Modern Times (Al Stewart album)
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Modern Times is Al Stewart
's sixth studio album, released in 1975. The album has been re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.
Side 2
Al Stewart
Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...
's sixth studio album, released in 1975. The album has been re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.
1975 Original LP edition
Side 1- "Carol" – 4:24
- "Sirens of Titan" – 2:50
- "What's Going On?" – 3:34
- "Not the One" – 4:34
- "Next Time" – 4:19
Side 2
- "Apple Cider Re-Constitution" – 5:19
- "The Dark and the Rolling Sea" – 5:21
- "Modern Times" – 8:21
2000 Beat Goes On edition bonus tracks
- "News from Spain" - 6:03
- "Elvaston Place" - 2:53
- "Swallow Wind" - 3:21
2007 Collector's Choice Music edition bonus tracks
- "Swallow Wind" - 3:23
- "A Sense of Deja Vu" - 4:50
- "Willie the King" - 4:01
Personnel
- Al Stewart - vocals, guitar, keyboard
- Brian Bennett - background vocals
- David Ellis - acoustic guitar
- Isaac Guillory - guitar
- Simon NicolSimon NicolSimon John Breckenridge Nicol is a guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founder member of British folk rock, or electric folk group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band...
- guitar - Tim RenwickTim RenwickTimothy John Pearson 'Tim' Renwick is an English guitarist.-Career:Renwick started playing guitar in the 1960s. He performed with many bands, including Little Women, Wages of Sin, Junior's Eyes, The Hype, Quiver and Lazy Racer...
- guitar - Andrew PowellAndrew PowellAndrew Powell - musical composer, arranger and performer - was born 18 April 1949 in London, England of Welsh parents.- Early life :He began taking piano lessons at the age of four and later attended Kings College School, Wimbledon by which time he was also learning the viola, violin and orchestral...
- arranger - Tony Carr - percussion
- Gerry ConwayGerry Conway (musician)Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
- drums - Stuart Cowell - dobro, guitar
- Barry DeSouza - drums
- George Ford - bass
- Neil Lancaster - background vocals
- Charles Mills - background vocals
- Peter Moss - fuzz bass
- Graham Smith - harmonica
- Pete WingfieldPete WingfieldPete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:...
- keyboards - Peter Wood - keyboards, accordion
- Alan ParsonsAlan ParsonsAlan Parsons is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor...
- engineer, string arrangements
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)Year | Chart | Position |
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1975 | Albums | 30 |