It's About Time (John Denver album)

It's About Time
Studio album by John Denver
Released	November 15, 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Country, soft rock, folk rock
Length	46:51
Label	RCA
Producer	John Denver, Barney Wyckoff
John Denver chronology
Rocky Mountain Holiday (1982) It's About Time (1983) John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 (1984)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

It's About Time is the 17th album by American singer-songwriter John Denver recorded at Criteria Recording Studios in Miami and released in November 1983. The album featured several notable supporting vocalists, including Patti Austin, Rita Marley (and The Wailers), as well as Emmylou Harris. "Wild Montana Skies" was the single from this album; members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.^[2]

It contains the following dedication from John Denver: "This album is dedicated with great love and respect to the memory of my father, Lt. Col. (Ret.) H.J. "Dutch" Deutschendorf."

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Denver; except where indicated

Side One

1. "Hold on Tightly" – 4:00
2. "Thought of You" – 4:02
3. "Somethin' About" – 3:44
4. "On the Wings of a Dream" (Denver, Joe Henry, Lee Holdridge, John Magee) - 5:01
5. "Flight (The Higher We Fly)" – 3:16

Side Two

1. "Falling Out of Love" – 4:56
2. "I Remember Romance" – 5:25
3. "Wild Montana Skies" – 4:02
4. "World Game" – 4:58
5. "It's About Time" (Denver, Glen D. Hardin) – 3:42

¹Not featured on cassette version or on original LP.

Personnel

The following information is from the CD insert.^[3]

Musicians

All personnel in this section are credited along with John Denver as arrangers.

• Jerry Carrigan - drums and percussion
• Jerry Scheff - bass
• Glen D. Hardin - piano, Rhodes, B-3
• James Burton - lead guitars (electric and acoustic)
• Jim Horn - saxophone, flute, recorder

Additional musicians

• Larry Fast - synthesizer
• Fred Wickstom - marimbas

Muscle Shoals Horns

• Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone
• Charles Rose - trombone
• Harrison Calloway, Jr. - trumpet
  • with Jim Horn - baritone saxophone

Background vocals

• Patti Austin
• Ullanda McCollough
• Conrad Reeder
• Emmylou Harris on "Wild Montana Skies"

Musicians from "World Game"

• The Wailers
  • Aston "Family Man" Barrett - bass
  • Carlton "Carli" Barrett - drums
  • Steve Stewart - piano
  • Earl "Wire" Lindo - organ
  • Alvin Patterson - percussion
  • Lloyd "Gits" Willis - guitar
• The I Threes
  • Rita Marley
  • Marcia Griffiths

Arrangers

• Lee Holdridge, strings
• Patti Austin, background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	55
U.S. Billboard 200	61
Canadian RPM Top Albums	92

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5471
2. Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
3. John Denver. It's About Time. RCA. 1983.