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About Time
Studio album by
The Stranglers
Released15 May 1995 (1995-05-15)
StudioRockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales
Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, UK
Westside Studios, London, UK
GenrePost-punk
Length44:54
LabelWhen!
Producer
The Stranglers chronology
Stranglers in the Night
(1993) 		About Time
(1995) 		Written in Red
(1997)

About Time is the twelfth studio album from The Stranglers and the second one from the Black, Burnel, Greenfield, Roberts and Ellis line-up. The album was released in 1995. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Alan Winstanley, who had worked with the Stranglers on their first four albums (as the engineer on Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black and White and producer on The Raven). Nigel Kennedy plays electric violin on "Face", and a string-quartet is used on three of the eleven tracks ("Face", "Still Life" and "Sinister").[1]

"Lies and Deception" was the only single released from the album, it is one of the few Stranglers songs solely written by drummer Jet Black. Released as two CDs, CD1 was backed with non-album tracks "Swim" and "Cool Danny", CD2 was backed with non-album tracks "Kiss The World Goodbye" and "Bed of Nails".[2][3][4][5]

The album peaked at No. 31 in the UK Albums Chart in May 1995.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Stranglers.

  1. "Golden Boy" – 3:13
  2. "Money" – 3:20
  3. "Face" – 3:27
  4. "Sinister" – 4:44
  5. "Little Blue Lies" – 3:34
  6. "Still Life" – 5:20
  7. "Paradise Row" – 3:51
  8. "She Gave It All" – 4:45
  9. "Lies And Deception" – 3:50
  10. "Lucky Finger" – 4:14
  11. "And The Boat Sails By" – 4:33

Personnel

The Stranglers
Additional musicians
  • Nigel Kennedy – violin on track 3
  • Susie Elliott – vocals on track 4 & 11
  • Chris Winter – harmonica on track 1
  • Gavyn Wright – violin on track 3, 4 & 6
  • Wilfred Gibson – violin on track 3, 4 & 6
  • Bob Smissen – viola on track 3, 4 & 6
  • Caroline Dale – cello on track 3, 4 & 6
  • Alex Christaki – string arrangement on track 3, 4 & 6
Technical
  • Alan Winstanley – production, engineering, mixing
  • Simon Dawson – engineering assistance (Rockfield Studios)
  • Andrea Wright – engineering assistance (Parr Street Studios)
  • Lee Phillips – engineering assistance (Westside Studios)
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Trevor Dawkins – technical assistance, crowd vocal
  • Ray Palmer – front cover image, photography
  • Michel Tcherevkoff – front cover image
  • Castle Communications PLC – design
  • Hugh Gilmour – illustrations

References

  1. ^ "The Stranglers". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. ^ "About Time Album Lyrics". maxilyrics.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The Stranglers". lastfm.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Album review: The Stranglers – Decades Apart". rock-metal-music-reviews.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  5. ^ "The Stranglers". besteveralbums.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.



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