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Time Passages

by Al Stewart

Released: September 08, 1978

Soft rock, folk rock

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Why This Album Matters

This album matters because its strongest editorial story is: Chart Success.

The Album

"Time Passages" is Al Stewart's eighth studio album, released in September 1978. Both "Time Passages" and "End of the Day" were co-written with guitarist Peter White. A digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004.

Inside the Recording

It followed his successful 1976 album *Year of the Cat* and, like that album and 1975's Modern Times, was produced by Alan Parsons.

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Time Passages features album art designed by the…

Time Passages features album art designed by the renowned design group Hipgnosis.

Storm Thorgerson, in For the Love of Vinyl…

Storm Thorgerson, in For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis, described the concept for the cover: it depicts a radio being tuned on a kitchen window shelf, metaphorically "tuning" the view of the landscape outside.

The front cover photograph was taken at Indian…

The front cover photograph was taken at Indian Route 42, Monument Valley, Arizona.

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Essential Tracks

Time Passages

"Time Passages" is Al Stewart's eighth studio album, released in September 1978.

End of the Day

Both "Time Passages" and "End of the Day" were co-written with guitarist Peter White.

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Reception

The title track of Time Passages became a significant hit, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 10 weeks.

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The Complete Album Story

"Time Passages" is Al Stewart's eighth studio album, released in September 1978. It followed his successful 1976 album *Year of the Cat* and, like that album and 1975's Modern Times, was produced by Alan Parsons.

The title track of Time Passages became a significant hit, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 10 weeks. Both "Time Passages" and "End of the Day" were co-written with guitarist Peter White.

A digitally remastered version of the album was released in 2004.

Time Passages features album art designed by the renowned design group Hipgnosis. Storm Thorgerson, in For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis, described the concept for the cover: it depicts a radio being tuned on a kitchen window shelf, metaphorically "tuning" the view of the landscape outside. The front cover photograph was taken at Indian Route 42, Monument Valley, Arizona.