![]() ![]() 31 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977 and those must have been the heady days when I laboriously recorded chart positions in notebooks, as I still remember his song being the first to be played on a Radio Luxembourg chart rundown from that year (must have been a Top 40 bearing in the mind the paltry No. Unbelievably Year of the Cat only made it to No. I am not really a cat lover and much prefer dogs so what could I come up with to write about? My first thoughts led me to the song Moon River as the final scene in Breakfast at Tiffany’s , where Audrey and George finally get together to the strains of Henry Mancini, revolved around the search for Audrey’s cat, imaginatively named Cat.īut no, that is more of a film song (although I still love the term “huckleberry friend” as it conjures up something that I just don’t think we have any more) – My next thoughts led me to the song Year of the Cat by Al Stewartand amazingly it occurred to me that all these years on, I still didn’t know what Al looked like, as he was more of an album artist and as far as I know never appeared on Top of the Pops or any mainstream TV shows I may have watched. I like a challenge so thought it might be interesting to use the weekly cover as inspiration for future posts – Lo and behold, what appeared on last Saturday’s cover but a cat of all things. ![]() ![]() Retrieved 2 April 2022.A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a song that was inspired by the picture of Barbra Streisand on the front cover of the magazine that pops through my letterbox every Saturday. Recording Industry Association of America. ^ "American album certifications – Al Stewart – Time Passages".^ "British album certifications – Al Stewart – Time Passages".Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German).^ "Al Stewart Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ "Charts.nz – Al Stewart – Time Passages".^ " – Al Stewart – Time Passages" (in German).^ " – Al Stewart – Time Passages" (in Dutch).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). How many of his fans caught the error is unknown. In a 1980 interview, Stewart lamented his reference in the song about More to Henry Plantagenet when he meant Henry Tudor. West, Krysia Kristianne, Jeff Borgeson - backing vocals Brian Huddy, Joe Puerta, David Pack, James R.Art Tripp lll, Lindsay Elliott - percussion.Jeff Porcaro - drums on "Valentina Way".Stuart Elliott - drums (except track 2).Phil Kenzie - alto saxophone on tracks 1 and 8.Mark Goldenberg - rhythm guitar on "Valentina Way".Tim Renwick - electric guitar, lead guitar (tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6).Peter Solley - synthesizer on "Palace of Versailles".Peter Robinson - grand piano, organ on "Valentina Way" Peter White - guitars, lead guitar (tracks 1, 2 and 9), keyboards, accordion.Al Stewart - guitars, keyboards, vocals."Life in Dark Water" – references the Mary Celeste, questioning the usage of the inaccurate term "Marie Celeste".The lyrics contain specific allusions to many events and figures of the revolution. "The Palace of Versailles", the former residence of the French Kings and a key site in early days of the French Revolution."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."End of the Day" (Al Stewart Peter White) – 3:11." Time Passages" (Al Stewart Peter White) – 6:41.Songs written by Al Stewart unless otherwise noted. The front cover photograph was taken at Indian Route 42, Monument Valley, Arizona. As Storm Thorgerson stated in For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis, "For Al's Time Passages we showed a radio being tuned on the shelf of a kitchen window but at the same time "tuning" the view of the landscape outside the window". The album's front and back cover were designed by Hipgnosis. The title track also reached #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for 10 weeks.Ī digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004. 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. The album, like 1975's Modern Times and 1976's Year of the Cat, was once again produced by Alan Parsons. It is the follow-up to his 1976 album Year of the Cat. Time Passages is the eighth studio album by Al Stewart, released in September 1978. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (audiophile release) ![]()
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