If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
| If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | ||||
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| Released | February 28, 1966 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1965 | |||
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| Length | 33:42 | |||
| Label | Dunhill | |||
| Producer | Lou Adler | |||
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is the debut studio album by the American folk rock vocal group the Mamas & the Papas (stylized as The Mama's and the Papa's), released on February 28, 1966 through Dunhill Records. It is the band's only album to reach number one on the Billboard 200. In the UK, the album was released as The Mama's and the Papa's on June 10, 1966 through RCA Victor, and reached number three on the Record Retailer Albums Chart.
In 2003, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears was ranked number 127 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, with its rank rising to number 112 in the 2012 revision.