Family - In Their Own Time 2 x CDs
SKU
25-RECALL556
Family were one of the great, English rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s, and while they were briefly popular in the UK, they never really broke through and were pretty much forgotten until the last few years when their albums were all reissued and made available. If you have heard of them and were curious, but didn't want to buy 6-7 albums, you should definitely start here with this very good best-of, that includes 32 songs and is a well chosen overview. How to explain Family 35 years later? Take a idiosyncratic vocalist, who, like Peter Hammill or Don Van Vliet you either grow to love or hate (Roger Chapman) combine his talents with a rock band who sometimes add in some unusual instrumentation (especially for the times). Stir this wild and creative mix of hard rock and psychedelia and folk and shake it all up with a lot of thought and experimentation, while still keeping it a 'song format' based album with almost all of the songs being well under 5 minutes, and you have the basis of this band. Over the last few years I've gotten extremely fond of this band and of Chapman, but it's an acquired taste for sure, so they are conditionally highly recommended!