Rite Time

by Can

Overview

An unexpected reunion from Can (made even more unexpected by the presence of original singer Malcolm Mooney, who left the band in 1969), 1989's Rite Time is in large part a return to form for the group, especially when one considers how weak Can's last few '70s albums were. Wisely, the quintet doesn't try to replicate the sound they created over two decades before on albums like Monster Movie. Instead, Mooney and company make Rite Time a document of where they're at musically at the time. In short, it's funkier ("Give the Drummer Some"), funnier ("Hoolah Hoolah," which takes that old schoolyard rhyme about how they don't wear pants on the other side of France as the jumping-off point for its melody and lyrics), and more abstractly ambient (the elliptical closer "In the Distance Lies the Future") than before. Rite Time doesn't have the rubbery, polyrhythmic intensity of classic Can albums like Ege Bamyasi or Future Days, but it's a solidly listenable album that, unlike the majority of reunion albums, doesn't soil the memory of the band. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	05/30/2006
Label:	Mute
UPC:	0724596932025
Rank:	173214

Tracks

1. On the Beautiful Side of a Romance
2. The Withoutlaw Man
3. Below This Level (Patient's Song)
4. Movin' Right Along
5. Like a New Child
6. Hoolah Hoolah
7. Give the Drummer Some
8. In the Distance Lies the Future

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Can   Primary Artist
Jaki Liebezeit   Guest Artist,Drums,Percussion
Malcolm Mooney   Guest Artist,Vocals
Holger Czukay   Guest Artist,Bass,Synthesizer Bass,Dictaphone,French Horn,Synthesizer
Michael Karoli   Guest Artist,Bass,Organ,Guitar,Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Irmin Schmidt   Guest Artist,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Patrick Jaunead   Engineer
Irmin Schmidt   Composer
Jaki Liebezeit   Composer
Michael Karoli   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Pocket Organ
Can   Composer
Malcolm Mooney   Composer
Rene Tinner   Mixing
Alfred Steffen   Photography
Werner O. Richter   Art Direction
Andreas Torkler   Remastering
Holger Czukay   Mixing,Composer,Producer