Time (Richard Carpenter album)

Time
Time
Studio album by Richard Carpenter
Released	October 11, 1987
Recorded	September 1, 1986 – July 5, 1987
Studio	A&M Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop
Label	A&M
Producer	Richard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter chronology
Singles from Time
	"Something in Your Eyes"; Released: 1987; "Calling Your Name Again"; Released: 1987;

Time is the first solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter.

Overview

Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Scott Grimes sang on the album, on the songs "In Love Alone", "Something in Your Eyes", and "That's What I Believe", respectively.^[1]

The song "When Time Was All We Had" is dedicated to Richard's sister, Karen.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

In their review of the album, Billboard stated that "long in preparation, Carpenter's solo album shows same devotion to melodic craft and arrangement as his former duo's classic recordings. Vocals -which strike a Beach Boys/Four Freshmen mix on "Who Do You Love?" -may limit appeal slightly, but guest shots by Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick should garner swift top 40, AC play."^[3]

Track listing

"Say Yeah!" (Richard Carpenter, Paul Janz, Pamela Phillips Oland) – 3:51
"Who Do You Love?" (Mark Holden, Peter Hamilton, Gary Pickus) – 3:15
"Something in Your Eyes" (Carpenter, Cynthia Weil, Pamela Phillips Oland, Tom Snow) – 4:13
"When Time Was All We Had" (Carpenter, Pamela Phillips Oland, Tim Rice) – 3:03
"Time" (Carpenter, Dave Clark) – 3:34
"Calling Your Name Again" (Carpenter, Richard Marx) – 4:19
"In Love Alone" (Carpenter, Hiroaki Serizawa, John Bettis) – 3:22
"Remind Me to Tell You" (Carpenter, Mark Mueller) – 3:54
"That's What I Believe" (Carpenter, Dean Pitchford, Pamela Phillips Oland) – 4:28
"I'm Still Not Over You" (Carpenter, Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby Jr.) – 5:51

Personnel

Richard Carpenter - lead vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
Dusty Springfield - lead vocals on "Something in Your Eyes"
Dionne Warwick - lead vocals on "In Love Alone"
Scott Grimes - lead and backing vocals on "That's What I Believe"
Tim May - guitar
Tony Peluso - lead guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 10)
Joe Osborn - bass guitar
Bill Lanphier - bass guitar (track: 9)
Paul Leim - drums
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (tracks: 3, 5, 8)
Herb Alpert - flugelhorn solo on "When Time Was All We Had"
John Phillips - alto saxophone on "Time" and "That's What I Believe"
Jim Cox - synthesizer programming
James Getzoff - concertmaster

Technical

Michael Bowman, Rob Jacobs, Robert de la Garza - engineer
Roger Young - recording, mixing
Chuck Beeson - art direction
Larry Williams - photography

References

^ ^a ^b "Biography - Rechard Carpenter" (PDF). onamrecords.com. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
^ "Time Richard Carpenter". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. No. 26 September 1987. p. 80. Retrieved August 31, 2024.