Rite Time

• Artist: Can
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1989
• Total Time: 41:52
• Genre: Rock

Review

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, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
On the Beautiful Side of a Romance	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(7:27)
The Withoutlaw Man	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(4:18)
Below This Level (Patient's Song)	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(3:44)
Movin' Right Along	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(3:28)
Like a New Child	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(7:36)
Hoolah Hoolah	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(4:31)
Give the Drummer Some	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(6:47)
In the Distance Lies the Future	Can, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli, Malcolm Mooney, Jaki Liebezeit	Can	(4:00)

Credits

Can (Main Performer), Irmin Schmidt (Keyboards), Irmin Schmidt (Kimbele), Holger Czukay (Synthesizer), Holger Czukay (Bass), Holger Czukay (French Horn), Holger Czukay (Producer), Holger Czukay (Mixing), Holger Czukay (Synthesizer Bass), Holger Czukay (Dictaphone), Michael Karoli (Organ), Michael Karoli (Bass), Michael Karoli (Guitar), Michael Karoli (Vocals), Michael Karoli (Choir, Chorus), Michael Karoli (Producer), Michael Karoli (Mixing), Michael Karoli (Pocket Organ), Malcolm Mooney (Vocals), Rene Tinner (Mixing), Andreas Torkler (Remastering), Patrick Jaunead (Engineer), Jaki Liebezeit (Percussion), Jaki Liebezeit (Drums), Werner O. Richter (Art Direction), Alfred Steffen (Photography)

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