Why Can't We Live Together (album)

Why Can't We Live Together
Studio album by Timmy Thomas
Released 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Soul
Funk
Length 36:56
Label Glades Records
Producer Timmy Thomas
Steve Alaimo
Timmy Thomas chronology
Why Can't We Live Together
(1972)		 You're the Song I've Always Wanted to Sing
(1974)You're the Song I've Always Wanted to Sing1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Why Can't We Live Together is the debut album by Timmy Thomas released in 1972. Although not aesthetically successful, it was historically the first record to fully replace drummers with a drum machine. The album reached number ten in 1973 on the US R&B albums chart on the strength of the million-seller single, "Why Can't We Live Together".

Track listing

All songs written by Timmy Thomas except where indicated

  1. "Why Can't We Live Together"
  2. "Rainbow Power"
  3. "Take Care of Home"
  4. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan McColl)
  5. "The Coldest Days of My Life" (Carl Davis, Eugene Record)
  6. "In The Beginning"
  7. "Cold Cold People"
  8. "Opportunity"
  9. "Dizzy Dizzy World"
  10. "Funky Me"

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Andrew Hamilton quoted This album was originally released on Glades Records following Thomas' million-selling Why Can't We Live Together which qualifies as the cheapest Top 10 hit ever made. The session consists of Timmy Thomas singing and accompanying himself on organ. The rest of the album is almost as sparse. If you like a lot of production, you won't find it here. Remakes of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and the Chi-Lites' "Coldest Days Of My Life won't make you ditch the original versions. And with the exception of the title track, the originals are forgettable".

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Billboard Top Pop Albums[2] 53
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 10

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
Pop		 US
R&B
1973 "Why Can't We Live Together" 3 1

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Andrew. Timmy Thomas: Why Can't We Live Together > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Timmy Thomas US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Timmy Thomas US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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