It Is Time for Peter Allen

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It Is Time for Peter Allen
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Live album by
Peter Allen
Released1977
Recorded1977
The Bottom Line and Avery Fisher Hall, New York City and Roxy in Los Angeles
Genre Funk, soul, pop, disco
Label A&M
Producer Ed E. Thacker, Peter Allen
Peter Allen chronology
Taught by Experts
(1976)
It Is Time for Peter Allen
(1977)
I Could Have Been a Sailor
(1979)
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It Is Time for Peter Allen is the first live album by the Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in 1977. The album peaked at number 30 on the Australian Kent Music Report. [2]

Peter Allen was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona and lavish costumes. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, "Arthur's Theme " by Christopher Cross, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1981. In addition to recording many albums, he enjoyed a cabaret and concert career, including appearing at the Radio City Music Hall riding a camel. His Australian patriotism song "I Still Call Australia Home", has been used extensively in advertising campaigns, and was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013.

Kent Music Report Australian music chart between 1974-1998

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988. After 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the report under licence for a number of years, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts.

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Critical reception

Joe Viglione of AllMusic retrospectively wrote, "This double vinyl live album from Peter Allen may be the best representation of the songwriter, covering many of the highlights of his career. Less sterile than his studio recordings, It Is Time for Peter Allen showcases the man's strengths." Viglione also complimented Allen's piano playing, adding that it "provides the real treat". [3]

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References

  1. It Is Time for Peter Allen at AllMusic
  2. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. "It Is Time for Peter Allen". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. "Peter Allen - It is Time for Peter Allen". Discogs . Retrieved 9 September 2015.