Rite Time is the eleventh and final studio album by the German rock band Can. Though Can had not yet split up, it is considered a reunion album because of the time elapsed since the band's previous album, Can, was released in 1979. The album consists of sessions recorded in the South of France in late 1986, edited extensively by the band over the course of subsequent years. Rite Time features the vocals of the band's original singer, Malcolm Mooney, who had left the group in 1970 after their debut album Monster Movie. Upon the album's initial release, "In the Distance Lies the Future" only appeared on the CD version, but it was included on the 2014 vinyl reissue.

Rite Time
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1989
RecordedDecember 1986
GenreKrautrock
Length41:52
LabelMercury
ProducerMichael Karoli, Holger Czukay
Can chronology
Delay 1968
(1981)
Rite Time
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Mooney

No.TitleLength
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
Total length:41:52

Personnel edit

Can

References edit

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Can: Rite Time > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Can". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.
  3. ^ Clark, Pete (December 1989). "Review: Can — Rite Time" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 139. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.