Time Change... A Natural Progression
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{{Infobox album
| name = Time Change... A Natural Progression
| type = studio
| artist = Sherbet
| cover = sherbet_time_change.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 1972
| recorded = September 1972
| venue =
| studio = TCS Studios, Melbourne & Festival Studios Sydney, Australia
| length = 37:30
| label = Infinity, Festival
| producer = Howard Gable, Pat Austin, Ross Linton
| prev_title = Can You Feel It Baby (EP)
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = On with the Show
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Time Change... A Natural Progression
| type = studio
| single1 = Can You Feel It, Baby?
| single1date = June 1971
| single2 = Free The People
| single2date = October 1971
| single3 = You're All Woman
| single3date = June 1972
| single4 = You've Got the Gun
| single4date = October 1972
}}
}}
Time Change... A Natural Progression is the debut studio album by Sherbet released in December 1972. The album includes the bands hit singles "Can You Feel It, Baby?", "Free the People", "You're All Woman" and "You've Got the Gun".[https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-change-a-natural-progression-mw0000975855 Sherbet - Time Change... A Nature Progression at Allmusic] The album peaked at number 66 on the Kent Music Report.[http://australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/time-change-a-natural-progression-by-sherbet Sherbet - Time Change... A Natural Progression at Australian Music Database]
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = You've Got the Gun
| length1 = 5:03
| extra1 =
| writer1 = Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare, Daryl Braithwaite
| note1 =
| title2 = Thinkin' About You
| writer2 = Porter, Shakespeare, Tony Mitchell
| note2 =
| length2 = 4:09
| extra2 =
| title3 = Midnight Blues
| length3 = 2:57
| extra3 =
| writer3 = Porter, Shakespeare
| note3 =
| title4 = Do It
| length4 = 2:13
| extra4 =
| writer4 = Porter, Shakespeare
| note4 =
| title5 = Time Change
| length5 = 5:49
| extra5 =
| writer5 = Porter, Shakespeare, Braithwaite, Mitchell, Alan Sandow
| note5 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Love the One You're With
| length1 = 4:54
| writer1 = Stephen Stills
| title2 = Movie Star
| length2 = 3:06
| writer2 = Porter, Braithwaite
| title3 = Can You Feel It, Baby?
| length3 = 3:35
| extra3 =
| writer3 = Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
| note8 =
| title4 = Free The People
| length4 = 2:43
| writer4 = Barbara Keith
| title5 = You're All Woman
| length5 = 2:55
| writer5 = Ted Mulry
| total_length = 37:30
}}
Personnel
- Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
- Garth Porter – organ, piano, vocals, wurlitzer electric piano
- Tony Mitchell – bass guitar, vocals
- Alan Sandow – drums
- Clive Shakespeare – guitar, vocals
- Bruce Worrall – bass guitar on "Can You Feel It Baby"
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Chart (1972/73) ! scope="col" |Peak |
| scope="row" |Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|location=St Ives|page=271|author-link=David Kent (historian)}}
| style="text-align:center;" |66 |
|---|
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Time Change... A Natural Progression|artist=Sherbet|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1975|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-07-26.pdf|title=Gold Flavoured Sherbet |magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=38|date=26 July 1975|access-date=15 November 2021}}}}
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Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Country ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| Australia
| December 1972 | Festival | LP | INL 34725 |
| Australia
| 1975 | Festival | LP (re-release), cassette | L 34725 |
| Australia
| Festival | CD | D20018 |
References
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{{Sherbet}}
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Category:Sherbet (band) albums
Category:Festival Records albums
Category:Infinity Records albums
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