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The Time Has Come (The Chambers Brothers album)

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The Time Has Come
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1967
RecordedAugust 1, 1966 – August 10, 1967
Length43:35
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Rubinson
The Chambers Brothers chronology
The Time Has Come
(1967)
Shout
(1968)

The Time Has Come is an album by American psychedelic soul band the Chambers Brothers. Released by Columbia Records in 1967, it features their hit "Time Has Come Today".

Critical reception

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The album was referred to as a "ground-breaking album" by the authors of Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire.[1] In a short review of the album, Music On Vinyl referred to it as a perfect blend of soul and garage.[2]

Commercial performance

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On December 14, 1968, at its 27th week on the Billboard chart, it peaked at no. 6.[3] According to the December 21, 1968 issue of Billboard, along with Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon and Garfunkel, their album was one of the 36 Columbia albums that held a position in the top five that year.[4] International online magazine PopMatters said the album ascended to number four on Billboard's pop albums chart.[5] In Canada it reached no. 11.[6] It was no. 79 on the Cashbox Top 100 Pop Albums in 1968.[7]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All Strung Out Over You"Rudy Clark2:30
2."People Get Ready"Curtis Mayfield3:52
3."I Can't Stand It"Lester Chambers2:42
4."Romeo and Juliet"Lester Chambers4:32
5."In the Midnight Hour"Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett5:32
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So Tired"Andre Goodwin, The Chambers Brothers4:05
2."Uptown"Betty Mabry, arranged by Garry Sherman2:56
3."Please Don't Leave Me"The Chambers Brothers3:00
4."What the World Needs Now Is Love"Burt Bacharach, Hal David, arranged by Garry Sherman3:20
5."Time Has Come Today"Joseph Chambers, Willie Chambers11:06

Personnel

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The Chambers Brothers

Technical

References

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  1. ^ Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire, By Philip Bailey, Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman - 13 Will I Hear Them From My Dressing Room
  2. ^ Music On Vinyl - The Chambers Brothers, The Time Has Come
  3. ^ Billboard - TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS, The week of December 14, 1968, 13, The Time Has Come
  4. ^ Billboard, December 21, 1968 - Page 3 Col. Heading for Banner Year
  5. ^ PopMatters, February 14, 2008 - Forgotten Treasures of '60s Soul: The Chambers Brothers' Vault Recordings By Claudrena Harold
  6. ^ "RPM Top 50 Albums - December 2, 1968" (PDF).
  7. ^ Cashbox - The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1968, TOP 100 POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 28, 1968, issue)
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