''The Disregard of Timekeeping'' is the debut album by British band Bonham, released in 1989. It was produced by

Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin' ...

, who had previously worked with

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, and

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; in addition to his usual production duties, he also co-wrote three of the tracks. The album features

Trevor Rabin Trevor Charles Rabin (; born ) is a South African rock musician and composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session musician, playing and producing with a va ...

as a guest, who was the lead guitarist and songwriter with Yes from 1982 to 1994. "Wait For You"'s music video was filmed at "Disney-MGM Studios' New York backlot".

Reception

William Ruhlmann of

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stated the record was "palatable, but without the famous name it would be hard to distinguish from the army of other Zep imitators".

Track listing

Personnel

* Daniel MacMaster – lead and backing vocals, keyboard *Ian Hatton – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals *John Smithson – bass guitar, keyboards, violin, backing vocals *

Jason Bonham Jason John Bonham (born 15 July 1966) is an English drummer. He is the son of late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Since his father's death in September 1980, he has performed with the surviving three members of Led Zeppelin on several occasi ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

– bass on "Bringing Me Down", "Holding on Forever" and "Don't Walk Away", backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

Jimmy Zavala Jimmy 'Z' Zavala (born July 12, 1955) is an American musician. He is notable for playing harmonica on the Eurythmics song " Missionary Man" and performing with the band live. He also played live as part of Rod Stewart's band and appears on "Weir ...

– harmonica on "Bringing Me Down" * Bill Millay – keyboard programming,

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–

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Production

*Produced by Bob Ezrin *Engineered by Brian Christian, Bob Ezrin, Stan Katayama *Assistant engineers: Rick Butz, Craig Johnson, Scott Pontius, Mike Tacci *Mixing: Stan Katayama *Mastering: Stephen Marcussen

Charts

Album

Singles

References

External links

* "The Disregard of Timekeeping" at allmusic {{DEFAULTSORT:Disregard Of Timekeeping, The 1989 debut albums Albums produced by Bob Ezrin Epic Records albums Bonham (band) albums