Feelies - Time For A Witness Poll

"Sooner or Later" — maybe my favorite Feelies tune.

Listening to this now -- sounds really good. I think my main issue with this album is that the lyrics occasionally seem pretty half-assed. Not that Feelies lyrics are super-amazing all the time, but there are a few tracks here where they sound like after thoughts. Love "Find A Way" -- like "Slipping Into Something" in slo-mo. Could listen to a 30-minute take of that. And "Doin' It Again" is def. the band's most obvious attempt for a radio hit, but is still wonderful. Did that get any airplay at the time?

Not sure if I've ever listened to Feelies' lyrics. For me, it's all about feeling them in my toes.

Yeah, true.
Some of these songs sound a lot like Dream Syndicate .... which I guess makes sense, but hadn't really made that connection before.

Here's Mercer & Weckerman on the album's recording:

PSF: I thought Time For A Witness was the best Feelies album.

GLENN: That's why it was really frustrating. I remember Bill saying before we recorded "there's not going to be a single thing that I'm not going to be happy with and not going to be exactly the way I want it." We did the song "Time For A Witness" every day for a week. We all thought it was good but he heard something he didn't like.

PSF: You think you were more meticulous than with the first album?

GLENN: No, maybe he (Bill) was.

DAVE: Plus we ended up spending a lot of money. They had us going to a barn and studio where Aerosmith record up in Massachusetts. The Stones used to record there. It was like a $400 an hour place. I always thought we could work at Mix-O-Lydian in Booton (New Jersey) and get as good a sound for $50 an hour. When you're on on those big labels, they expect you to go to those big places like the Power Station. We had a girl from A&M come out to Mix-O-Lydian when we were doing the overdubs and she looked around and said "Is this a studio- I judge a studio by its lounge" This was just like an old factory with a studio in it and it was really cool.

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was this album relased on lp?

don't know if i've ever seen it on LP ...

though I know my college radio station had a "Doin' It Again" 12-inch .... with White Light White Heat on the flipside I think?

Still haven't bought this. How's this rank in the post-The Good Earth catalogue?

It was indeed released on LP.
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Never heard this one (or seen it on LP)

looooved the shoulda-been alt pop hit. "doin' it again." yeah. and, good question, DID it ever get any radio play?

my favorite thing about this album is the mirror-image shot on the back of the cd booklet that makes it look like they're all lefties.

haha, i never noticed that!
cover is yet another glum Feelies cover shoot. Demeski looks like he's thinking about cracking a smile

Voted for Find A Way, but I quite like the entire album - and I owned the LP version!

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Sooner or later

cover is surely Dudes looking relaxed and sitting in chairs on their album cover (a rock n roll secret history)

ok not chairs but close enough

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

"Waiting" is perfect morning music. I should've voted for it.

When the Feelies grab ya, you cannot sit still. They levitate your hips & the rest of ya gotta go too.

sad that i missed this poll. this album is underrated.

it is a sweet record -- probably the best Feelies record for summer bbqs.