Time

Richard Hell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B000060MNS
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Love Comes In Spurts

2. Chinese Rocks

3. Can't Keep My Eyes On You

4. Hurt You

5. I'm Your Man

6. Betrayal Takes Two

7. Crack Of Dawn

8. Ignore That Door

9. I Live My Life

10. Time

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Intro

2. Love Comes In Spurts

3. Liars Beware

4. You Gotta Lose

5. Lose Yourself

6. New Pleasure

7. Walking On the Water

8. The Plan

9. Blank Generation

10. I Wanna Be Your Dog

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for Richard Hell fans..., April 4, 2002

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J. Righter "jrighter3" (Bethesda, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time (Audio CD)

This quite good collection fills in all the holes in Richard Hell's short-lived, but nonetheless excellent foray into music. The collection covers a lot of ground over the more or less decade that Hell recorded. For fans, its a must. However, its not a "greatest hits" or "best of" package, so if you're new to Richard Hell and the Voidoids, I'd strongly suggest that you first try out his classic (and best) release, "Blank Generation." The first disc on "Time" is an expanded "RIP," which ROIR released originally many years ago. The recording quality varies greatly as does the general quality of the songs. Highlights include early and excellent versions of "Love Comes In Spurts," "Chinese Rocks" (both recorded when Hell was a member of the Heartbreakers), "I'm Your Man," and "Time," as well as the (pre-RIP) never-before-released "The Hunter Was Drowned." The disc perfectly displays Hell's wide and divergent take on music (which went way beyond just punk music, incorporating elements of blues, 1950's pop, and free jazz, among other influences). Again, not every track is a winner, but taken in total, it provides a very interesting retrospective of Hell's career. The second disc is all live material, and while the sound quality is a little rough (to say the least), the performance is outstanding: very energetic, with the aggression level amped up on a number of the songs, particularly the first few tracks -- "Love Comes In Spurts," "Liars' Beware," and "You Gotta Lose." Very good.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hell, Plus 25 Years, March 26, 2002

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"mencken61" (Metairie, La. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time (Audio CD)

This fine collection of Mr. Hell's work is best exemplified, to me, by two sections: the Heartbreakers and New Orleans stuff. (I qualify this by saying I am a Heartbreakers fan from New Orleans.) Here we hear the lost verse from "Chinese Rocks," the pre-One-Track-Mind "Love Comes in Spurts," and other such arcana from the days when Johnny Thunders had long hair, Walter Lure was in his larval stage, Jerry Nolan was still perfecting perfection as the world's best drummer, and Richard Hell was being followed by a Malcolm McLaren taking notes. Then came the salad days of a record contract and inferior material and superior musicianship--as well as a drop off in interest. But the New Orleans recordings are most interesting. Ziggy Modeliste of the Meters provides the down-home drums that made him a recognized genius, Pete LeBon on guitar (a man whose band Wild Kingdom broke more walls in 1982 than we broke in war in 2001-02), and Nicky (All Key) Sazenbach on drums and sax make this good stuff. The live recordings are OK, though we who have read "Please Kill Me" forgive Mr. Hell if he doesn't sound his best on the 1977 English tour. Recommended for Hellions and the Thundersian heartbroken.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time and Time again, September 24, 2002

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Melissa Tomjanovich (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time (Audio CD)

Time and time again Richard Hell ardently heightens that incantatory possession/dispossession all great music catalyzes to a level where the body is too small a host for the inspiration! This double disc retrospective, both incendiary, dolorous and highly evocative, is an indispensable gem for any music lover. Featuring 17 previously unreleased live recordings, (two with Elvis Costello and a cheeky cameo of Johnny Rotten urging for an encore at the Music Machine 1977), a fuelled classic live set in New Orleans (84), not to mention some of the best versions of "I'm Your Man", "Crack of Dawn" "Time" etc. Hell's eloquent, informative introduction in the cover booklet is reason enough to purchase this item! The perfect musical parallel for Hell's Hot and Cold, a priceless collection of writings! Don't miss out!