Birthday
Released in March 1968, Birthday was probably the Association’s most pop-sounding album, as producer Bones Howe and the group polished their trademark harmony sound to a brilliant sheen. And, like on Insight Out, studio musicians extraordinaire Hal Blaine and Larry Knechtel lent expert accompaniment. The result was a pair of chart hits, Everything That Touches You and Time for Livin’, and another fine, if less ambitious, pop album. Also includes Come On In; Rose Petals, Incense and Kitten; Like Always; Toymaker; Barefoot Gentleman; Hear in Here; Time It Is Today; Bus Song, and Birthday Morning.