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Grand Funk Railroad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TV6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Are You Ready

2. Anybody's Answer

3. Time Machine

4. High on a Horse

5. T.N.U.C.

6. Into the Sun

7. Heartbreaker

8. Call Yourself a Man

9. Can't Be Too Long

10. Ups and Downs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pearl Jam--The Previous Generation, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: On Time (Audio CD)

It just goes to show you how a sound can stand the test of time. When this album came out, critics called them "heavy metal kids" (which was the first time I ever encountered the term). Early reviews of this album said stuff like "simplistic" and "drumming guaranteed to drive you up the wall." But really, when you have a sound as basic as the blues, what needs to be added? Given our generation's taste for towering Marshall amps, bands like GFR just cranked up the volume. If drummer Don Brewer wasn't as facile as Buddy Rich, so what--he made the beat fit in. And Mark Farner's vocals were the first place I seem to remember hearing that chesty rock tenor that a lot of people nowadays think Foreigner's Lou Gramm invented. If his guitar work seemed a ripoff of Hendrix, a lot of us missed Jimi and were only to glad to see the torch passed. It's easy to forget that this album is a first album--you'd think this trio had at least two previous under their belt. The sound is as tight as any of their later work.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasic CD! Agruably their best recording ever!, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: On Time (Audio CD)

When I was in high school I saved up enough money to buy one of the first LPs in my freshman year. Since I was looking for the best value, I usually added up the times of all tracks to see how much music was on each LP. This one had over 20 minutes a side. I bought it not knowing what was in store for me. I have since replaced the LP six times since college life and life after college took its toll on this one. I consider this one of the all time greatest rock albums and was glad to see it come out on CD. Buy it and sit back and enjoy. It only gets better with time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only the best Grand Funk if you had to pick only one., March 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: On Time (Audio CD)

This was the first Grand Funk Railroad I had ever heard. The only thing you needed was time to listen to it in depth. Now you can. I have all of the albums of these rockers and this one is a keeper. Time machine is the one to sell this album but the more you listen to the album the harder it is to pick just one. Not many people know that G.F.R. was not pushed buy the market they just sold records and played live. If that wasn't enough to get you, you wern't a real die hard rock fan. Even if it was studio it was the next best thing to being their live. You must get this one to be a real Grand Funk Fan.