''In Your Own Time'' is the second solo studio album by British singer

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. The album was released on 3 November 2003, by Island Records. ''In Your Own Time'' features a more mature

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sound, shifting away from the

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sound of his debut album.

Critical reception

The album received mixed to positive reviews. A reviewer from MusicOMH favorably compared the album to the work of

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musician

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, saying that Owen had been "clearly listening" to his music, and that listeners would realise this if they would remove their preconceptions about Owen.

Commercial performance

The album failed to match the success of his debut album, where it did not chart anywhere outside of the United Kingdom. The album peaked at number 59 on the

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, and stayed in the charts for only one week, with sales of 17,805 copies sold in the UK. In Scotland, the album charted at number 46.

Singles

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" was released as the album's lead single on August 4, 2003. The song was written by Owen and

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and produced by Henry Priestman. The song peaked at number 4 on the

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, making it his third UK top-ten single, with sales of over 80,000 copies sold in the United Kingdom. The song also reached number 37 in Ireland and number 52 in the Netherlands. Owen performed the song live on several shows, including ''

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'', '' CD:UK'' and ''

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''. *" Alone Without You" was released as the album's second single in October 27, 2003. The song charted at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. Owen performed the song live on ''Top of the Pops'' and ''

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Track listing

Personnel

*Jon Marius Aareskjold – engineer, mixing *Robbie Adams – engineer, mixing *Gary Barlow – composer, Instrumentation, Keyboards *Andy Caine – Background vocals *Ryan Carline – assistant *Alison Clark – Background vocals *Gary Clark – drum programming, engineer, guitar (acoustic), guitar (Bass), guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer, Synthesizer Programming, Tambourine, Background vocals *Thymann Dansk – Photography *Hugo Degenhardt – drums *

Geoff Dugmore Geoff Dugmore (born 12 April 1960) is a Scottish drummer, musical director and producer. He was a member of the bands The Europeans, and Wildlife. Career Educated at Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow, Scotland, Dugmore started his musical care ...

– drums *Richard Edgeler – assistant *James Eller – bass *Tom Elmhirst – mixing *Mark Tufty Evans – engineer, guitar, Mixing, Programming *Mark Feltham – Harmonica *Ben Georgiades – engineer *Pete Gleadall – mixing *Ricky Graham – engineer *Simon Hale – String arrangements *Robert Harris – composer *Dave James – engineer, producer *Eliot Kennedy – composer, guitar, Instrumentation *The London Session Orchestra – Orchestra * Ian McCulloch – composer, guitar *Robbie McKintosh – guitar *John McLaughlin – composer, producer *Yoad Nevo – programming *Matthew Ollivier – engineer *Mark Owen – composer, guitar (Electric), Vocals, Background vocals *

Henry Priestman Henry Christian Priestman (born 21 June 1955 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English rock singer, keyboardist, record producer and songwriter. Biography Priestman was educated at Woodleigh School, North Yorkshir ...

– composer, producer *Steve Robson – bass, composer, guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer *Jonn Savannah – guitar (Electric), Synthesizer, Background vocals *Rohan Thomas – keyboards *Ali Thomson – composer, engineer, keyboards, mixing, producer, programming, Background vocals *Keith Uddin – assistant *

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– composer, drums, guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, String arrangements *Jeremy Wheatley – mixing, programming *Tim Woodcock – composer * Gavyn Wright – Orchestra Leader

Chart performance

References

External links

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