Time-Line

Time-Line
Studio album by Renaissance
Released 1983
Recorded July-August 1982
Genre Progressive rock
Length 41:54
Label Illegal/I.R.S. Records
Producer Renaissance
Renaissance chronology
Camera Camera
(1981)		 Time-Line
(1983)		 Tuscany
(2001)
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Allmusic [1]

Time-Line was a 1983 album by progressive rock band Renaissance[2] and the last album released by Renaissance before they disbanded in 1987.

With this album, Renaissance moved farther away from their signature sound, and toward 1980s pop, than even on their previous album, Camera Camera. Though, in the view of some fans, it contained some excellent pop songs, it was a commercial failure, receiving the worst reviews of the band's career.[3]

While Camera Camera's sound was clearly influenced by the band members who had played as Nevada (Annie Haslam and Michael Dunford, along with keyboardist Peter Gosling), this time the responsibility seems to have landed squarely on the shoulders of Jon Camp. He wrote all the lyrics, strongly influenced the musical style, and went so far as to publicly call this the band's "best album."[4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Camp-Dunford, with lead vocals by Annie, except where noted.

  1. "Flight" — 4:09
    • lead vocals: Annie & Jon
  2. "Missing Persons" (Camp) — 3:36
  3. "Chagrin Boulevard" — 4:23
    • lead vocals: Annie & Jon
  4. "Richard IX" (Camp) — 3:40
  5. "The Entertainer" — 4:45
  6. "Electric Avenue" — 4:57
    • lead vocals: Annie & Jon
  7. "Majik" - 3:10
  8. "Distant Horizons" (Camp) — 3:58
  9. "Orient Express" (Camp) — 3:55
  10. "Auto-Tech" — 5:21
    • lead vocal: Jon

Personnel

Renaissance

Others

References

  1. ^ Mureika, Tomas (2011 [last update]). "Time-Line - Renaissance | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/time-line-r16434. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "allmusic ((( Time-Line > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r16434. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
  3. ^ The History Of Renaissance
  4. ^ Liner notes from the Tales Of 1,001 Nights compilations
Renaissance
Annie Haslam · Jon Camp · Michael Dunford · John Tout · Terence Sullivan
Keith Relf · Jim McCarty · Jane Relf · John Hawken · Louis Cennamo
Studio albums
Live albums
Live at Carnegie Hall · In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001 · Mother Russia · Live and Direct · In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Concert · British Tour '76 · Dreams & Omens: "Live" at the Tower Theatre