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Times of Our Lives (Judy Collins album) 
Summary
Times of Our Lives is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Judy Collins, released in February 1982 by Elektra Records. It peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.[3] In 1981, prior to the album's release, Collins appeared on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, performing two songs from the (then) forthcoming album: "Great Expectations" and "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights" (both having penned by Hugh Prestwood).
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| Released | February 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [2] |
The single of "Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the West End musical Cats was the earliest released version of the song by a singer (apart from its London Cast Album). It was quickly followed by another version by Barbra Streisand.
Track listing edit
Side one
- "Great Expectations" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:54
- "The Rest of Your Life" (Judy Collins) – 4:43
- "Grandaddy" (Collins) – 3:24
- "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:38
- "Memory" (T. S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn) – 4:13
Side two
- "Sun Son" (Anna McGarrigle) – 4:18
- "Mama Mama" (Collins) – 3:38
- "Drink a Round to Ireland" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:48
- "Angel on My Side" (Collins) – 4:31
- "Don't Say Goodbye Love" (Collins) – 4:39
Personnel edit
- Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano; arrangement and conductor on "Don't Say Goodbye Love"
- Hugh McCracken – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
- Steve Khan – electric guitar
- Tony Levin – bass guitar
- Randy Kerber – piano, Fender Rhodes, Prophet-5, CS80 and Omni synthesizer, Omni strings
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Jimmy Madison – drums
- Rubens Bassini – percussion, congas
- Richard Rimbaugh – drums, tabla, tambourine, finger cymbals
- George Marge – oboe
- Dominic Cortese – accordion
- Margaret Ross – harp
- Max Pollikoff – violin
- Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone
- Bill Keith – banjo
- Dick Hyman – celesta, piano
- Ken Bichel – piano
- Lew Hahn – Casiotone MT30
- Gordon Grody, Shelton Becton, Ula Hedwig – backing vocals
- Cengiz Yaltkaya – arrangement and conductor on "The Rest of Your Lives", "Sun Son", "Mama Mama" and "Angel On My Side"
- Jonathan Tunick – arrangement and conductor on "Grandaddy" and "Drink a Round to Ireland"
- Arif Mardin – arrangement and conductor on "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights"
- William David Brohn – arrangement and conductor on "Memory"
- David Nadien – concertmaster
Technical
- Arif Mardin – executive producer
- Jim Houghton – photography
Charts edit
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[4] | 190 |
References edit
- ^ "Times of Our Lives Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 154.
- ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Judy Collins Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
External links edit
- Times of Our Lives at Discogs (list of releases)