“High Time” by MC5 - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1971 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s

Any promise that was shown on the preceding “Back In The USA” is all but gone here on this wholly RAWK affair; their revered status as inspirational Punk gods is unmerited as far as my ears can tell. Only “Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)” strikes a chord for me, bursting into life with a whole lot of trombone, trumpet, sax and whatnot. The album sunk without trace, hard drugs took over the band members' lives, and within a year they'd split up, some winding up in the jail on drug charges. Uncool.

The Jukebox Rebel
09–Jan–2016

A1	[07:23] MC5 - Sister Anne (Fred Smith) Rock
A2	[05:32] MC5 - Baby Won’t Ya (Fred Smith) Rock
A3	[05:08] MC5 - Miss X (Wayne Kramer) Rock
A4	[03:24] MC5 - Gotta Keep Movin’ (Dennis Thompson) Rock
B1	[06:21] MC5 - Future/Now (Rob Tyner) Rock
B2	[03:24] MC5 - Poison (Wayne Kramer) Rock
B3	[05:13] MC5 - Over And Over (Fred Smith) Rock
B4	[05:31] MC5 - Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) (Fred Smith) Rock