About Time (Ten Years After album)
| About Time | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 22, 1989 | |||
| Studio | Ardent | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 54:13 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Terry Manning, Ten Years After | |||
| Ten Years After chronology | ||||
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About Time is an album by the blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1989.[1][2] It was the final studio album featuring Alvin Lee, their singer and most prominent songwriter since the band's formation. It was their first studio release in fifteen years (since Positive Vibrations, in 1974).[3]
About Time peaked at number 120 on the US Billboard 200.
Production[edit]
Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album was produced by Terry Manning.[4]
Critical reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [6] |
| Windsor Star | C[7] |
The Boston Globe noted that "pile-driving party rock is the order of the day, with guitarist Alvin Lee's fuzzed solos stealing the show as usual."[4] The Windsor Star wrote that "the ham-handed rock-blues songs sound like outtakes from TYA's best years."[7]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Highway of Love" | Steve Gould, Alvin Lee | 5:13 |
| 2. | "Let's Shake It Up" | Gould, Lee | 5:14 |
| 3. | "I Get All Shook Up" | Lee | 4:38 |
| 4. | "Victim of Circumstance" | Lee | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Going to Chicago" | Tim Hinkley, Lee | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Wild Is the River" | Gould, Lee | 3:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saturday Night" | Gould, Lee | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Bad Blood" | Tony Crooks, Leo Lyons | 7:09 |
| 3. | "Working in a Parking Lot" | Crooks, Lyons, Andy Nye | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Outside My Window" | Gould, Lee | 5:47 |
| 5. | "Waiting for the Judgement Day" | Gould, Lee | 4:30 |
| Total length: | 54:13 | ||
Notes
- The track order is different for the CD release, which puts "Wild is the River" between "Working in a Parking Lot" and "Outside My Window".
Personnel[edit]
- Ten Years After
with:
- Nick Carls – backing vocals
- Jimi Jamison – backing vocals
- Technical
References[edit]
- ^ "Music". Part II. Newsday. 11 September 1989. p. 2.
- ^ Heim, Chris (25 August 1989). "Guitar Heroes". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 54.
- ^ Bourke, Brian G. (17 September 1989). "New Music". Stars. Syracuse Herald American. p. 25.
- ^ a b Morse, Steve (7 September 1989). "Record Review". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 6.
- ^ "About Time - Ten Years After | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 699.
- ^ a b Shaw, Ted (14 October 1989). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.
