A Long Time Comin'

{{About|the Electric Flag album|similar uses|Long Time Coming (disambiguation){{!}}Long Time Coming}}

{{Infobox album

| name = A Long Time Comin'

| type = Studio

| artist = The Electric Flag

| cover = longtimecomin.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1968|03}}

| recorded = July 1967 – January 1968

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{Flatlist|

Soul
blues rock{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-long-time-comin-mw0000202242 |title=A Long Time Comin' Review |last=Viglione |first=Joe |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=December 16, 2021}}

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=05}} (55:18 w/1988 CD bonus tracks)

| label = Columbia

| producer = John Court, Joe Church

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = An American Music Band

| next_year = 1968

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A Long Time Comin' is the first album by American rock band the Electric Flag, released in 1968. The album has a mix of musical styles, including soul along with blues and rock, with a horn section.

It opens with an updated take on the Howlin' Wolf blues classic "Killing Floor" and includes an adaptation of Sticks McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" titled "Wine". The album also contains "Groovin’ Is Easy" and "Over-Lovin’ You", which had been released as a single in 1967.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = Positive{{cite magazine |first=Barry |last=Gifford |title=Review: A Long Time Comin' |url=http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=1968051125#/19680511/20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213180510/http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=1968051125#/19680511/20 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=11 May 1968 |accessdate=23 October 2012}}{{subscription required |date=October 2012}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|year=2011|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn)|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=912}}

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It is widely seen by music critics as an ambitious debut album. The album was somewhat of a failure in the charts, much to the disappointment of Bloomfield, who had worked hard on it.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} His disappointment was worsened by the success of the Al Kooper directed Super Session, which, featuring Bloomfield, charted much higher than A Long Time Comin' despite having been recorded over a period of only two days.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

It was voted number 4 in the 50 All-Time Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |author=Colin Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=27}}