Liner Notes
UK release of In My Own Time b/w Seasons (Reprise K 14102).
Lee Whiting's Family Fan Club newsletter (Sep/Oct 1971) opened with the chart success: "The first news I have for you is about the single and the great success of 'In My Own Time'. As you all must know, it went up to number 5 in the charts, which we are all very thrilled about. Many thanks to all of you for supporting the group and the record." The single peaked at UK #4 on the post-1969 Melody Maker / NME composite — Whiting's "number 5" citation reflects the peak in one of several rival charts of the period.
Michael Watts in Phonograph Record Magazine (November 1971, 'In Their Own Time — An Outline of the Band') carried the same #4 figure for US readers: "Recently they have had a single reach #4 on the English charts. The record's called 'In My Own Time,' and that's exactly how they like to do things." The single was Family's first to crack the top ten — the chart breakthrough they'd been threatening for three albums. (See Press Archive: Family Fan Club Newsletter — September/October 1971 · In Their Own Time — An Outline of the Band.)
Album Reviews1
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In My Own Time — John Peel’s Disc review
Contemporary single review. John Peel greeted “In My Own Time” and “Seasons” as Family operating at full strength. Both sides are comparatively complex, yet he heard the band playing with complete precision; Roger Chapman’s vocal on the A-side was imagined as a laser powerful enough to cut steel or transmit messages between planets.
Peel made no claim that the song carried a grand social message. Its achievement was musical: rolling, funky and direct, a superior pop single from a band whose audience and commercial success had never matched its quality. His verdict was unreserved—Family deserved far more recognition, and this record reinforced the case.
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