It's About Time

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:44:15
Personnel includes: Kenny Loggins (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar); Clint Black (vocals, electric guitar); Michael McDonald (vocals, piano, Clavinet); Richard Marx (vocals, piano, keyboards); Herman Matthews (vocals, drums, percussion); Josie Aiello, Glenn Philips (vocals); Tom Hemby (acoustic guitar, dobro); Gordon Kennedy (acoustic guitar); Phil Madeira (lap steel); Terry McMillian (harmonica); Tommy Sims (Hammond B-3 organ, Mini-Moog synthesizer, bass, programming, background vocals); Dan Needham (drums); Javier Solis, Rock Deadrick (percussion); Jerard Woods, Jovuan Woods, Amy Holland, Paul Garcia (background vocals). Producers: Kenny Loggins, Tommy Sims, Richard Marx. Recorded at Sound Design, Santa Barbara, California; The Compound, Nashville, Tennessee; Tony Sound and Area 51, Van Nuys, California. Personnel: Kenny Loggins (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Tommy Sims (guitar, synthesizer, mini-Moog synthesizer, percussion, programming, background vocals); Chris Rodriguez , Jerry McPherson (guitar); Tom Hemby (acoustic guitar, dobro); Doug Ingoldsby (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Gordon Kennedy (acoustic guitar); Clint Black (electric guitar); Phil Madeira (lap steel guitar); The Nashville String Machine (strings); Terry McMillan (harmonica); Mike Haynes , Jim Horn, Barry Green (horns); Michael McDonald (piano, Clavinet); Richard Marx (piano, keyboards); Brian Mann (piano, synthesizer); Tim Akers (Clavinet); Dominic Camardella (organ, keyboards); Carl Herrgesell (Wurlitzer organ); Randy Tico (fretless bass); Herman Matthews, Dan Needham (drums); Craig Young (percussion, programming); Chris Ralles, Darryl Tibbs, Javier Solis, Rock Deadrick (percussion); Paul Garcia (programming, background vocals); Tim Johnson (programming); Jovaun Woods, Jerard Woods, Josie Aiello, Amy Holland (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Tony Shepperd. Recording information: Area 51, Santa Barbara, CA; Beagle Studio, Santa Barbara, CA; Paragon Studios, Nashville, TN; Sound Design, Santa Barbara, CA; The Compound, Nashville, TN; The Steakhouse, Burbank, CA; Tonysound, Van Nuys, CA. Photographer: Carl Studna. It's About Time is about what you'd expect from a generic Kenny Loggins record: plenty of romantic and optimistic, feel-good songwriting; varied musical textures; and an almost determinedly mainstream adult contemporary rock sound. Some high-profile friends help out in the presence of Michael McDonald, Richard Marx, and Clint Black, all of whom co-write some of the tunes and also make occasional instrumental and vocal contributions. What this, his first studio record in about half a dozen years, lacks are memorable songs, or much of anything to distinguish it from much of what's played on the most commercial radio stations aiming for a middle-aged and middle-of-the-road demographic. Some of it's brassy and upbeat, as he pulls out the white-soul aspect of his vocals on numbers like "It's About Time" and "The Undeniable Groove," though the lyrics are sentimental in an "up with people" and "here's to life" sort of way. Soft rock and ballads are well-represented, however, in the likes of "The One That Got Away," "I Miss Us," and "No Other Voice," and country music asserts itself as an influence in the Loggins-Black collaboration "Alive 'N' Kickin'." ~ Jimmy James
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)