Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful album)

Daydream
Studio album by The Lovin' Spoonful
Released	March 1966
Recorded	Aug 1965-Dec 1965
Genre	Folk rock
Length	30:24 (original LP)
Label	Kama Sutra
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
The Lovin' Spoonful chronology
Do You Believe in Magic (1965) Daydream (1966) What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)

Daydream is the second album by The Lovin' Spoonful, released in 1966. It features two hits, the title track, which reached No. 2 in the U.S. Billboard Top 40 charts, and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (U.S. No. 10).

History

With only five originals on their debut release, Daydream introduced the rising songwriting talents of lead vocalist John Sebastian who either wrote or co-wrote all the songs on this release except for one cover tune.

Daydream was re-released on CD in 2002 by Buddah Records and included five bonus tracks.

Covers

The song, "Daydream," was covered by Jason Castro in 2008 on American Idol (season 7), and American Idol Judge Simon Cowell said it was one of the best performances of the night.^{[citation needed]} It was also covered by Bobby Darin on his album If I Were A Carpenter. British pop group Right Said Fred took the song "Daydream" to Number 29 on the UK Singles Chart in 1992.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Gary Mollica wrote "The band's second LP was very strong..."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Sebastian except as noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Daydream"		2:21
2.	"There She Is"		1:58
3.	"It's Not Time Now"	Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky	2:49
4.	"Warm Baby"		2:03
5.	"Day Blues"	Joe Butler, Sebastian	3:15
6.	"Let the Boy Rock and Roll"	Butler, Sebastian	2:34
7.	"Jug Band Music"		2:53
8.	"Didn't Want to Have to Do It"		2:39
9.	"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"	Steve Boone, Sebastian	2:29
10.	"Bald Headed Lena"	Willy Porryman, Edward Sneed	2:25
11.	"Butchie's Tune"	Boone, Sebastian	2:37

Bonus tracks on 2002 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Big Noise from Speonk"	Boone, Butler, Sebastian, Yanovsky	2:21
13.	"Fishin' Blues" (Instrumental)	Traditional	2:32
14.	"Didn't Want to Have to Do It" (Demo)		2:49
15.	"Jug Band Music" (Instrumental)		2:54
16.	"Daydream" (Demo)		3:19
17.	"Night Owl Blues" (Alternate)	Boone, Butler, Sebastian, Yanovsky	4:40

Personnel

• John Sebastian – vocals, guitar, autoharp
• Steve Boone – bass, vocals
• Joe Butler – drums, percussion, vocals
• Zal Yanovsky – electric and acoustic guitar, vocals

Media appearances

The song, "Daydream," was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 movie The Seniors.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mollica, Gary. "Daydream > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r598045. Retrieved June 15, 2011.