Name: Time
Brand: Sony Legacy
SKU: 123841787
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Time

Rating

Album: Time
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Prologue	More Info...	0:01
2)	Twilight	More Info...	0:03
3)	Your's Truly, 2095	More Info...	0:03
4)	Ticket to the Moon	More Info...	0:04
5)	The Way Life's Meant to Be	More Info...	0:04
6)	Another Heart Breaks	More Info...	0:03
7)	Rain Is Falling	More Info...	0:04
8)	From the End of the World	More Info...	0:03
9)	The Lights Go Down	More Info...	0:03
10)	Here Is the News	More Info...	0:04
11)	21st Century Man	More Info...	0:04
12)	Hold On Tight	More Info...	0:03
13)	Epilogue	More Info...	0:01
14)	The Bouncer	More Info...	0:03
15)	When Time Stood Still	More Info...	0:03
16)	Julie Don't Live Here	More Info...	0:03

Album: Time
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Prologue	More Info...	0:01
2)	Twilight	More Info...	0:03
3)	Your's Truly, 2095	More Info...	0:03
4)	Ticket to the Moon	More Info...	0:04
5)	The Way Life's Meant to Be	More Info...	0:04
6)	Another Heart Breaks	More Info...	0:03
7)	Rain Is Falling	More Info...	0:04
8)	From the End of the World	More Info...	0:03
9)	The Lights Go Down	More Info...	0:03
10)	Here Is the News	More Info...	0:04
11)	21st Century Man	More Info...	0:04
12)	Hold On Tight	More Info...	0:03
13)	Epilogue	More Info...	0:01
14)	The Bouncer	More Info...	0:03
15)	When Time Stood Still	More Info...	0:03
16)	Julie Don't Live Here	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, synthesizer); Richard Tandy (guitar, piano, synthesizer); Kelly Groucett (bass, background vocals); Bev Bevans (drums, percussion).
Producer: Jeff Lynne.
Reissue producers: Jeff Lynne, Al Quaglieri.
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany. Includes liner notes by Jeff Lynne.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
The Electric Light Orchestra was in a precarious position by 1981. Not only was Jeff Lynne's brand of immaculately produced Beatlesque pop out of critical fashion in those new-wave days, there was a new brand of video-friendly bubblegum on the rise that made such classic radio hits as "Sweet Talkin' Woman" sound passT. The band's heavily hyped participation in the box-office flop XANADU, including the title duet with star Olivia Newton-John, hadn't helped.
Typically, though, 1981's TIME finds Lynne and company ignoring trends and simply doing what they do best: pristine, endlessly-multitracked, ultra-melodic pop. There's a theme of sorts running through the record, a meditation on sci-fi apocalypse that runs through songs like "Yours Truly, 2095" and "From the End of the World." The concept is easy enough to ignore, as the real focus, as always, is on Lynne's immense melodic and production skills. TIME is an underrated gem.

Professional Reviews

Q (Summer/01, p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...TIME allegedly concerned time travel, but Jeff Lynne would never surrender his humanity: even the hero of 'Ticket To The Moon' weeps as he leaves Earth..."