''High Time'' is the second studio album by American rock band

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, released on July 6, 1971, by

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Production

''High Time'' was co-produced by the band and Atlantic staff engineer Geoffrey Haslam.

Release

''High Time'' was released on July 6, 1971, by Atlantic Records.

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wrote in the liner notes to the 1992 reissue: Although the band's debut album, ''

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'', had peaked at No. 30 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, their second album stalled at No. 137, and ''High Time'' fared even worse commercially.

Reception

''High Time'' has been generally well received by critics.

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, writing for ''

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'', called the album "the first record that comes close to telling the tale of their legendary reputation and attendant charisma". In his retrospective review, Mark Deming of

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called it " C5'smost accessible album, but still highly idiosyncratic and full of well-written, solidly played tunes. ..while less stridently political than their other work, musically it's as uncompromising as anything they ever put to wax and would have given them much greater opportunities to subvert America's youth if the kids had ever had the chance to hear it."

Track listing

Personnel

; MC5 * Michael Davis – bass, vocals, ka (track 7),

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– guitar, vocals, piano (tracks 2 and 3), production *

Fred "Sonic" Smith Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti S ...

– guitar, vocals, harmonica (track 1), organ (track 1), sandpaper (track 2), production, Album concept (as Frederico Smithelini) * Dennis Thompson – drums, vocals (track 1), tambourine (track 1, 2 and 7), reen (tracks 2, 5), tamboes (track 4), acme scraper (track 5), percussion (track 8), production *

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– vocals, harmonica (track 1), maracas (track 1), rockas (track 2), castanets (track 6), conga (track 8), production, cover cartoon illustration ; Additional personnel * Pete Kelly – piano on "Sister Anne" * Dan Bullock – trombone on "Skunk" * Ellis Dee – percussion on "Skunk" * Lil' Bobby Wayne Derminer (Rob Tyner) – wizzer on "Future/Now" * Merlene Driscoll – vocals on "Sister Anne" * Rick Ferretti – trumpet on "Skunk" * Dave Heller – percussion on "Skunk" * Leon Henderson – tenor saxophone on "Skunk" * Joanne Hill – vocals on "Sister Anne" * Larry Horton – trombone on "Sister Anne" * Skip "Van Winkle" Knapé – organ on "Miss X" * Brenda Knight – vocals on "Sister Anne" * Kinki Le Pew – percussion on "Gotta Keep Movin" * Charles Moore – flugelhorn, vocals on "Sister Anne", trumpet, horn arrangement on "Skunk" * Dr. Dave Morgan – percussion on "Skunk" * Scott Morgan – percussion on "Skunk" * Butch O'Brien – bass drum on "Sister Anne" * David Oversteak – tuba on "Sister Anne" *

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– percussion on "Skunk" ; Technical * Geoffrey Haslam – production, engineering * Mark Schulman - art direction * Francis Ing - cover photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1971 albums MC5 albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Rob Tyner Albums produced by Fred "Sonic" Smith Albums produced by Wayne Kramer (guitarist) Albums produced by Dennis Thompson (drummer)