It's About Time (Kenny Loggins album)

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It's About Time
Kenny Loggins - It's About Time Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2003
Recorded2003
Studio
  • Santa Barbara Sound Design andArea 51 (Santa Barbara, California)
  • Tonysound Studio (Van Nuys, California)
  • The Compound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Soft rock
Length44:15
Label All the Best
Producer
Kenny Loggins chronology
More Songs from Pooh Corner
(2000)
It's About Time
(2003)
How About Now
(2007)

It's About Time is the twelfth studio album released by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. Released in 2003, it was his first non-Christmas, non-children's album since 1997's The Unimaginable Life as well as his first following termination from Columbia Records while working on the album. Besides Loggins, several other noteworthy musicians co-wrote and performed on the album. These include frequent Loggins cohort Michael McDonald, as well as fellow soft-rocker Richard Marx and country singer Clint Black.

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B− [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kenny Loggins, co-writers as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's About Time" Michael McDonald 4:24
2."With This Ring" Richard Marx 4:15
3."Alive 'n' Kickin'" Clint Black 5:01
4."I Miss Us"Marx4:03
5."The One That Got Away"Marx5:24
6."Brothers"Doug Ingoldsby5:53
7."This Is How My Song Goes" Glen Phillips 4:07
8."Doin' It Right"" Tommy Sims 3:46
9."The Undeniable Groove"Marx4:54
10."No Other Voice" 2:28
Total length:44:15

Personnel

Production

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