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''Unbonded'' is a 1974 album for
The Chambers Brothers The Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1968 psychedelic soul hit " Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions ...
. It contains their hit single, "
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". It also made the charts that year.


Background

The album was produced by
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. The engineer for the recording was
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. The LP version was released in the United States on Avco AV-11013. The eight track cartridge version was released on 87C11013, and the cassette version was released on CAS11013.


Reception

The album was a Pop Pick in the 5 January 1974 issue of ''
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''. The review was highly positive with the reviewer saying that the Chambers Brothers were right on time with this gem. The review was finished off with "if you want to treat yourself to an unparalled musical delight" to get into the album. An album Pick in the 19 January issue of ''
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'', it received a positive review. According to the reviewer, the ten pop and r &b classics had been livened up by the Chambers Brothers who had given them what was described as their distinctive flair. The picks were, "
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" (also known as "There's a Thrill on The Hill") is a 1960 pop and R&B single written by Hank Ballard and performed by Hank Ballard and The Midnighters. Chart performance The single was the last of the Midnighters' th ...
", "
Good Vibrations "Good Vibrations" is a song by the American rock music, rock band the Beach Boys, produced and composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. Released as a single on October 10, 1966, it achieved immediate critical and commercial success, ...
" and " Do You Believe in Magic". With the Chambers Brothers version of "
The Weight "The Weight" is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group's debut album '' Music from Big Pink''. It was their first release under this name, after their previous releases as Canadian ...
", Dan Epstein of ''Forward'' had their version at no. 12 in a list of the Top 25 versions of the song. With the song sung by
George Chambers The Hon. George Michael Chambers ORTT (4 October 1928 – 4 November 1997)
, the Chambers' bassist, he said that the "song gradually builds from a groovy country-funk hootenanny to a stirring gospel tent revival". Epstein also referred to the album as underrated.


Airplay

For the week of 19 January, ''Unbonded'' was added to the playlists of FM stations, WBRU-FM, WPLR-FM, WVVS-FM, WOWI-FM, WORJ FM, and WOUR-FM. For the week of 26 January, the album was added to the playlist of WOUR-FM and KFMY-FM.


Charts

The album debuted at no. 54 in the ''Billboard'' Soul LP's chart for the week of 9 February 1974. After seven weeks on the chart, the album peaked at no. 44 for the week of 23 March.''Billboard'', March 30, 1974
Page 53 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY for Week Ending 3/30/74, Billboard Soul LP's, This Week 52, Last Week 44, Weeks on Chart 8
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Album details


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External links

* Discogs
The Chambers Brothers – Unbonded
1974 albums The Chambers Brothers albums Avco Records albums