About Time (Ten Years After album)
1989 studio album by Ten Years After
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About Time is an album by the blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1989.[2][3] 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).[4]
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| Released | 28 August 1989[1] | |||
| Studio | Ardent | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 54:13 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Terry Manning, Ten Years After | |||
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About Time peaked at number 120 on the US Billboard 200.
Production
Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album was produced by Terry Manning.[5]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [7] |
| Windsor Star | C[8] |
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."[5] The Windsor Star wrote that "the ham-handed rock-blues songs sound like outtakes from TYA's best years."[8]
Track listing
| 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 |
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
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 87 |
| US Billboard 200[10] | 120 |