Times of Our Lives
Studio album by
Judy Collins
ReleasedFebruary 1982
Recorded1981
Studio
  • Skyline Studios (New York City)
  • A&R Studios (New York City)
GenreFolk
LabelElektra
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
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[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).

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

  • Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano; arrangement and conductor on "Don't Say Goodbye Love"
  • Hugh McCracken – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Steve Khan – electric guitar
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar
  • Randy Kerber – piano, Fender Rhodes, Prophet-5, CS80 and Omni synthesizer, Omni strings
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Jimmy Madison – drums
  • Rubens Bassini – percussion, congas
  • Richard Rimbaugh – drums, tabla, tambourine, finger cymbals
  • George Marge – oboe
  • Dominic Cortese – accordion
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Max Pollikoff – violin
  • Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone
  • Bill Keith – banjo
  • Dick Hyman – celesta, piano
  • Ken Bichel – piano
  • Lew Hahn – Casiotone MT30
  • Gordon Grody, Shelton Becton, Ula Hedwig – backing vocals
  • Cengiz Yaltkaya – arrangement and conductor on "The Rest of Your Lives", "Sun Son", "Mama Mama" and "Angel On My Side"
  • Jonathan Tunick – arrangement and conductor on "Grandaddy" and "Drink a Round to Ireland"
  • Arif Mardin – arrangement and conductor on "It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights"
  • William David Brohn – arrangement and conductor on "Memory"
  • David Nadien – concertmaster

Technical

  • Arif Mardin – executive producer
  • Jim Houghton – photography

Charts

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

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.
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