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. The album, like 1975's Modern Times and 1976's Year of the Cat, was once again produced by Alan Parsons. The album's title track (which, when edited, reached #7 on the Billboard charts) and "End of the Day" were both co-written by Peter White. The title track also reached #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for 10 weeks.
Time Passages | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 8 September 1978[1] | |||
Recorded | June 1978 | |||
Studio | Davlen Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Soft rock, folk rock | |||
Length | 44:38 | |||
Label | UK: RCA (original release) EMI (1991 reissue) US: Arista (original release) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (audiophile release) Rhino (2004 remaster) | |||
Producer | Alan Parsons | |||
Al Stewart chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
A digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004.
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.[4]
Songs written by Al Stewart unless otherwise noted.
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[13] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[14] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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.