Time (Richard Carpenter album)

Summary

Time is the first solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter. Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Scott Grimes sang on the album, on the songs "In Love Alone", "Something in Your Eyes", and "That's What I Believe", respectively. The song "When Time Was All We Had" is dedicated to Richard's sister, Karen. It was later included on the 3-CD compilation The Ultimate Collection.

Time
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1987
RecordedSeptember 1, 1986 – July 5, 1987
StudioA&M Studios, Los Angeles
GenrePop
LabelA&M
ProducerRichard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter chronology
Time
(1987)
Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor
(1998)

Track listing edit

  1. "Say Yeah!" (Richard Carpenter, Paul Janz, Pamela Phillips Oland) – 3:51
  2. "Who Do You Love?" (Mark Holden, Peter Hamilton, Gary Pickus) – 3:15
  3. "Something in Your Eyes" (Richard Carpenter, Cynthia Weil, Pamela Phillips Oland, Tom Snow) – 4:13
  4. "When Time Was All We Had" (a dedication to Karen) (Richard Carpenter, Pamela Phillips Oland, Tim Rice) – 3:03
  5. "Time" (Richard Carpenter, Dave Clark) – 3:34
  6. "Calling Your Name Again" (Richard Carpenter, Richard Marx) – 4:19
  7. "In Love Alone" (Richard Carpenter, Hiroaki Serizawa, John Bettis) – 3:22
  8. "Remind Me to Tell You" (Richard Carpenter, Mark Mueller) – 3:54
  9. "That's What I Believe" (Richard Carpenter, Dean Pitchford, Pamela Phillips Oland) – 4:28
  10. "I'm Still Not Over You" (Richard Carpenter, Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby Jr.) – 5:51

Personnel edit

  • Richard Carpenter - lead vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Dusty Springfield - lead vocals on "Something in Your Eyes"
  • Dionne Warwick - lead vocals on "In Love Alone"
  • Scott Grimes - lead and backing vocals on "That's What I Believe"
  • Tim May - guitar
  • Tony Peluso - lead guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 10)
  • Joe Osborn - bass guitar
  • Bill Lanphier - bass guitar (track: 9)
  • Paul Leim - drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (tracks: 3, 5, 8)
  • Herb Alpert - flugelhorn solo on "When Time Was All We Had"
  • John Phillips - alto saxophone on "Time" and "That's What I Believe"
  • Jim Cox - synthesizer programming
  • James Getzoff - concertmaster
Technical
  • Michael Bowman, Rob Jacobs, Robert de la Garza - engineer
  • Roger Young - recording, mixing
  • Chuck Beeson - art direction
  • Larry Williams - photography

Singles edit

"Something in Your Eyes" (featuring Dusty Springfield)
  • US 7" single (1987) – A&M 2940
  1. "Something in Your Eyes"
  2. "Time"
  • JP 7" promo (1987) – 5Y3056
  1. "Something in Your Eyes"
  2. "Time"
  • AU 7" single (1987) – K289
  1. "Something in Your Eyes"
  2. "Time"
"Who Do You Love?"
  • JP 7" promo (1987) – 7Y3076
  1. "Who Do You Love?"
  2. "When Time Was All We Had"
"Time"
  • US 7" promo (1988) – A&M 2998
  1. "Time"
  2. "Calling Your Name Again"