Timepeace

Terry Callier | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 1998)
• Original Release Date: January 27, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000047EL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,449 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a voice of spirit returns..., December 3, 2000

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R. Hutchinson "autonomeus" (a world ruled by fossil fuels and fossil minds) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Timepeace (Audio CD)

It has been almost 3 years now since I discovered that Terry Callier had returned. I couldn't believe it -- it had been years since I had thought about the profound music he had once made. I heard him at the Quiet Knight in Chicago in 1978 or so, a few years before the demise of both the club and his career, singing songs like "Ordinary Joe" and "Occasional Rain," which I never forgot, despite never owning the recordings [until recently, that is!].

TIMEPEACE is a nearly unbelievable comeback. Thanks, U.K. fans! The album covers all of Callier's moods and styles, which range from fairly conventional pop love songs ("C'est La Vie," "Coyote Moon,") to sublimely mystical songs like noone else ("Lazarus Man," "No More Blues," "TimePeace"). There are a couple of songs aimed at African-American youth with worthy messages but less than compelling music ("Ride Suite Ride," "Traitor to the Race").

But the core of this album is a message of pure love from a man who has adopted the name Tahleel Terry Callier and the Islamic faith. The highlights, for me, are "Lazarus Man," "Keep Your Heart Right," and the entire end of the album: "People Get Ready/Brotherly Love," "Love Theme from Spartacus," "No More Blues," and "TimePeace." This portion of the album is one of the most moving pieces of music I have ever heard.

Callier's style is a seamless blend of folk, blues, and jazz. It is truly an inspiring event to have the music of Terry Callier heard again. What he has to say could not be more important, and his talent is a profoundly beautiful vessel for that message...

(verified purchase from Zia Records in Tucson)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars prophet of peace returns after a long hiatus, February 8, 2000

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Hans Stoeve (Cremorne, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timepeace (Audio CD)

 

Terry Callier-Time Peace

 

What a great album. I first heard TC on a promo sampler and thought that John Martyn had released a new album.Callier comes from another time in a way, the time of peace and love, brotherhood. His tunes are full of soul and that quiet spirituality that kind of goes straight for the heart. Mind you from all indications he is not a new kid on the block. In fact he has been recording since 1965 and throughout the seventies recorded a string of albums on Cadet and Elektra. By the early eighties Callier had dropped out to raise his daughter and take up a course in computers. So the story would have ended except for a couple of London dj's who picked up on some of his earlier recordings and realised the potential and sheer beauty in this man's songs.They somehow managed to get in contact with him and persuaded him to go to London and do a couple of one off shows, which funnily enough were sell outs. This was enough motivation for Callier to make some sort of come back. And we're all the better for it. With his rich baritone voice, soulful tunes and intelligent, insightful lyrics Callier has brought out possibly one of the finest releases in the last five years. The best tune is the Love Theme from Spartacus, as it is just Callier and his guitar. I noticed that this has now been remixed and as such the remix does not do much for me itself.

Other stand out tracks are Keep Your Heart Right, No More Blues and Lazarus Man, which I assume is autobiographical. Callier sings about a man twelve years in exile who comes back to join the land of the living. Actually, all the tracks are wonderful. Don't hesitate.

Get it.

 

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Generosity of Spirit, September 13, 2002

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Mitch Bogen (Somerville, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timepeace (Audio CD)

Try as you might, you can't always escape the inane presence of Britney et al. But there is an antidote to be had. Slip this CD in the player and discover everything that's missing from what passes for popular music today. Hint: it has something to do with depth, wisdom, spirituality, musicality, and generosity of spirit. Indeed, listening to Terry Callier is a healing experience.

Callier creates a unique soul music, combining his own acoustic guitar and pliant vocals with more traditional jazz-based instrumentation. My favorite cut is Java Sparrow, an extended metaphor about the spiritual nature of human life, and the yearning for freedom from this material world. The final track features the tortured yet joyous cry of Pharoah Sanders' tenor sax, playing off another searching Callier vocal. TimePeace is the sound of an artist who ponders the highest aspects of life.