Times of Our Lives (Judy Collins album)

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Times of Our Lives
TimesOfOurLivesCollins.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1982
Recorded1981
Studio
  • Skyline Studios (New York City)
  • A&R Studios (New York City)
Genre Folk
Label Elektra
Producer
  • Judy Collins
  • Lew Hahn
Judy Collins chronology
Running for My Life
(1980)
Times of Our Lives
(1982)
Home Again
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Times of Our Lives is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Judy Collins, released in February 1982 by Elektra Records. It peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. [3] In 1981, prior to the album's release, Collins appeared on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light , performing two songs from the (then) forthcoming album: "Great Expectations" and "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights" (both having penned by Hugh Prestwood).

Contents

The single of "Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the West End musical Cats was the earliest released version of the song by a singer (apart from its London Cast Album). It was quickly followed by another version by Barbra Streisand.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Great Expectations" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:54
  2. "The Rest of Your Life" (Judy Collins) – 4:43
  3. "Grandaddy" (Collins) – 3:24
  4. "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:38
  5. "Memory" (T. S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn) – 4:13

Side two

  1. "Sun Son" (Anna McGarrigle) – 4:18
  2. "Mama Mama" (Collins) – 3:38
  3. "Drink a Round to Ireland" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:48
  4. "Angel on My Side" (Collins) – 4:31
  5. "Don't Say Goodbye Love" (Collins) – 4:39

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Times of Our Lives
Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 190

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References

  1. "Times of Our Lives Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 154.
  3. "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard . Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. "Judy Collins Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2023.