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| It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch | ||||
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| Released | March 2, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1970–1977 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 46:15 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| The Brady Bunch chronology | ||||
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It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch is a compilation album by American pop group the Brady Bunch released on March 2, 1993 by MCA Records.
Background
[edit]The Brady Bunch recorded four albums in the early 1970s on Paramount Records: Merry Christmas from the Brady Bunch, Meet the Brady Bunch, The Kids from the Brady Bunch and The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album. There were also various solo singles and a duet album by Christopher Knight and Maureen McCormick. Barry Williams began work on a solo album, but only six tracks were recorded before the album was cancelled. Along with the Christmas album, It's a Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch is one of the only Brady Bunch albums currently in print.
In 1974, Paramount sold its record holdings to ABC (the network on which The Brady Bunch had aired). ABC, in turn, sold their record holdings to MCA in 1979.
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
"If you have fond memories of watching The Brady Bunch while growing up or if you have all the episodes on tape, there's no escaping it — It's A Sunshine Day: The Best of the Brady Bunch is indispensable" - Stephen Thomas Erlewine for Allmusic.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Theme from the Brady Bunch" | Previously unreleased version | 0:58 | |
| 2. | "Promo Intro" | 0:27 | ||
| 3. | "It's a Sunshine Day" | Steve McCarthy | The Kids from the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:31 |
| 4. | "We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Brighter" |
| Meet the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:23 |
| 5. | "American Pie" | Don McLean | Meet the Brady Bunch (1972) | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Born to Say Goodbye" (Florence Henderson solo) | Alan Gordon | Single A-side (1977) | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Keep On" |
| The Kids from the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Time to Change" |
| Meet the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:08 |
| 9. | "Sweet Sweetheart" (Barry Williams solo) | Single A-side (1971) | 2:38 | |
| 10. | "I Just Want to Be Your Friend" | Curt Boettcher | Meet the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:27 |
| 11. | "Merry-Go-Round" |
| The Kids from the Brady Bunch (1972) | 1:58 |
| 12. | "Charlotte's Web" | The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album (1973) | 2:57 | |
| 13. | "Candy (Sugar Shoppe)" |
| The Kids from the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:12 |
| 14. | "Cheyenne" (Barry Williams solo) |
| Previously unreleased | 3:00 |
| 15. | "Road to Love" (Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick duet) | Carol Carmichael | Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick (1973) | 3:17 |
| 16. | "Gonna Find a Rainbow" | Stephen R. McCarthy | The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album (1973) | 2:36 |
| 17. | "Truckin' Back to You" (McCormick solo) |
| Single A-side (1973) | 2:51 |
| 18. | "Frosty the Snowman" |
| Merry Christmas from the Brady Bunch (1970) | 1:48 |
| 19. | "We'll Always Be Friends" |
| Meet the Brady Bunch (1972) | 2:32 |
| 20. | "Promo Outro" | 0:13 |