Ahead of Our Time (Remastered) 21st Century

• 1 Tricks Are Made For Kids 03:00
• 2 The Way We Were 02:49
• 3 Ahead Of Our Time 02:13
• 4 Remember The Rain 03:58
• 5 Does Your Mama Know About Me? 03:56
• 6 Child 03:25
• 7 If By Chance 02:43
• 8 Mirror, Mirror 02:25
• 9 See My Love Growin' Old 04:15
• 10 You're My Only World 02:55
• Total Runtime 31:39

Info for Ahead of Our Time (Remastered)

A wonderful harmony soul record from Chicago!

21st Century were part of a young soul group trend that had come out of the city – and which included bigger stars like The 5 Stairsteps and Brighter Side Of Darkness – but the album really doesn’t focus on their youth so much as it does on their strong vocal harmonies.

Some tracks have kind of a heavy righteous Temptations-ish sound, which the band does well – but the really great cuts are spacey and mellow, which works perfectly for the group’s falsetto vocalizing.

"From Chicago, legendary birthplace of the urban blues style which became the sound of the Fifties and Sixties, the 21st Century arrives letting us know how tomorrow sounds today. The children of the Seventies have seen more of civilization and life than any previous generation. A song heard here by the 21st Century describes growing up with “a man on the moon and hippie communes” echoing the frustrations of young people who see themselves being handled a world they did not create; yet all the while their music speaks loudly with the joy of youth. Surrounded since birth by a sophisticated musical tradition, they have learned to sing with intensity and feeling about today and tomorrow. Listen … and welcome to the 21st Century!” (from the Liner Notes)

Fred Williams, vocals
Alphonso Smith, vocals
Pierre Johnson, vocals
Tyrone Moores, vocals
Alonzo Martin, vocals

Digitally remastered

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