This Is the Time (Lindsey Buckingham song)
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5:30 (full version with "Instrumental Introduction To")
| "This Is the Time" | |
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| Song by Lindsey Buckingham | |
| from the album Out of the Cradle | |
| Released | June 16, 1992 |
| Length | 4:49 5:30 (full version with "Instrumental Introduction To") |
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"This Is the Time " is a song by Lindsey Buckingham that was released on his third solo album Out of the Cradle in 1992. The song is prefaced with a guitar instrumental that Buckingham played on a fretless Steinberger guitar. Performances of the song supporting the Out of the Cradle album featured an extended guitar solo from Buckingham and members of his touring band.
Similar to Buckingham's "Don't Look Down" from the same album, "This Is the Time" features an instrumental introduction that segues into the full song.[1] Buckingham played this part on a fretless Steinberger.[2] The fretless Steinberg was recorded in mono and treated with a variable speed oscillator.[3] To achieve the guitar tones on the verses of "This Is the Time", Buckingham created open tunings on his Fender Stratocaster, stringing only high b and high e strings tuned half-whole steps apart from each other.[4] Buckingham also played the song's guitar solo on the Stratocaster, which was recorded directly into the mixing console.[3]
When discussing his material on Out of the Cradle with Paul Zollo, Buckingham identified "You Do Or You Don't" and "Soul Drifter" as being on the "mature side", which he contrasted with "This Is the Time", a song he believed that "someone my age has no business doing whatsoever."[5] In relation to the song's lyrics, he told Bill Holdship of BAM magazine that "This Is the Time" could be considered a cynical political statement.[6] Stereo Review characterized Buckingham's vocal delivery on portions of "This Is the Time" as a "robotic basso".[7] Erik Rasmussen of The Capital Times thought that the song showcased Buckingham's "lyrical economy" and guitar playing.[8]