Track Listing

1. Funky
2. In the Midnight Hour
3. Time Has Come Today
4. I Can't Turn You Loose
5. People Get Ready
6. All Strung out Over You
7. Are You Ready
8. Let's Do It (Do It Together)
9. Love, Peace and Happiness

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82248 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Sixties soul icon
The Chambers' Brothers "Time Has Come Today" has been used and overused as a commercial cliche but the song still does not lose its power, originality and experiemental energy. And it is long; very long, and inspires attentive listening, because it is nigh unto impossible to dance to. The rest of the CD is good solid 60s soul, but nothing as wonderful as their one big crossover hit.

Sound quality
While I agree with most of the other reviews concerning the music quality of this album, I thought I'd mention - for the truly picky - that the sound quality is not consistently good. It sometimes seems that this disk was produced on the cheap, and probably not from the original masters. Even for the time when they were made, I reckon that the master recordings should be in better shape than some on this reproduction. (I'm anxious to hear these tracks on other Chambers Brothers albums to confirm my suspicions.) The sound is sometimes murky, often distorted more than most from that era, and the frequency range is typical of mass-produced LPs of the day - not as good as many masters of the time. So I guess that this is a mediocre transcription.

Nevertheless, I agree that the songs range from fair to inspired, powerful, and sometimes downright beautiful. It's unfortunate that the mastering could likely do them better justice. Still, this is nitpicking. The music rocks - and usually makes me forget my yen for better transcriptions.

(Incidentally, those who appreciate the more psychedelic throes of "Time Has Come Today" might check out Vanilla Fudge's first album, "Vanilla Fudge." The music - and, unfortunately, the sound - are much in the same vein.)

Really Good CD
This CD has all you need to know about the Chamber's Brothers.
The mix is right on the money: Time, Can't Turn You Loose, and my favorite version of People Get Ready - no one does it better.
The Time has Come Today Album was indeed a better release, however, this one is good and has all of the Chamber's Brothers goodies. This music never goes out of style!