It's Smoke Time

It's Smoke Time Artist: The Smoke
Label: Repertoire
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4009910434826
ASIN: B00000I3JT


Release Date: 1993-09-30

It's Smoke Time


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Tracks:

  1. My Friend Jack
  2. Waterfall
  3. You Can't Catch Me
  4. High in a Room
  5. Wake Up Cherylina
  6. Don't Lead Me On
  7. We Can Take It
  8. If the Weather's Sunny
  9. I Wanna Make It with You
  10. It's Getting Closer
  11. It's Just Your Way of Lovin'
  12. I Would If I Could But I Can't
  13. Have Some More Tea
  14. Victor Henry's Cool Book
  15. Sydney Gill
  16. It Could Be Wonderful
  17. Keep a Hold of What You've Got - Shotstar
  18. She's a Liar - Shotstar
  19. I Am Only Dreaming
  20. Universal Vagrant
  21. Dreams of Dreams
  22. My Birth
  23. Jack Is Back
  24. That's What I Want
  25. Playing with Magic
  26. My Friend Jack [Alternate Take]

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Album Description

German reissue of 1965 album includes 14 bonus tracks, 'Have Some More Tea', 'Victor Henry's Cool Book', 'Sydney Gill', 'It Could Be Wonderful', 'Keep A Hold Of What You've Got', 'She's A Liar', 'I Am Only Dreaming', 'Universal Vagrant', 'Dreams Of Dreams', 'My Birth', 'Jack Is Back', 'That's What I Want', 'Playing With Magic' & 'My Friend Jack' (alternate take). Repertoire.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Smoke...THE BEST 60's GROUP .......2005-11-18

The Smoke in my mind are the most talented and best sounding groups of the Psych. world. I love EVERY track they made in the 60's (however they fell off big time in the 70's). I have no idea why no one doesn't like "If The Weather's Sunny" It was one of the tracks that made me a big fan of The Smoke. They definatly had alot more talent than they were givin credit for, and have alot more good tracks along with "My Friend Jack"

3 out of 5 stars Excellent At Times.......2004-01-11

I did enjoy this album, but I wanted to really love it! When Smoke turns out a good song like "My Friend Jack" or "High In a Room," I found myself wanting to hear more hot lyrics and psychedelic music.

While the music is good quality throughout the album, the lyrics are often awkward and uninspired. The album opens with "My Friend Jack," and after hearing such sharp, surreal prose, the remaning lyrics on "It's Smoke Time" are a let down.

I get the notion that this group had good ideas for songs, but did not go the extra yards to really polish the lyrics, especially after hearing the alternate, previously unpublished rendition of "My Friend Jack" on one of the bonus tracks. While the popular version has some of the most creative imagery of "eating sugar lumps" and "dusty tracks into eternity," the alternate version lacks vision, and just denegrates into a simplistic song with vague and one-dimensional descriptions of Jack's journey through the doors of Perception.

I recommend this album for a few really good songs, but I would not make too lengthy a trek to score "It's Smoke Time."

4 out of 5 stars Interesante y olvidado Freakbeat.......2003-08-17

The Smoke grabó su único álbum en 1967 (presentado acá en las primeras 12 canciones) pero pocos en Inglaterra se enteraron, ya que curiosamente se editó sólo en Alemania, donde My Friend Jack fue un tremendo suceso. It's Smoke Time es un disco que vale la pena conocer y no sólo por su categoría de rareza, en especial para fanáticos del mod y en general del pop sesentero. Próximos pero no exactamente en la línea de Small Faces (primera etapa) o Creation, Smoke no tiene la potencia de estos grupos, su propuesta es más melódica y pop, aunque de tanto en tanto las guitarras se desdibujan y entran en terrenos más avanzados.

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