boettcher - Christina, In My Dreams
15. The Monkees - The Door Into Summer (2007 Remastered Version)
16. The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
17. Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town
18. The Eighth Day - Brandy (Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
19. The Mamas & The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love
20. The Feminine Complex - Hold My Hand
21. Margo Guryan - Sunday Morning
22. The Millennium - It Won't Always Be the Same
23. The Sandpipers - Misty Roses
24. The Cookies - Wounded
25. Neon Philharmonic - Morning Girl (Remastered)
26. The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away
27. The Cowsills - What Is Happy?
28. The Swinging Blue Jeans - Tremblin'
29. The Lovin' Spoonful - She Is Still A Mystery (2003 Remaster)
30. The Sugar Shoppe - Skip-A-Long Sam
31. The Beach Boys - Busy Doin' Nothin'
32. Sagittarius - My World Fell Down
33. Ides Of March - High on a Hillside (Remastered)
34. 3's a Crowd - Gnostic Serenade
35. Tuesday's Children - Summer Leaves Me with a Sigh
36. The Everly Brothers - Talking to the Flowers
37. Triste Janero - Today It's You
38. The Addrisi Brothers - Time to Love
39. The Privilege - The Highly Successful Young Rupert White
40. The Friends Of Distinction - Love or Let Me Be Lonely
41. Bob & Kit - You Gotta Stop
42. The Sunshine Company - Back On the Street Again
43. The Free Design - Bubbles
44. Jan & Dean - I Know My Mind (Single Version)
45. Sidewalk Skipper Band - Cynthia At The Garden
46. The Ballroom - Spinning, Spinning, Spinning
47. The Laughing Wind - Good to Be Around
48. The Web - Harold Dubbleyew
49. The Cowsills - We Can Fly
50. The Looking Glass - Silver and Sunshine (How Wonderful Our Love Is)
51. The Arbors - A Symphony for Susan
52. The Association - Everything That Touches You
53. Four Jacks And a Jill - Master Jack
54. Sagittarius - I'm Not Living Here
55. Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
56. 3's a Crowd - I Don't Wanna Drive You Away
57. The Goldebriars - I'm Gonna Marry You
58. The Morning Glories - Love-In
59. The Monkees - Through the Looking Glass
60. The 5th Dimension - Carpet Man (Remastered 2000)
61. Tommy Roe - Aggravation
62. The Merry-Go-Round - Live
63. The Mystery Trend - House On The Hill
64. Harpers Bizarre - Anything Goes (Remastered Version)
65. The Staccatos - The Weather Man
66. The Arbors - Just Let It Happen
67. Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice
68. The Lemon Pipers - The Shoemaker of Leatherware Square
69. The Millennium - It's You
70. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Turn On a Friend (To the Good Life)
71. Tandyn Almer - Everytime I Take You Back to Me
72. The Association - Windy (Remastered Version)
73. The Salt - A Whole Lot of Rainbows
74. The Peppermint Rainbow - And I'll Be There
75. The Bakersfield Poppy Pickers - It's Written All Over My Face
76. The Other Voices - Hung up on Love
77. Lee Mallory - That's the Way It's Gonna Be
78. The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday
79. Eternity's Children - Mrs. Bluebird (Stereo)
80. Jamme - Jan
81. The Neon Philharmonic - Brilliant Colors (Remastered)
82. Design - The Jet Song (When the Weekend's Over)
83. The Tokens - For All That I Am
84. The Friends Of Distinction - Grazing In the Grass
85. The Holy Mackerel - Scorpio Red
86. Angel Pavement - Baby You've Gotta Stay
87. The Ballroom - Would You Like to Go
88. The Vogues - Just What I've Been Looking For
89. The Peppermint Trolley Company - Baby You Come Rollin' 'Cross My Mind
90. Mercy - Love (Can Make You Happy)
91. Webster's New Word - You Still Thriil Me, Babe
92. Van Dyke Parks - Palm Desert
93. Margo Guryan - What Can I Give You
94. The Turtles - Elenore