High Time

LIMITED PICTURE LP. The MC5 was nearing the end of their long and bumpy trail when they cut High Time in 1971, and it was widely ignored upon initial release. While it lacks the flame-thrower energy and "Off the man!" politics of Kick Out the Jams or the frantic pace and "AM Radio of the People" sound of Back in the U.S.A., heard in 2002, High Time sounds like the MC5's relative equivalent to the Velvet Underground's Loaded, their last and most accessible album, but still highly idiosyncratic and full of well-written, solidly played tunes.