Released 1972 Length 36:56 Release date 1972 Genres Soul music, Funk | Recorded 1972 Artist Timmy Thomas Label Glades | |
Why Can't We Live Together
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Why Can't We Live Together is an album by Timmy Thomas released in 1972. The album reached number ten in 1973 on the US R&B albums chart on the strength of the million-seller single, "Why Can't We Live Together".
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Timmy Thomas except where indicated
- "Why Can't We Live Together"
- "Rainbow Power"
- "Take Care of Home"
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan McColl)
- "The Coldest Days of My Life" (Carl Davis, Eugene Record)
- "In The Beginning"
- "Cold Cold People"
- "Opportunity"
- "Dizzy Dizzy World"
- "Funky Me"
Critical Reception
On AllMusic, Andrew Hamilton quoted This album was originally released on Glades Records following Thomas' million-selling Why Can't We Live Together which qualifies as the cheapest Top 10 hit ever made. The session consists of Timmy Thomas singing and accompanying himself on organ. The rest of the album is almost as sparse. If you like a lot of production, you won't find it here. Remakes of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and the Chi-Lites' "Coldest Days Of My Life won't make you ditch the original versions. And with the exception of the title track, the originals are forgettable".
The standard of this album would then reflect Thomas' career until his retirement.
Songs
1Why Can't We Live Together4:40
2Rainbow Power3:01
3Take Care of Home2:38