- Modern Times (Al Stewart album)
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Modern Times 
Studio album by Al Stewart Released January 1975 (UK), March 1975 (US) Recorded October 1974
Abbey Road Studios, LondonGenre Rock Length 38:45 Label UK: CBS
US: JanusProducer Alan Parsons Al Stewart chronology Past, Present and Future
(1973)Modern Times
(1975)Year of the Cat
(1976)Alternative cover 
U.S. coverProfessional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Modern Times is Al Stewart's sixth studio album, released in 1975. The album has been re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed by Al Stewart
1975 Original LP edition
Side 1
- "Carol" – 4:24
- "Sirens of Titan" – 2:50
- "What's Going On?" – 3:34
- "Not the One" – 4:34
- "Next Time" – 4:19
Side 2
- "Apple Cider Re-Constitution" – 5:19
- "The Dark and the Rolling Sea" – 5:21
- "Modern Times" – 8:21
2000 Beat Goes On edition bonus tracks
- "News from Spain" - 6:03
- "Elvaston Place" - 2:53
- "Swallow Wind" - 3:21
2007 Collector's Choice Music edition bonus tracks
- "Swallow Wind" - 3:23
- "A Sense of Deja Vu" - 4:50
- "Willie the King" - 4:01
Personnel
- Al Stewart - vocals, guitar, keyboard
- Brian Bennett - background vocals
- David Ellis - acoustic guitar
- Isaac Guillory - guitar
- Simon Nicol - guitar
- Tim Renwick - guitar
- Andrew Powell - arranger
- Tony Carr - percussion
- Gerry Conway - drums
- Stuart Cowell - dobro, guitar
- Barry DeSouza - drums
- George Ford - bass
- Neil Lancaster - background vocals
- Charles Mills - background vocals
- Peter Moss - fuzz bass
- Graham Smith - harmonica
- Pete Wingfield - keyboards
- Peter Wood - keyboards, accordion
- Alan Parsons - engineer, string arrangements
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 1975 Albums 30 Notes
- "Sirens of Titan" is based on the novel of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut.
- The blonde woman on the album cover is Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's first wife, Ginger. The Cord automobile Stewart is sitting in belonged to Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
- Centered in the cover, holding a mirror reflecting a bright light toward the viewer, as on Stewart's previous album, Past, Present and Future, the U. S. version of the album features the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange.
References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Modern Times (Al Stewart album) at Allmusic
Studio Albums Bed-Sitter Images (1967) · Love Chronicles (1969) · Zero She Flies (1970) · Orange (1972) · Past, Present and Future (1973) · Modern Times (1975) · Year of the Cat (1976) · Time Passages (1978) · 24 Carrots (1980) · Russians and Americans (1984) · Last Days of the Century (1988) · Famous Last Words (1993) · Between the Wars (1995) · Down in the Cellar (2000) · A Beach Full of Shells (2005) · Sparks of Ancient Light (2008)Live albums Live/Indian Summer (1981) · Rhymes in Rooms (1992) · Uncorked (2009)Categories:- Al Stewart albums
- 1975 albums
- Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
- Albums produced by Alan Parsons
- CBS Records albums
- Janus Records albums
- English-language albums
- 1970s rock album stubs
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