It's About Time (Manu Katché album)

It's About Time
Studio album by Manu Katché
Released	January 1992
Genre	Jazz, Funk, Jazz fusion
Label	BMG
Producer	Philippe Abitbol
Manu Katché chronology
It's About Time (1992) Neighbourhood (2005)

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It's About Time is the first solo album released by session drummer Manu Katché. The musicians on the album are people Katché worked with as a session musician, including Sting, Peter Gabriel, and others.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Cry of Passion"	Katche / Robinson	5:01
2.	"Change"	Katche / Robinson	4:37
3.	"Warm Doorway"	Duez / Fisher / Katche	3:16
4.	"Who I Am"	Katche / Robinson	3:36
5.	"Go Getter"	Katche / Robinson	3:46
6.	"Lost in You"	Katche / Robinson	3:36
7.	"Silence"	Katche / Robinson	3:48
8.	"My Inner Heart"	Katche / Robinson	3:48
9.	"No Country"	Fisher / Katche / Robinson	4:38
10.	"She Is"	Katche / Robinson	4:41
11.	"25th of July"	Fisher / Katche / Robinson	4:35
12.	"Tell Me Why"	Katche / Robinson	2:34

Personnel

• Manu Katché – vocals (all tracks), drums (tracks 1–5, 7–11), percussion (tracks 1, 3–9, 12), programming (tracks 6, 8–9)
• Pino Palladino – bass (tracks 1–11), handclaps (track 4), backing vocals (tracks 6, 9)
• John Paul Jones – bass (track 12)
• Daniel Lanois – guitar solo (tracks 1, 4), dobro (track 4)
• Dominic Miller – guitars (tracks 1, 5–7, 10–11)
• David Rhodes – guitars (tracks 2–6, 8–10), backing vocals (track 6)
• Chris Lawson – guitar (track 12)
• David Sancious – keyboards (tracks 1, 7, 11), piano (track 10)
• Roger Bolton – keyboards (tracks 1, 6, 8, 11)
• Simon Clark – horn arrangement (tracks 1, 4, 8), keyboards (tracks 1–10, 12), organ (tracks 2–4, 6), melodica (track 2), backing vocals (track 6)
• Richard Galliano – accordion, bandoneon (track 9)
• Branford Marsalis – saxophone (tracks 1, 7, 10)
• Stuart Brooks – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8)
• Guy Barker – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8)
• Pete Beachill – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8)
• Philip Todd – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8)
• Babacar Faye – djembe, sabar (track 9)
• Assane Thiam – talking drum (track 9)
• Dylan Acogny – handclaps (track 4)
• Lucile Katché – handclaps (track 4)
• Fabiana Palladino – handclaps (track 4)
• Tom Robinson – backing vocals (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 11)
• Siobhan Maher – backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 7)
• Peter Gabriel – guest vocals (tracks 3, 7) handclaps (track 4)
• Mandy Lesley – backing vocals (tracks 4, 8)
• Maz Roberts – backing vocals (tracks 4, 8–9) handclaps (track 4)
• Sting – guest vocals (tracks 7, 11)
• Sophie Duez – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4)
• Elisabeth Acogny – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4)
• George Acogny – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4)
• Richard Evans – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4)
• Laurent Voulzy – backing vocals (tracks 9–10), handclaps (track 4)
• Tammie Hanckock – backing vocals (track 9)
• Emma Jones – backing vocals (track 9)
• Philippe Abitbol – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4)