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Rock
Release Date: 07/21/1998
Run Time: 44:46
Avoiding the sputter of careerist
garage rock for a spectacularly bleary haunted house feel,
It's About Time was a welcome alternative to
art-punk,
synth pop, and the power hunger of bands like
X and
the Cramps. That's not to say that
the Pandoras didn't owe themselves to an extinct musical movement, but thanks mostly due to
Paula Pierce, who fronted and wrote virtually everything here, rough charms like
"Cry on My Own," "I Live My Life," and
"Hot Generation," had a musicality to them that allowed the
Easybeats-like throb to bob and sway instead of simply blaring out into a din. Years later, much of
It's About Time still shines in its muddily produced, tonally confident swagger, remaining one of 1984's best
garage-punk releases.
~Dean Carlson, All Music Guide
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