Time is the debut solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter.
Contents
Overview
Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Scott Grimes sang on the album, on the songs "In Love Alone", "Something in Your Eyes", and "That's What I Believe", respectively.
The song "When Time Was All We Had" is dedicated to Richard's sister, Karen.
Critical reception
In their review of the album, Billboard stated that "long in preparation, Carpenter's solo album shows same devotion to melodic craft and arrangement as his former duo's classic recordings. Vocals -which strike a Beach Boys/Four Freshmen mix on "Who Do You Love?" -may limit appeal slightly, but guest shots by Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick should garner swift top 40, AC play."
Personnel
Richard Carpenter – lead vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
Dusty Springfield – lead vocals on "Something in Your Eyes"
Dionne Warwick – lead vocals on "In Love Alone"
Scott Grimes – lead and backing vocals on "That's What I Believe"
Tim May – guitar
Tony Peluso – lead guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 10)
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Bill Lanphier – bass guitar (track: 9)
Herb Alpert – flugelhorn solo on "When Time Was All We Had"
Paul Leim – drums
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (tracks: 3, 5, 8)
John Phillips – alto saxophone on "Time" and "That's What I Believe"
Jim Cox – synthesizer programming
James Getzoff – concertmaster
Technical
Michael Bowman, Rob Jacobs, Robert de la Garza – engineer
Roger Young – recording, mixing
Chuck Beeson – art direction
Larry Williams – photography
