I've never been able to get into them as I just thought they were a joke with songs like "Oaktree" but I want to give them a chance. Which cd should I get?
[Edited 10/2/05 15:03pm]

Their debut album and the second one, "What Time Is It?". Both very good. I don't think I have listened to their slower songs, though. But the jams are definitely worth it!

The first three are the best!!!

The Time

What Time Is It?

Ice Cream Castle...


Plus two great B-sides

Grace
Tricky

calldapplwondery83 said:

Is it true that the first one is basically a Prince album? Did he sing the songs?

dancerella said:

He pretty much wrote & performed on all their albums.....

funkpill said:

co-fuckin-sign.

CinisterCee said:

Thanks for adding the years....

Completely forgot..

funkpill said:

btw, I haven't heard that b-side "Grace" ever. I don't know what songs those are the b-sides to.

CinisterCee said:

Grace is the B-side to 777-9311 (Morris being interviewed)

Tricky is the B-side to Ice Cream Castle.....(A true funk jam... )

thanks funkpill

I wonder how hard it would be to get the 12" single for "777-9311" b/w "Grace".

CinisterCee said:

I only seen it one time on 12' inch....

I have them both on 45.....

funkpill said:

oh! 45, I never thought of that. Isn't "Tricky" kinda long?

CinisterCee said:

No....Just 3 minutes & 12 seconds....

funkpill said:

CinisterCee said:

Hell no. There best is "pandimonium". Its the most varied, and Jam and Lewis get more free reign over the songs. Shit like "donald trump (black version)" and "sometimes i get lonely" are 2 of their best ballads.

Then u got "blondie", a rock song with an awesome bridge. I love the title track aswell, its a monster

dancerella said:

You can hear his voice on backing vocals and other nonsense here and there, but it's Morris singing lead. And like funkpill said, at least the first three are Prince albums.

Ice Cream Castle
[Edited 10/3/05 4:45am]

dancerella said:

"Oaktree" was a Morris Day song from his first solo album. It's not in "THE TIME" catalogue.

"Oak Tree" is on this:



(1985, Warner Bros)

funkpill said:

nooooo tricky is the B-side to Jungle love..

TheRealFiness said:

ooh! *amending my memory bank

CinisterCee said:

oh.....I thought it was by the time!

Get Ice Cream Castles for one cut only - MY DRAWERS! That's the SHIT!

TheCrucialExperience said:

hey that's my favorite song by The Time!

TheCrucialExperience said:

That song gives me the giggles. As a few have already stated, their first three albums are all worth owning. Be warned though - they're relatively short albums with great songs that are stretched nearly to the breaking point. I prefer some of the single mixes to the long-ass album versions that were lengthened just to take up space.

I like those short-ass associated-artist albums!

CinisterCee said:

I don't mind the short-ass albums at all. It's the needlessly-long mixes I sometimes don't care for.

CinisterCee said:

Jesse, if you can play guitar/I'll warm up the car/And me and this girl can see the sunrise" - CLASSIC MO'ISS DRAG! LOL!

RipHer2Shreds said:

so you're saying those same 6 songs could even be shorter.

ooh actually i know what you mean; there's one on What Time Is It that I almost don't get through.