Speeding Time
1983 studio album by Carole King
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Speeding Time is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1983. King's 13th album in fourteen years, Speeding Time featured a prominent new wave sound that was negatively reviewed by critics used to King's more traditional pop stylings. The album became her first record not to chart at all; King did not record again for six years.
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| Released | November 11, 1983[1] | |||
| Studio | Amigo (North Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | New wave[2] | |||
| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Lou Adler | |||
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Production
King cowrote four of the album's songs with her former husband and longtime collaborator Gerry Goffin.[4] The album's sound was inspired by King's admiration for Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science".[5]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Computer Eyes" (King, Gerry Goffin) – (3:08)
- "One Small Voice" (King) – (3:01)
- "Crying in the Rain" (King, Howard Greenfield) – (2:32)
- "Sacred Heart of Stone" (King, Goffin) – (3:45)
- "Speeding Time" (King, Goffin) – (4:49)
Side 2
- "Standin' on the Borderline" (King, Goffin) – (2:55)
- "So Ready for Love" (King) – (5:22)
- "Chalice Borealis" (King, Rick Sorensen) – (2:35)
- "Dancing" (King) – (4:00)
- "Alabaster Lady" (King) – (5:45)
Personnel
- Carole King – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers
- Robbie Kondor – synthesizers, synthesizer programming (2, 3, 5–7, 9, 10), synth harmonica solo (7)
- Rob Meurer – synthesizer, programming (1, 4, 8)
- Danny Kortchmar – guitars
- Lee Ritenour – guitars
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Steve Meador – drums (1, 4)
- Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 3, 5–10)
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone solo (3)
- Sherry Goffin Kondor – counter lead vocals (9)
Production
- Lou Adler – producer
- Paul Brown – engineer, mixing, recording
- Chet Hines – recording
- Bobby Hata – mastering at Amigo Studios
- Peter Corriston – album design
- Jim Shea – cover photography
- Brian Hagiwara – design photography