- Mom Always Liked You Best!
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Mom Always Liked You Best! 
Live album by Smothers Brothers Released August 17, 1965 Recorded The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California
The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California
Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, NevadaGenre Comedy, folk Label Mercury Smothers Brothers chronology Aesop's Fables
(1965)Mom Always Liked You Best!
(1965)The Smothers Brothers Play It Straight
(1966)"Mom Always Liked You Best!" was the eighth comedy album by the Smothers Brothers (released August 17, 1965 on Mercury Records). It reached number 39 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album was recorded at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California, and the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The cover photograph shows Dick surrounded by a dog, a wagon, a scooter and many other toys while Tom is sitting there with just his chicken, Frank, thereby justifying the title as a word balloon. The album is dedicated to the Smothers Brothers' producer David Carroll and the comments on the back were written by Jack Benny.
Contents
Track listing
- "Mom Always Liked You Best" (4:43) - Tom and Dick fight.
- "Impersonation" (1:17)
- "The Three Song" (2:44) - Written for the two of them by Mason Williams.
- "Little Known Song and Dance" (3:22) - "Songs about diseases" (The Scurvy Song)
- "The Last Great Waltz" (4:11) - A song about Jonathan W. Astor who meets the perfect waltz partner.
- "You Can Call Me Stupid" (2:43) - Continues the fight from the first track.
- "We Love Us" (2:26) - Tom recites a love poem he's written.
- "Longtimes Blues" (3:18) - Another Mason Williams song.
- "Tattoo Song" (3:44)
- "Santa Claus" (0:36) - Tom's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" ends rather ironically.
- "Reminiscences" (2:33) - Tom reminisces about Dick's wedding, with Tom loudly claiming that Dick had refused to let him be the 'Best Man.' What may have been the largest recorded laugh the duo ever provoked came in this track. Tom said that, after the wedding, everyone went upstairs to the "Conception." Dick states, over the large laughter, that it was a nice, normal "Reception." Tom then finished off the audience by sheepishly saying, "I must have been in the wrong room."
Personnel
- Dick Smothers – vocals, double bass
- Tom Smothers – vocals, guitar
Chart positions
Year Chart Position 1966 Billboard Pop Albums 39 External links
- Complete Smothers Brothers' discography can be found here.
The Smothers Brothers Tom Smothers • Dick Smothers Albums The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion (1961) • The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers (1962) • Think Ethnic! (1963) • Curb Your Tongue, Knave! (1963) • It Must Have Been Something I Said! (1964) • Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects (1965) • Aesop's Fables (1965) • Mom Always Liked You Best! (1966) • The Smothers Brothers Play It Straight (1966) • Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968) • Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2 (1969) • Sibling Revelry: The Best of the Smothers Brothers (1988)Television The Smothers Brothers Show (1965–1966) • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) • The Summer Brothers Smothers Show (1968) • The Smothers Brothers Show (1975) • Fitz and Bones (1981) • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988–1989)Categories:- Smothers Brothers albums
- 1965 live albums
- Mercury Records live albums
- English-language live albums
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