Hallmark Time Out

Strange as it may seem, Time Out was not that highly regarded when it first got released. Indeed, CBS chief Goddard Leiberson often stated that he took something of a chance in agreeing to release it and initial reviews were not entirely complimentary. Slowly but surely, however, Time Out picked up support, mainly from the buying public, who propelled the album to the #2 spot in the US and subsequently onto becoming the best selling jazz album of the year. Its UK performance was a rather more modest single week at #11, but Take Five reached the Top Ten when lifted as a single.