Time Passages
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Time Passages is the eighth studio album by Al Stewart, released in September 1978. It is the follow-up to his 1976 album Year of the Cat. Like "Year of the Cat" and 1975's Modern Times, it was produced by Alan Parsons. The album's title track (which, when edited, reached number 7 on the Billboard charts) and "End of the Day" were both co-written by Peter White. The title track occupied number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for 10 weeks.
A digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004.
Artwork
The album's front and back cover were designed by Hipgnosis. As Storm Thorgerson stated in For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis, "For Al's Time Passages we showed a radio being tuned on the shelf of a kitchen window but at the same time "tuning" the view of the landscape outside the window".[citation needed] The front cover photograph was taken at Indian Route 42, Monument Valley, Arizona.[1]
Track listing
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Historical references
- "A Man For All Seasons" refers to Sir Thomas More, statesman under Henry VIII of England (misidentified by Stewart as "Henry Plantagenet"[2]) and a Catholic martyr.
- "The Palace of Versailles", refers to the actual Palace of Versailles, the former residence of the French Kings and a key site in early days of the French Revolution. The lyrics contain specific allusions to many events and figures of the revolution.
- "Life in Dark Water" – references the Mary Celeste, questioning the usage of the inaccurate term "Marie Celeste". (Also see J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement)
Personnel
- Al Stewart - guitars, keyboards, vocals
- Peter White - guitars, lead guitar (tracks 1, 2 and 9), keyboards, accordion
- J. Peter Robinson - grand piano, organ on "Valentina Way"
- Peter Solley - synthesizer on "Palace of Versailles"
- Peter Wood - keyboards, organ, piano
- Tim Renwick - electric guitar, lead guitar (tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6)
- Robin Lamble - bass guitar
- Mark Goldenberg - rhythm guitar on "Valentina Way"
- Phil Kenzie - alto saxophone on tracks 1 and 8
- Stuart Elliott - drums (except track 2)
- Jeff Porcaro - drums on "Valentina Way"
- Al Perkins - pedal steel guitar
- Bill Linnane - guitar
- Art Tripp lll, Lindsay Elliott - percussion
- Brian Huddy, Joe Puerta, David Pack, James R. West, Krysia Kristianne, Jeff Borgeson - backing vocals
- Andrew Powell - string arrangements
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[5] | Silver | 60,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Musical Maps".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nichols, Thomas M. (Spring 2001). "Soldiers and War: A Top Ten List". International Journal. 56 (2). Canadian International Council: 312–323, 317 n.1. doi:10.2307/40203558. JSTOR 40203558.
In a 1980 interview, Stewart lamented his reference in the song about More to Henry Plantagenet when he meant Henry Tudor. How many of his fans caught the error is unknown.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 294. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in Deutsch). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1979. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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