music.wikisort.org - CompositionIt's About Time is the 17th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver recorded at Criteria Recording Studios in Miami and released in November 1983. The album featured several notable supporting vocalists, including Patti Austin, Rita Marley (and The Wailers), and Emmylou Harris. "Wild Montana Skies" was the single from this album; members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[2]
1983 studio album by John Denver
It's About Time |
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Released | November 15, 1983 |
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Recorded | 1983 |
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Studio | Criteria (Miami) |
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Genre | Country, soft rock, folk rock |
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Length | 46:51 |
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Label | RCA |
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Producer | John Denver, Barney Wyckoff |
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Allmusic |     [1] |
It contains the following dedication from John Denver: "This album is dedicated with great love and respect to the memory of my father, Lt. Col. (Ret.) H.J. "Dutch" Deutschendorf."
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated
Side One
- "Hold on Tightly" – 4:00
- "Thought of You" – 4:02
- "Somethin' About" – 3:44
- "On the Wings of a Dream" – 5:01
- "Flight (The Higher We Fly)" (Adapted from the Poem by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.; Words: John Gillespie Magee, Jr., John Denver and Joe Henry; Music: Lee Holdridge) – 3:16
Side Two
- "Falling Out of Love" – 4:56
- "I Remember Romance" – 5:25
- "Wild Montana Skies" – 4:02
- "The Way I Am"1
- "World Game" – 4:58
- "It's About Time" (Denver, Glen D. Hardin) – 3:42
1Not featured on cassette version or on original LP.
Personnel
The following information is from the CD insert.[3]
Musicians
All personnel in this section are credited along with John Denver as arrangers.
- Jerry Carrigan – drums and percussion
- Jerry Scheff – bass
- Glen Hardin – piano, Rhodes, B-3
- James Burton – lead guitars (electric and acoustic)
- Jim Horn – saxophone, flute, recorder
Additional musicians
- Larry Fast – synthesizer
- Fred Wickstrom – marimbas
Muscle Shoals Horns
- Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone
- Charles Rose – trombone
- Harrison Calloway, Jr. – trumpet
- with Jim Horn – baritone saxophone
Background vocals
Musicians from "World Game"
- The Wailers
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett – bass
- Carlton "Carli" Barrett – drums
- Steve Stewart – piano
- Earl "Wire" Lindo – organ
- Alvin Patterson – percussion
- Lloyd "Gits" Willis – guitar
- The I Threes
Arrangers
Chart (1983) |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] |
19 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
55 |
U.S. Billboard 200 |
61 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums |
92 |
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