Speeding Time

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Speeding Time
File:Speeding Time Carole King.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1983[1]
GenreNew wave[2]
LabelAtlantic
ProducerLou Adler
Carole King chronology
One to One
(1982)
Speeding Time
(1983)
City Streets
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStar[3]

Speeding Time is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1983. King's 13th album in fourteen years, Speeding Time featured a prominent new wave sound that was negatively reviewed by critics used to King's more traditional pop stylings. The album became her first record not to chart at all; King did not record again for six years.

Production

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King cowrote four of the album's songs with her former husband and longtime collaborator Gerry Goffin.[4] The album's sound was inspired by King's admiration for Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science".[5]

Track listing

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Side 1

  1. "Computer Eyes" (King, Gerry Goffin) – (3:08)
  2. "One Small Voice" (King) – (3:01)
  3. "Crying in the Rain" (King, Howard Greenfield) – (2:32)
  4. "Sacred Heart of Stone" (King, Goffin) – (3:45)
  5. "Speeding Time" (King, Goffin) – (4:49)

Side 2

  1. "Standin' on the Borderline" (King, Goffin) – (2:55)
  2. "So Ready for Love" (King) – (5:22)
  3. "Chalice Borealis" (King, Rick Sorensen) – (2:35)
  4. "Dancing" (King) – (4:00)
  5. "Alabaster Lady" (King) – (5:45)

Personnel

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  • Carole King – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, programming (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), harmonica solo (7)
  • Rob Meurer – synthesizer, programming (1, 4, 8)
  • Danny Kortchmar, Lee Ritenour – guitar
  • Bob Glaub – bass guitar
  • Steve Meador – drums (1, 4)
  • Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 3, 5–10)
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone solo (3)
  • Sherry Goffin Kondor – counter lead vocals (9)

Production

  • Producer – Lou Adler
  • Engineered and mixed by Paul Brown at Amigo Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
  • Mastered by Bobby Hata at Amigo Studios.
  • Album design – Peter Corriston
  • Cover photo – Jim Shea
  • Design photo – Brian Hagiwara

References

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