Time Exposure (Little River Band album)

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Time Exposure
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1981 (1981-09)
Recorded1981
Studio AIR Studios (Montserrat), West Indies
Genre Rock
Length46:19
Label EMI, Capitol
Producer George Martin
Little River Band chronology
Live in America
(1980)
Time Exposure
(1981)
Greatest Hits
(1982)
Singles from Time Exposure
  1. "The Night Owls"
    Released: September 1981
  2. "Man on Your Mind"
    Released: December 1981
  3. "Ballerina"
    Released: January 1982 (Europe only)
  4. "Take It Easy on Me"
    Released: March 1982

Time Exposure is the sixth studio album by Little River Band (LRB), which was recorded with producer George Martin at Associated Independent Recording (AIR) in Montserrat and released in September 1981. [1] It peaked at No. 9 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. [2] In the United States, it reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200. [3]

Contents

It was the group's last album with Glenn Shorrock on lead vocals until 1988. In the interim John Farnham took over as main lead vocalist, staying with the band for the next three studio albums. Time Exposure was also the last album with lead guitarist David Briggs who left prior to its release. He was replaced on tour by Stephen Housden, who later joined the group. The album had other band members on lead vocals: Beeb Birtles on two tracks, "Ballerina" and "Guiding Light", and Wayne Nelson on the single "The Night Owls" which peaked at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100, while "Take It Easy On Me" went to #10 and Man On Your Mind" was #14.

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "This pop-rock sextet practically owns Australia, and it doesn't do too badly on the airwaves elsewhere in the world. This time, the inventive Aussies have recruited Beatles studio wizard George Martin as producer, and the musical marriage is one made in heaven. The first three songs on Time Exposure's first side are all potential top 40 hits." [4]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Night Owls" Graham Goble 5:16
2."Man on Your Mind" Glenn Shorrock, Kerryn Tolhurst 4:14
3."Take It Easy on Me"Graham Goble3:45
4."Ballerina"Graham Goble, Beeb Birtles 4:02
5."Love Will Survive"Garry Paige, David Briggs 4:38
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Full Circle"Graham Goble1:54
2."Just Say That You Love Me"Graham Goble3:59
3."Suicide Boulevard"Beeb Birtles, Frank Howson 3:23
4."Orbit Zero"Glenn Shorrock, Terry Bradford4:27
5."Don't Let the Needle Win"David Briggs3:57
6."Guiding Light"Beeb Birtles3:36

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981/82)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 38
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 41
United States (Billboard 200)21

Year-end charts

Year End Chart (1982)Peak
position
U.S. (Billboard 200) [7] [8] [9] 52

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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