Times of Our Lives (Judy Collins album)
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| Released | February 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
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.[4] 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).
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 Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[5] | 190 |
| US Top 101 to 200 Albums (Cash Box)[6] | 178 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Times of Our Lives Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
- ^ Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
- ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 14. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 4, 1982. p. 77. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Cash Box Top Albums / 101 to 200" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLIII, no. 46. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. April 4, 1982. p. 45. ISSN 0008-7289.
External links
[edit]- Times of Our Lives at Discogs (list of releases)
