Daughter of Time

For the novel, see The Daughter of Time.
Daughter of Time
Studio album by Colosseum
Released December 1970
Recorded Summer 1970 at Lansdowne Studios, London (except "The Time Machine": Royal Albert Hall, July 2, 1970)
Genre Rock, jazz
Length 38:04
Label Vertigo (UK)
Dunhill (U.S.)
Producer Gerry Bron
Colosseum chronology

The Grass Is Greener
(1970)
Daughter of Time
(1970)
Colosseum Live
(1971)

Daughter of Time is the fourth album by Colosseum, released in 1970. The album remained for five weeks in the UK Albums Chart peaking number 23.[1] Recorded in the midst of an upheaval in the band's lineup, only one of its eight tracks, "Three Score and Ten, Amen", features all six of the official band members.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Mike DeGagne gave the album a rave retrospective review in Allmusic, chiefly praising the wide variety of instruments used, but also acknowledging the melancholy tones and sense of drama. His only criticism was that the songs are too short, "all around six minutes in length" (in fact, only three of the songs are around six minutes in length, and half of them are much shorter).[2]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Three Score and Ten, Amen"  Clem Clempson, Dave Greenslade, Jon Hiseman (lyrics — Hiseman) 5:38
2. "Time Lament"  Greenslade, Hiseman (lyrics — Greenslade, Hiseman) 6:13
3. "Take Me Back to Doomsday"  Clempson, Greenslade, Hiseman, Dick Heckstall-Smith (lyrics — Hiseman) 4:25
4. "The Daughter of Time"  Barry Dennen, Greenslade, Heckstall-Smith (lyrics — Dennen) 3:33
5. "Theme for an Imaginary Western"  Pete Brown, Jack Bruce (lyrics — Brown) 4:07
6. "Bring Out Your Dead"  Clempson, Greenslade 4:20
7. "Downhill and Shadows"  Clempson, Hiseman, Tony Reeves (lyrics — Hiseman) 6:13
8. "The Time Machine (live)"  Hiseman 8:11

Personnel

References

  1. Colosseum chart history, The Official Charts. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 DeGagne, Mike. "Daughter of Time - Colosseum | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 September 2011.