Rite Time

by Can

Rite Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 41:54
  • Community rating: 2.47/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Malcolm Mooney, Michael Karoli, Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Rite Time' marks a brief reunion for the influential krautrock ensemble Can, featuring original vocalist Malcolm Mooney for the first time since 1969. The album's production, helmed by bassist Holger Czukay, combines the band's signature polyrhythmic, improvisational grooves with updated, late-1980s studio technology and a more structured approach to songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, avant-garde, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. On the Beautiful Side of a Romance (7:27)
  2. The Withoutlaw Man (4:18)
  3. Below This Level (Patient's Song) (3:44)
  4. Movin' Right Along (3:28)
  5. Like a New Child (7:36)
  6. Hoolah Hoolah (4:31)
  7. Give the Drummer Some (6:47)
  8. In the Distance Lies the Future (4:00)

Credits

  • Can - primary artist, written-by, composed by
  • Werner Richter - art direction
  • Michael Karoli - chorus, organ [pocket], bass, guitar, producer, mixed by
  • Jaki Liebezeit - drums, percussion
  • Holger Czukay - french horn, tape [dictaphone], synthesizer, bass, producer, mixed by
  • Irmin Schmidt - keyboards, kalimba [kimbele]
  • Hildegard Schmidt - management
  • Ren茅 Tinner - mixed by
  • Alfred Steffen - photography by [back cover photos]
  • Patrick Jauneaud - recorded by
  • Malcolm Mooney - vocals

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