Time Passages

Infobox Album |

Name = Time Passages
Type = Album
Artist = Al Stewart


Released = September 1978 (US), November 1978 (UK)
Recorded = June 1978 at Davlen Studios, Los Angeles
Genre = Rock
Length = 44:38
Label = RCA (UK), Arista (US)
Producer = Alan Parsons
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pa967ui0h0jj link]
Last album = "Year of the Cat"
(1976)
This album = "Time Passages"
(1978)
Next album = "24 P/Carrots"
(1980)

"Time Passages" is the eighth album by Al Stewart, released in 1978. It is the follow up of his 1976 album "Year of the Cat". The album, like its predecessor, was produced by Alan Parsons. The album's epic length title track (which, when edited, reached #7 on the "Billboard" charts) and "End of the Day" were both co-written by Peter White.

A digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004.

Track listing

#"Time Passages" – 6:41
#"Valentina Way" – 4:04
#"Life in Dark Water" – 5:49
#"A Man for All Seasons" – 5:50
#"Almost Lucy" – 3:43
#"The Palace of Versailles" – 5:20
#"Timeless Skies" – 3:34
#"Song on the Radio" – 6:22
#"End of the Day" – 3:11

Historical references

"A Man For All Seasons" - Sir Thomas More, statesman in Henry VIII's reign

"The Palace of Versailles" - The French Revolution, starting with the storming of the Bastille in 1789, through the Reign of Terror, the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, and the military coup of Napoleon Bonaparte

"Life in Dark Water" - references the "Marie Celeste"

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)