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Times of Our Lives (Judy Collins album)

Times of Our Lives is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Judy Collins, released in February 1982 by Elektra Records. It peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.[4] In 1981, prior to the album's release, Collins appeared on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, performing two songs from the (then) forthcoming album: "Great Expectations" and "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights" (both having penned by Hugh Prestwood).

Times of Our Lives
Studio album by
Judy Collins
ReleasedFebruary 1982
Recorded1981
Studio
  • Skyline Studios (New York City)
  • A&R Studios (New York City)
GenreFolk
LabelElektra
Producer
  • Judy Collins
  • Lew Hahn
Judy Collins chronology
Running for My Life
(1980) 		Times of Our Lives
(1982) 		Home Again
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The single of "Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the West End musical Cats was the earliest released version of the song by a singer (apart from its London Cast Album). It was quickly followed by another version by Barbra Streisand.

Track listing

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Side one

  1. "Great Expectations" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:54
  2. "The Rest of Your Life" (Judy Collins) – 4:43
  3. "Grandaddy" (Collins) – 3:24
  4. "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:38
  5. "Memory" (T. S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn) – 4:13

Side two

  2. "Sun Son" (Anna McGarrigle) – 4:18
  3. "Mama Mama" (Collins) – 3:38
  4. "Drink a Round to Ireland" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:48
  5. "Angel on My Side" (Collins) – 4:31
  6. "Don't Say Goodbye Love" (Collins) – 4:39

Personnel

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  • Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano; arrangement and conductor on "Don't Say Goodbye Love"
  • Hugh McCracken – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Steve Khan – electric guitar
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar
  • Randy Kerber – piano, Fender Rhodes, Prophet-5, CS80 and Omni synthesizer, Omni strings
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Jimmy Madison – drums
  • Rubens Bassini – percussion, congas
  • Richard Rimbaugh – drums, tabla, tambourine, finger cymbals
  • George Marge – oboe
  • Dominic Cortese – accordion
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Max Pollikoff – violin
  • Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone
  • Bill Keith – banjo
  • Dick Hyman – celesta, piano
  • Ken Bichel – piano
  • Lew Hahn – Casiotone MT30
  • Gordon Grody, Shelton Becton, Ula Hedwig – backing vocals
  • Cengiz Yaltkaya – arrangement and conductor on "The Rest of Your Lives", "Sun Son", "Mama Mama" and "Angel On My Side"
  • Jonathan Tunick – arrangement and conductor on "Grandaddy" and "Drink a Round to Ireland"
  • Arif Mardin – arrangement and conductor on "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights"
  • William David Brohn – arrangement and conductor on "Memory"
  • David Nadien – concertmaster

Technical

  • Arif Mardin – executive producer
  • Jim Houghton – photography

Charts

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Chart performance for Times of Our Lives
Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[5] 190
US Top 101 to 200 Albums (Cash Box)[6] 178

References

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  1. ^ "Times of Our Lives Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
  3. ^ Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
  4. ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  5. ^ "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 14. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 4, 1982. p. 77. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^ "Cash Box Top Albums / 101 to 200" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLIII, no. 46. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. April 4, 1982. p. 45. ISSN 0008-7289.
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