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| | Time & Charges /Portraits | | | Music Artist : | | The Buckinghams | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sundazed Music Inc. | | Release Date : | | 1999-05-11 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Don't You Care
2. Pitied Be the Dragon Hunter
3. And Our Love
4. Why Don't You Love Me
5. You Are Gone
6. I'll Be Back
7. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
8. Remember
9. Married Life
10. Foreign Policy
11. C'mon Home
12. I Love All of the Girls
13. We Just Know
14. We Just Know (Reprise)
15. Inside Looking Out
16. Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
17. Susan
18. Mail
19. Big Business Advisor
20. Have You Noticed You're Alive
21. Have You Noticed You're Alive (Reprise)
22. Just Because I've Fallen Down
23. Any Place in Here
24. Any Place in Here (Reprise)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Protraits & Time & Changes is SPECIAL!
Submitted on: 2009-06-10 |
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| Portraits is a rare gem of an album that a lot of folks don't know about. Its quite differant from the Buckinghams we all know and love, but coupled with Time & Changes this is even better. -A REAL KEEPER |
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 Not impressed
Submitted on: 2008-05-21 |
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| Just finished listening to the set and really wasn't impressed. If you are looking for their music that is not on the music charts then this one is for you... |
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 Portaits over Charges
Submitted on: 2007-09-26 |
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| I'm not sure why the two albums were combined, but Portaits is truly a classic; sounding just as good today as it did 40 years ago. The Buckinghams' effort needs to be acknowledged for great music that--except for Hey Baby and Susan--never got played on the radio. Time & Charges rests largely on the greatness of Don't You Care, and unfortunately the rest is dragged along by the strength of Portraits. For those old Buckingham fans of a generation back, this is money well spent on the Portraits portion alone. |
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America's Best Under-rated Group
Submitted on: 2006-01-24 |
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The Buckinghams are America's best underrated group. In a four year career that lasted for only 4 studio albums, the Buckinghams were responsible for the "Chicago Sound" that later manifested itself with groups like Chicago, The Flock and even Styx. After the surprising #1 hit "Kind Of A Drag", these 5 musicians were paired with a young, aggressive visionary named James William Guercio, who had the idea of "the Beatles with horns". What followed was a stunning "debut" of pop, psychedelica, soul and rock with the Columbia album "Time And Charges". Singles came fast, furious and Top-10. "Don't You Care" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" were nationwide hits. "I'll Be Back" (by the Beatles) should have been and is now a feature in their live act. To follow that excellent album, the band and Producer completed a concept that became "Portraits". A flowing stream of rock and soul that seamlessly starts with "C'mon Home" and ends with "Any Place In Here". The "Portraits" album is much more guitar orientated and lets Carl Giammarese improvise his excellent solos. It should be noted that bassist Nick Fortuna shows his inovative playing that is very similiar to Paul McCartney's as he moves all over the neck of his bass.
This album also features the already mature songwriting of vocalist Dennis Tufano and especially keyboardist/vocalist Marty Grebb. The hit songs are here - "Hey Baby (They're Playin' Our Song) and Carl's personal favorite in concert, "Susan". For budding percussionists, this album is a workshop on how to play "just what is needed" with Jon Jon Paulos. Their next album "In One Ear And Gone Tomorrow" is a must-have also. If you are lucky to have the Buckinghams come to your city, by all means GO! It's like they never left. |
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A very influential album
Submitted on: 2002-10-04 |
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| Imagine Terry Kath, Robert Lamm, Wally Parazaider, Jimmy Pankow and the other guys who would soon form the band Chicago Transit Authority sitting around listening to "Time & Charges", ideas swirling around in their heads. Imagine Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Bobby Columby and the other guys who would become the band Blood, Sweat & Tears hanging out listening to "Time & Charges". This influential album by the Buckinghams was produced by James William Guercio and features the horn section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Some great tunes came off of "Time & Charges", the Columbia Records debut for the Buckinghams from Chicago's north side. Jim Holvay, probably best known as guitarist for local band "The Mob" (which had a killer horn section), was half of a songwriting duo that had just written a number one song for the Bucks called "Kind of a Drag". Holvay followed up with 2 songs that would appear on "Time & Charges", the hit-yielding "Don't You Care" and "Susan". Other hits from this album include "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)" and an adaptation of the jazz favorite "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy". One of my favorite Bucks tunes is found on this long-player, "Why Don't You Love Me". I think this track is one of Dennis Tufano's most convincing moments as a singer. "And Our Love" is another track worth a second listen. Following its release, the producer of this album, William Guercio, would go on to produce the award-winning second album for Blood, Sweat & Tears and the first several albums for Chicago. Had the Buckinghams not been so terribly successful as a pop band, they very well could have gone on to be a band like Chicago or BS&T...one listen to "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" foretells the jazz/rock fusion that might have been. My opinion is if it weren't for this album by the Buckinghams (along with the use of horns on "Got To Get You Into My Life" by Sir George Martin on The Beatles' "Revolver") there would have been no way paved for the jazz/rock fusion that came after it. This is where it all started, and that's a mighty great legacy for the Dennis, Carl, Nick and the rest of the Bucks. |
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