The Luxury of Time

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The Luxury of Time
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999 [US]; June 26, 2000 [UK]
Genre Pop-rock
Length51:49
Label RCA Records
Producer Peter Collins (Jason Lehning, associate producer)
David Mead chronology
The Luxury of Time
(1999)
Mine and Yours
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Luxury of Time is the debut album by singer-songwriter David Mead, released by RCA Records in 1999. "Mead writes slick, sophisticated, and at its best, timeless sounding pop songs that seem to be rooted as much in the tradition of Gershwin and Porter as they are in the music of Lennon and McCartney or Elvis Costello," wrote Brett Hartenbach for AllMusic. "Though sporting a somewhat glossier sound, The Luxury of Time fits nicely alongside the works of such artists as Freedy Johnston and Ron Sexsmith as the touchstone for the '90s new crop of young writers." [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by David Mead.

  1. "Robert Bradley's Postcard" – 4:23
  2. "Sweet Sunshine" – 4:20
  3. "Touch of Mascara" – 3:37
  4. "Apart From You" – 3:13
  5. "Breathe You In" – 4:20
  6. "World of a King" – 3:48
  7. "Landlocked" – 4:47
  8. "Telephone" – 3:56
  9. "Everyone Knows It But You" – 4:00
  10. "She, Luisa" – 3:34
  11. "Make the Most Of" – 4:16
  12. "While the World Is Sleeping" – 4:06
  13. "Painless" – 3:30

Session outtakes

Personnel

Production notes

Recorded by Roger Moutenot, Jason Lehning, and Paul David Hager; mixed by Hager and Mike Shipley; and mastered by Ted Jensen. Photography by Tony Duran and art direction by Sean Mosher-Smith. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hartenbach, Brett. "David Mead – The Luxury of Time". AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  2. The Luxury of Time (CD liner notes). RCA Records. 1999.