This article is about the album by John Squire; for the much recorded song, see "Time Changes Everything (song)

Time Changes Everything (song)

"Time Changes Everything" is a Western swing standard written by Tommy Duncan, the long-time vocalist with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. Written as a ballad, the lyrics tell of a failed romance and of the hurt that has healed. Each verse ends with:...

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Time Changes Everything is the debut solo album

Album

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 by the English

England

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 guitarist John Squire

John Squire

John Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...

, released in 2002 on his own North Country Records label.

The album contains many allusions to Squire's former band The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...

, not least the cover which features an animal skull splattered with paint in the style of Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Paul Jackson Pollock , known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and...

, a technique used by Squire for his covers of The Stone Roses debut album

The Stone Roses (album)

The Stone Roses is the debut album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released on Silvertone Records in 1989. It cemented the band's reputation among critics, and is still rated by some as one of the most important albums ever...

 and its accompanying singles. The songs "I Miss You" and "15 Days" both feature references to The Stone Roses with many critics seeing the former as evidence of Squire's wish to end his long running feud with singer Ian Brown

Ian Brown

Ian George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...

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Track listing

All songs written by Squire

John Squire

John Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and artist.Squire is best known as the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After leaving The Stone Roses he went on to found The Seahorses and has since released...

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1. "Joe Louis" – 4:05
2. "I Miss You" – 3:51
3. "Shine a Little Light" – 3:43
4. "Time Changes Everything" – 4:45
5. "Welcome to the Valley" – 2:52
6. "15 Days" – 6:22
7. "Transatlantic Near Death Experience" – 5:56
8. "All I Really Want" – 3:51
9. "Strange Feeling" – 5:19
10. "Sophia" – 6:03

Personnel

• John Squire - Vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , percussion
• Jonathan White - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Andy Treacey - Drums
  Drum kit
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• John Ellis - Piano
  Piano
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  , hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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  , Fender Rhodes
  Rhodes piano
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  , mellotron
  Mellotron
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  , clavinet
  Clavinet
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  , saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , bass clarinet
  Bass clarinet
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  , snake charmer's pipe
  Snake charming
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