Kit Kats - It's Just a Matter of Time

All Music Guide

The Kit Kats' debut album included most of the tracks that showed up on their first Jamie singles, among them standouts like "Let's Get Lost on a Country Road," "That's the Way," and "Cold Walls," as well as a remake of Phil Phillips' "Sea of Love." This wasn't among the most progressive rock available in the summer of 1967, but it was often pleasurable pop/rock, to be sure, with its combination of classical-influenced melodies and keyboards, hazy orchestral production, and high vocal leads harmonies. Filling out the disc were several covers of varying quality, from a good version of the much-covered Carter-Lewis song "Funny How Love Can Be" (a natural for the group's repertoire) and a faithful version of B. Bumble the Stingers' "Nut Rocker" to the less edifying a cappella rendition of "My Favorite Things" and a routine run-through of "Cotton Fields." The version of "Won't Find Better Than Me" here, incidentally, is not the original one on their 1966 Jamie single, but a lusher remake... that is as good or better than its predecessor. All of the LP's cuts have been reissued on the double-CD Kit Kats compilation It's About Time. - Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Read more Less