Time Passages

Time Passages
Studio album by Al Stewart
Released	September 1978 (US), November 1978 (UK)
Recorded	June 1978 at Davlen Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	44:38
Label	UK: RCA (original release) EMI (1991 reissue) US: Arista (original release) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (audiophile release)
Producer	Alan Parsons
Al Stewart chronology
Year of the Cat (1976) Time Passages (1978) 24 Carrots (1980)

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Time Passages is the eighth studio album by Al Stewart, released in 1978. It is the follow-up to his 1976 album Year of the Cat. The album, like its predecessor, was 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.

A digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004.

Track listing

1. "Time Passages" – 6:41
2. "Valentina Way" – 4:04
3. "Life in Dark Water" – 5:49
4. "A Man for All Seasons" – 5:50
5. "Almost Lucy" – 3:43
6. "The Palace of Versailles" – 5:20
7. "Timeless Skies" – 3:34
8. "Song on the Radio" – 6:22
9. "End of the Day" – 3:11

Historical references

• "A Man For All Seasons" refers to Sir Thomas More, statesman under Henry VIII of England (misidentified by Stewart as "Henry Plantagenet") and a Catholic martyr.
• "The Palace of Versailles", the residence of the French Kings and the site of the beginnings of the French Revolution.
• "Life in Dark Water" - references the Marie Celeste.

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Albums	10

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Time Passages"	Pop singles	7
1979	"Time Passages"	Adult contemporary	1
1979	"Song on the Radio"	Pop singles	29

Personnel

• Al Stewart - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Peter White - guitar, keyboards, accordion
• Peter Robinson, Peter Solley, Peter Wood - keyboards, organ, piano
• Tim Renwick - electric guitar
• Robin Lamnel - bass
• Mark Goldenberg - rhythm guitar
• Phil Kenzie - saxophone
• Stuart Elliott, Jeff Porcaro - drums
• Arthur Tripp, Lindsey Elliott - percussion
• Brian Huddy, Joe Puerta, David Pack, James R. West, Krysia Kristianne, Jeff Borgeson - background vocals
• Andrew Powell - orchestration
• Alan Parsons - producer