About Time (Ten Years After album)
Encyclopedia
About Time is a 1989 album released by blues rock band Ten Years After
, the final studio album released featuring Alvin Lee
, their singer and most prominent songwriter since the band's creation. It was also their first studio release in fifteen years (since Positive Vibrations
in 1974).
About Time peaked at #120 on the US
Billboard 200
.
Ten Years After
Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart...
, the final studio album released featuring Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
, their singer and most prominent songwriter since the band's creation. It was also their first studio release in fifteen years (since Positive Vibrations
Positive Vibrations
Positive Vibrations is the ninth album by the English blues rock band, Ten Years After, which was released in 1974. Shortly after the release of this album, the band broke up...
in 1974).
About Time peaked at #120 on the US
United States
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Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
.
Track listing
- "Highway of Love" (Steve GouldSteve GouldSteve Gould was the lead singer and bassist of the 1960s-70s London based progressive rock band Rare Bird. They had one hit single titled "Sympathy" and recorded several albums....
, Alvin LeeAlvin LeeAlvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
) – 5:13 - "Let's Shake It Up" (Gould, Lee) – 5:14
- "I Get All Shook Up" (Lee) – 4:38
- "Victim of Circumstance" (Lee) – 4:29
- "Goin' to Chicago" (Tim HinkleyTim HinkleyTim Hinkley is an English singer-songwriter, keyboardist and record producer. Hinkley started playing in youth club bands in the early 1960s, including The Copains, Boys, Freeman Five. During this time he turned down an offer to join The Konrads which featured Davy Jones, who later changed his...
, Lee) – 4:22 - "Wild Is the River" (Gould, Lee) – 3:53
- "Saturday Night" (Gould, Lee) – 4:06
- "Bad Blood" (Tony Crooks, Leo LyonsLeo LyonsLeo Lyons is an English rock musician, who was also the bassist of the British late 1960s to 1970s rock group Ten Years After....
) – 7:09 - "Working in a Parking Lot" (Crooks, Lyons, Andy NyeAndy NyeAndy Nye is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the rock band The Michael Schenker Group at their peak in the 1980s...
) – 4:52 - "Outside My Window" (Gould, Lee) – 5:47
- "Waiting for the Judgement Day" (Gould, Lee) – 4:30
Personnel
- Alvin LeeAlvin LeeAlvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Leo LyonsLeo LyonsLeo Lyons is an English rock musician, who was also the bassist of the British late 1960s to 1970s rock group Ten Years After....
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Ric LeeRic LeeRic Lee is the English drummer of the British late 1960s to 70s rock group, Ten Years After.-Biography:...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Chick ChurchillChick ChurchillChick Churchill is the keyboard player of the British late 1960s to 70s rock band, Ten Years After.-Career:...
– KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s - Nick Carls – background vocals
- Jimi JamisonJimi JamisonJimmy Wayne "Jimi" Jamison is a rock vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the band Survivor from 1984–1989 and 2000-2006.- Further biography :...
– background vocals - Terry ManningTerry ManningTerry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
– engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, producer