Together
Studio album by
Country Joe and the Fish
ReleasedAugust 1968
RecordedNovember 1967
StudioSierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, California
and February 1968 Vanguard Studios, 71 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY
Genre
Length34:31
LabelVanguard VSD-79277[1]
ProducerSamuel Charters
Country Joe and the Fish chronology
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die
(1967) 		Together
(1968) 		Here We Are Again
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Together is the third album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish, released in 1968.[6][7] Country Joe McDonald had briefly left the band prior to the recording sessions.[8] All of the band members contributed to the songwriting.[8] Together is the most commercially successful album from the band.[2]

The original lineup of the band broke up after the release of Together.[9][10]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "McDonald tended to favor droning mantras like the album-closing 'An Untitled Protest', which worked better when contrasted with the likes of Melton's catchy anti-New York diatribe, 'The Streets of Your Town', and the group-written 'Rock and Soul Music'."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Rock and Soul Music" (McDonald, Melton, Cohen, Barthol, Hirsh) – 6:51
  2. "Susan" (Hirsh) - 3:28
  3. "Mojo Navigator" (Denson, Melton, McDonald) - 2:23
  4. "Bright Suburban Mr. & Mrs. Clean Machine" (Hirsh, Melton) - 2:19
  5. "Good Guys/Bad Guys Cheer / The Streets of Your Town" (Melton) - 3:43
  6. "The Fish Moan" - 0:27
  7. "The Harlem Song" (McDonald) - 4:19
  8. "Waltzing in the Moonlight" (Hirsh, Melton) - 2:13
  9. "Away Bounce My Bubbles" (Hirsh) - 2:25
  10. "Cetacean" (Barthol) - 3:38
  11. "An Untitled Protest" (McDonald) - 2:45

Personnel

Country Joe and the Fish
Additional personnel

Chart positions

Billboard 200 - No. 23[11]

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin.
  2. ^ a b c "AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 576.
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 279.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 164.
  6. ^ "Artist Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. ^ Oberman, Michael (2020). Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 124.
  8. ^ a b Harkins, Thomas (2019). Woodstock FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Fabled Garden. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 211.
  9. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 219.
  10. ^ Taylor, Steven (2006). The A to X of Alternative Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 75.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 193.
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