''About Time'' is the ninth
album
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by
blues rock band
Ten Years After
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, the final studio album release featuring
Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
Early life
He w ...
, their singer and most prominent songwriter since the band's formation. Released in 1989, it was also their first studio release in fifteen years (since ''
Positive Vibrations'' in 1974).
''About Time'' peaked at number 120 on the
US ''Billboard'' 200. Reviews were mixed.
Track listing
Notes
* The track order is different for the CD release, which puts "Wild is the River" between "Working in a Parking Lot" and "Outside My Window."
Personnel
;Ten Years After
*
Alvin Lee
Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
Early life
He w ...
–
guitar
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, vocals
*
Leo Lyons
Leo David William Lyons (born 30 November 1943) is an English musician, who was most notably the bassist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
Biography
Leo Lyons was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in November 1943 and became a profess ...
–
bass
*
Ric Lee
Richard "Ric" Lee (born 20 October 1945) is an English drummer of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
Biography
Lee was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Was a founding member of his first band, The Falcons. He was also a drumme ...
–
drums
*
Chick Churchill
Michael George "Chick" Churchill (born 2 January 1946) is an English keyboard player of the late 1960s to 1970s blues rock band Ten Years After.
Career
Churchill began playing the piano at the age of six and studied classical music until he wa ...
–
keyboard
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* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
s
with:
*Nick Carls – backing vocals
*
Jimi Jamison
Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target (American band), Target, Cobra (American band), Cobra, and Survivor ( ...
– backing vocals
;Technical
*
Terry Manning
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–
engineer
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,
producer
References
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1989 albums
Ten Years After albums
Chrysalis Records albums