''It's About Time'' is the debut studio album by American garage punk band
the Pandoras
The Pandoras were an American all-female Garage punk (fusion genre), garage punk band from Los Angeles, California, active from 1982 to 1991. The band is among the first handful of all-female rock bands to ever be signed to a major label. From t ...
and was released in 1984 by the Voxx record label.
Reception
In a retrospective review for the
AllMusic
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website, critic Dean Carlson described the album as one that "shines in its muddily produced, tonally confident swagger" and "avoids the sputter of careerist
garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock music that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is ...
for a spectacularly bleary haunted house feel."
Carlson summed up by calling the album, "one of 1984's best garage-punk releases."
Scott Schinder
Scott Schinder (June 14, 1961 – June 5, 2023) was an American music critic and journalist from Long Island, New York.
Biography
Schinder, a native of Long Island, New York, was born on June 14, 1961. He attended Wantagh Senior High School in ...
and Ira Robbins, writing for ''
Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who, Dave Schulps, and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'', called it, "as good a '60s punk record as any contemporary combo is likely to make".
Track listing
All songs written by Paula Pierce unless otherwise noted.
Side one
#"It's About Time"
#"I Want Him"
#"James"
#"He's Not Far"
#"Haunted Beach Party"
#"The Hump" (
Herb Gross)
Side two
#"I Live My Life"
#"Want Need Love"
#"It Just Ain't True"
#"High On A Cloud" (Mike Carrol)
#"Cry On My Own"
#"Going His Way"
Personnel
* Paula Pierce – lead guitar, vocals, harmonica
* Bambi Conway – bass guitar, background vocals
* Gwynne (Kelly) Kahn – rhythm guitar, organ, background vocals
* Casey Gomez – drums
References
External links
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1984 debut albums
The Pandoras albums