About Time (Ten Years After album)

About Time
Studio album by Ten Years After
Released	28 August 1989 [1]
Studio	Ardent
Genre	Blues rock
Length	54:13
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Terry Manning, Ten Years After
Ten Years After chronology
Universal (1987) About Time (1989) Live 1990 (1994)

About Time is an album by the blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1989. ^{[2] [3]} It was the final studio album featuring Alvin Lee, their singer and most prominent songwriter since the band's formation. It was their first studio release in fifteen years (since Positive Vibrations , in 1974). ^[4]

About Time peaked at number 120 on the US Billboard 200.

Production

Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis, the album was produced by Terry Manning. ^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Windsor Star	C [8]

The Boston Globe noted that "pile-driving party rock is the order of the day, with guitarist Alvin Lee's fuzzed solos stealing the show as usual." ^[5] The Windsor Star wrote that "the ham-handed rock-blues songs sound like outtakes from TYA's best years." ^[8]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Highway of Love"	Steve Gould, Alvin Lee	5:13
2.	"Let's Shake It Up"	Gould, Lee	5:14
3.	"I Get All Shook Up"	Lee	4:38
4.	"Victim of Circumstance"	Lee	4:29
5.	"Going to Chicago"	Tim Hinkley, Lee	4:22
6.	"Wild Is the River"	Gould, Lee	3:53

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Saturday Night"	Gould, Lee	4:06
2.	"Bad Blood"	Tony Crooks, Leo Lyons	7:09
3.	"Working in a Parking Lot"	Crooks, Lyons, Andy Nye	4:52
4.	"Outside My Window"	Gould, Lee	5:47
5.	"Waiting for the Judgement Day"	Gould, Lee	4:30
Total length:			54:13

Notes

• The track order is different for the CD release, which puts "Wild is the River" between "Working in a Parking Lot" and "Outside My Window".

Personnel

Ten Years After

• Alvin Lee  – guitar, vocals
• Leo Lyons  – bass
• Ric Lee  – drums
• Chick Churchill  – keyboards

with:

• Nick Carls – backing vocals
• Jimi Jamison  – backing vocals

Technical

• Terry Manning  – engineer, producer

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	87
US Billboard 200 [10]	120

References

1. "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week . 26 August 1989. p. 42. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
2. "Music". Part II. Newsday. 11 September 1989. p. 2.
3. Heim, Chris (25 August 1989). "Guitar Heroes". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 54.
4. Bourke, Brian G. (17 September 1989). "New Music". Stars. Syracuse Herald American. p. 25.
5. Morse, Steve (7 September 1989). "Record Review". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 6.
6. "About Time - Ten Years After | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 15 May 2021.
7. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 699.
8. Shaw, Ted (14 October 1989). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Ten Years After – About Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
10. "Ten Years After Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2025.