Speeding Time

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Speeding Time
Speeding Time Carole King.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1983 [1]
Genre
Label Atlantic
Producer Lou Adler
Carole King chronology
One to One
(1982)
Speeding Time
(1983)
City Streets
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Speeding Time is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1983. King's 13th album in 14 years, Speeding Time was poorly reviewed and was her first album not to chart. Following the album's release, King did not record again for six years.

Contents

Production

King cowrote four of the album's songs with Gerry Goffin. [3] The album's sound was inspired by King's admiration for Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science". [4]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Computer Eyes" (King, Gerry Goffin) – (3:08)
  2. "One Small Voice" (King) – (3:01)
  3. "Crying in the Rain" (King, Howard Greenfield) – (2:32)
  4. "Sacred Heart of Stone" (King, Goffin) – (3:45)
  5. "Speeding Time" (King, Goffin) – (4:49)

Side 2

  1. "Standin' on the Borderline" (King, Goffin) – (2:55)
  2. "So Ready for Love" (King) – (5:22)
  3. "Chalice Borealis" (King, Rick Sorensen) – (2:35)
  4. "Dancing" (King) – (4:00)
  5. "Alabaster Lady" (King) – (5:45)

Personnel

Production

Production notes

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References

  1. Grein, Paul (1983-11-05). "Superstar Album Blitz Continuing" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 95, no. 45. p. 4. Retrieved 22 September 2021. Creative reunions spark two of Atlantic's key releases, both set for Nov 11....And Carole King's "Speeding Time
  2. Speeding Time at AllMusic
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  4. Varga, George (March 10, 1984). "Carole King sings here tomorrow night in fund-raiser for Hart". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. A17.