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Records Size - 86.79 MB ▒█ █▒ ▒█ █▒ Format - Album Bitrate - 320 kbps ▒█ █▒ Year - 1968 Freq - 44.1 kHz ▒█ █▒ Source - MP3 Encoder - Lame 3.99.5 ▒█ █▒ ▒█ ▀██▄▄▄ ▄▄▄██▀ ▌░▀▀██▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄██▀▀░▐ ▌░ ▀▀▀████▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄████▀▀▀ ░▐ ▌░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀████████████████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ tracklist │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ 01. Come On In 3:16 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Rose Petals, Incense And A Kitten 2:54 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Like Always 3:04 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Everything That Touches You 3:19 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Toymaker 3:27 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Barefoot Gentleman 3:24 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Time For Livin' 2:45 ░▐ ▌░ 08. Hear In Here 3:14 ░▐ ▌░ 09. The Time It Is Today 2:17 ░▐ ▌░ 10. The Bus Song 3:34 ░▐ ▌░ 11. Birthday Morning 2:26 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The Association was one of the more underrated groups to come ░▐ ▌░ out of the mid- to late '60s. Creators of an enviable string ░▐ ▌░ of hits from 1966 through 1969, they got caught in a shift in ░▐ ▌░ popular culture and the unwritten criteria for significance ░▐ ▌░ in that field and never recovered. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The group's smooth harmonies and pop-oriented sound (which ░▐ ▌░ occasionally moved into psychedelia and, much more rarely, ░▐ ▌░ into a harder, almost garage-punk vein) made them regular ░▐ ▌░ occupants of the highest reaches of the pop charts for two ░▐ ▌░ years - their biggest hits, including "Along Comes Mary," ░▐ ▌░ "Cherish," "Windy," and "Never My Love," became instant ░▐ ▌░ staples of AM play lists, which was a respectable achievement ░▐ ▌░ for most musicians at the time. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ That same sound, along with their AM radio popularity, ░▐ ▌░ however, proved a liability as the music environment around ░▐ ▌░ them changed at the end of the decade. Additionally, their ░▐ ▌░ ensemble singing, essential to the group's sound and appeal, ░▐ ▌░ all but ensured that the individual members never emerged as ░▐ ▌░ personalities in their own right. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ The Association was as anonymous an outfit as their ░▐ ▌░ contemporaries the Grass Roots, in terms of any individual ░▐ ▌░ names or attributes, despite the fact that both groups ░▐ ▌░ generated immensely popular hits that millions of listeners ░▐ ▌░ embraced on a deeply personal level. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ marr │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ indie . pop . rock . shoegaze . dream . jangle . twee ░▐ ▌░ chamber . noise . c-86 . college . goth . post rock ░▐ ▌░ kraut . post punk . darkwave . alternative . lo-fi ░▐ ▌░ country . americana . folk . folk/rock . progressive rock ░▐ ▌░ psychedelic rock . stoner . doom . sludge . desert . fuzz ░▐ ▌░ grunge . metal . heavy metal . hair metal . hard rock ░▐ ▌░ drone . aor . classic rock . southern rock . west coast ░▐ ▌░ hardcore . punk rock . garage . library . soundtrack ░▐ ▌░ avantgarde . classical . electronic . ambient . new wave ░▐ ▌░ synthpop . leftfield . experimental ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ░▌░ ░ █ █ ░ ░▐░ ▌░ ▓▓█ █▓▓ ░▐ ▌░ ░█ █░ ░▐ ▌░ █ ░ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ █ ░▐ ░ ▌░██ ░ ▒█████░ ░█████▒ ░ ██░▐ ░ ▒ ░ ▌░█ ░ ███▓ ▓██ ▒ ▒ ██▓ ▓███ ░ █░▐ ░ ▒ ░██ ▌█▓ ████ █▒ ▒█ ████ ▓░▐ ██░ ░██████░ ███ █ █ ███ ░██████░ ██████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████ ▒███ ███▒ ██ █ █ ██ ▒███ ███▒ ████ ████████ ▒ █ █ ▒ ████████ ████ ████░ ███████░ ░░ █ █ ░░ ░███████ ░████ █████░ ████▒ ▒ ▓█ █▒ ▒█ █▓ ▒ ▒████ ░█████ █████░ ██████████ ███ █ █ ███ ██████████ ░█████ ▒██████ ░ ███████▒ ████▒▒█ █▒▒████ ▒███████ ░ ██████▒ ░ ███░ ███ ░ * █▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓█ * ░ ███ ░███ ░ █░ ███ █░ *** * * █▒█▒▒██████▒▒█▒█ * * *** ░█ ███ ░█ ████ ██ * ████████ ████████ * ██ ████ ████████ * *** ░ ░██████ ██████░ ░ *** * ████████ █████ ** ░ ████ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ████ ░ ** █████ ▒█████████████▒▒ ░░ ░░ ▒▒█████████████▒ ░▓██████████▒ ░░ ░░ ▒██████████▓░ ▒█████ ░░ ░░ █████▒ ███ ███ ██ ██ ▒█ █▒ https://www.deezer.com/us/album/87837