# Time Change... A Natural Progression

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Time Change... A Natural Progression
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Sherbet](/source/Sherbet_(band))
| cover      = sherbet_time_change.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = December 1972
| recorded   = September 1972
| venue      =
| studio     = TCS Studios, Melbourne & Festival Studios Sydney, Australia
| genre      = [Rock](/source/Rock_music), [pop](/source/Pop_Music)
| length     = 37:30
| label      = Infinity, [Festival](/source/Festival_Records_(Australia))
| producer   = [Howard Gable](/source/Howard_Gable), Pat Austin, Ross Linton
| prev_title = [Can You Feel It Baby (EP)](/source/Can_You_Feel_It_Baby_(EP))
| prev_year  = 1971
| next_title = [On with the Show](/source/On_with_the_Show_(Sherbet_album))
| next_year  = 1973
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Time Change... A Natural Progression
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [Can You Feel It, Baby?](/source/Can_You_Feel_It%2C_Baby%3F)
 | single1date = June 1971
 | single2     = [Free The People](/source/Free_the_People_(Sherbet_song))
 | single2date = October 1971
 | single3     = [You're All Woman](/source/You're_All_Woman)
 | single3date = June 1972
 | single4     = [You've Got the Gun](/source/You've_Got_the_Gun)
 | single4date = October 1972
}}
}}

'''''Time Change... A Natural Progression''''' is the debut [studio album](/source/studio_album) by [Sherbet](/source/Sherbet_(band)) released in December 1972. The album includes the bands hit singles "[Can You Feel It, Baby?](/source/Can_You_Feel_It%2C_Baby%3F)", "[Free the People](/source/Free_the_People_(Sherbet_song))", "[You're All Woman](/source/You're_All_Woman)" and "[You've Got the Gun](/source/You've_Got_the_Gun)".<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-change-a-natural-progression-mw0000975855 Sherbet - Time Change... A Nature Progression at Allmusic]</ref> The album peaked at number 66 on the [Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report).<ref>[http://australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/time-change-a-natural-progression-by-sherbet Sherbet - Time Change... A Natural Progression at Australian Music Database]</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = [You've Got the Gun](/source/You've_Got_the_Gun)
| length1 = 5:03
| extra1 = 
| writer1 = [Garth Porter](/source/Garth_Porter), [Clive Shakespeare](/source/Clive_Shakespeare), [Daryl Braithwaite](/source/Daryl_Braithwaite)
| note1 = 
| title2 = Thinkin' About You
| writer2 = Porter, Shakespeare, [Tony Mitchell](/source/Tony_Mitchell_(musician))
| 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](/source/Alan_Sandow)
| note5 = 
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = [Love the One You're With](/source/Love_the_One_You're_With) 
| length1 = 4:54 
| writer1 = [Stephen Stills](/source/Stephen_Stills)
| title2 = Movie Star
| length2 = 3:06 
| writer2 = Porter, Braithwaite
| title3 = [Can You Feel It, Baby?](/source/Can_You_Feel_It%2C_Baby%3F)
| length3 = 3:35
| extra3 = 
| writer3 = [Roger Cook](/source/Roger_Cook_(songwriter)), [Roger Greenaway](/source/Roger_Greenaway)
| note8 = 
| title4 = [Free The People](/source/Free_the_People_(Sherbet_song))
| length4 = 2:43 
| writer4 = [Barbara Keith](/source/Barbara_Keith)
| title5 = [You're All Woman](/source/You're_All_Woman)
| length5 = 2:55
| writer5 = [Ted Mulry](/source/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<br>position
|-
! scope="row" |Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))<ref>{{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)}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |66
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Time Change... A Natural Progression|artist=Sherbet|type=album|relyear=1972|certyear=1975|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="certs1975">{{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](/source/Cash_Box_magazine)|via=World Radio History|page=38|date=26 July 1975|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
| Australia
| December 1972
| [Festival](/source/Festival_Records)
| LP
| INL 34725
|-
| Australia
| 1975
| Festival
| LP (re-release), cassette
| L 34725
|-
| Australia
| 26 October 1998<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Sherbet-Time-Change-A-Natural-Progression/release/6595654 Sherbet - Time Change... A Natural Progression at Discogs (List Of Releases)]</ref>
| Festival
| CD
| D20018
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sherbet}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Sherbet (band) albums
Category:Festival Records albums
Category:Infinity Records albums
Category:1972 debut albums

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