A clean, snappy debut album for the family rock group (Mommy Cowsill doesn't pester her kids about haircuts. I bet) neither inspires nor distresses but is pleasant in a way the whole family (yours, not theirs) can enjoy. Unfamiliar and self-written songs (including the hit, "The Rain, the Park and Other Things") presented in Mama and Papaish arrangements join a lone Holland-Dozier-Holland number, "I'm the One You Need," proving that the family that rocks together ... eats lox together?
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