More Al Stewart
More Art Rock
- A Time Passages like you’ve never heard, with seriously good Double Plus (A++) sound throughout this early Arista pressing – exceptionally quiet vinyl too
- The better sides have the kind of analog richness, warmth, and smoothness that make listening to records so involving
- The best import pressings win our shootouts, but good domestic pressings such as this one can sound very good indeed
- Standout tracks include “Song on the Radio” and “Time Passages” (an edited version of which made it all the way to #7 on the Pop charts)
- 4 1/2 stars: “…this is exceptionally well-crafted, from Stewart’s songs, where even three-minute songs seem like epics, to Alan Parsons’ cinematic arrangements and productions. [O]ne of Al Stewart’s very best albums.”
Our Hot Stampers of Year Of The Cat are always a big hit, and this, the 1978 follow-up, shares many of the same qualities. Alan Parsons is a pretty good producer and engineer it turns out.
This copy is richer and sweeter than most, with a big, bold, three-dimensional sound that perfectly suits the kind of Big Productions that are his stock in trade. The bigger the better we say!
Standout tracks include “Song on the Radio” and “Time Passages” (an edited version of which made it all the way to #7 on the Pop charts.) Both of these songs are more than six minutes long on the album.