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””’Waterbeds in Trinidad!””’ is the seventh studio album (ninth album overall and a live album) by [[The Association]]. This was the group’s only release for Columbia Records their last recorded project of the . |
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”Waterbeds” was lowest charted album, only 194 on the [[Billboard 200|”Billboard” Top LPs]]{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1955–1972 | year = 1973 | publisher = Record Research | page = 12 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/12/mode/2up | access-date = 2025-07-10}} did reach 80 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7698.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums – June 24, 1972}} Of the two singles released in conjunction with the album, rendition of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Darling Be Home Soon” bubbled under the Billboard 104 and reached 64 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7646.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles – June 24, 1972}}
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 29 October 2025
1972 studio album by The Association
Waterbeds in Trinidad! (1972) is the seventh studio album (ninth album overall, counting a Greatest Hits collection and a live album) by The Association. This was the group’s only release for Columbia Records and their last recorded project of the ’70s.
It was also the last album to feature original bassist Brian Cole, who died that August. One final recording with Cole, the non-album track “Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels” written by Albert Hammond, was released as a single on the Mums label in 1973.
Waterbeds was the group’s lowest charted album, reaching only #194 on the Billboard Top LPs list.[1] However, it did reach #80 in Canada.[2] Of the two singles released in conjunction with the album, The Association’s rendition of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Darling Be Home Soon” bubbled under the Billboard top 100 chart at #104 and reached #64 in Canada.[3]
| Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Silent Song Through the Land” | Ron Davies | Ramos | 3:24 |
| 2. | “Darling Be Home Soon“ | John Sebastian | Yester | 3:44 |
| 3. | “Midnight Wind” | Jules Alexander, Steve Carey | Alexander | 3:00 |
| 4. | “Come the Fall” | Terry Kirkman | Kirkman | 3:43 |
| 5. | “Kicking the Gong Around” | Alexander, Carey | Alexander and Bluechel | 3:30 |
| Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Rainbows Bent” | Alexander, Carey | Alexander and Ramos | 2:28 |
| 2. | “Snow Queen” | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | Yester and Ramos | 3:20 |
| 3. | “Indian Wells Woman” | Del Ramos, Larry Hickman, Larry Ramos | Ramos | 3:26 |
| 4. | “Please Don’t Go (‘Round the Bend)” | Alexander | Group | 3:24 |
| 5. | “Little Road and a Stone to Roll” | John Stewart | Cole | 3:37 |
- Jules Alexander – lead guitar, vocals
- Larry Ramos – lead guitar, vocals
- Terry Kirkman – keyboards, vocals, harmonica, saxophone
- Richard Thompson – keyboards, vocals
- Jim Yester – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Brian Cole – bass, vocals
- Ted Bluechel – drums, percussion, vocals
