- art rock, symphonic rock, rock, pop rock
- 44 min
- 13 tracks
- Jet Records
Time is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, released in July 1981 on Jet Records. It is a concept album about a man from the 1980s who is taken to the year 2095, where he is confronted by the dichotomy between technological advancement and a longing for past romance.
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Character
Grave, spare, character-led and epic.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- MusicHoundwoof!
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Prologue1:16
- A2Twilight3:42
- A3Yours Truly, 20953:11
- A4Ticket to the Moon4:07
- A5The Way Life’s Meant to Be4:38
- A6Another Heart Breaks3:49
- B1Rain Is Falling3:55
- B2From the End of the World3:17
- B3The Lights Go Down3:33
- B4Here Is the News3:50
- B521st Century Man4:03
- B6Hold On Tight3:06
- B7Epilogue1:31
13 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- ELO
- Label
- Jet Records
- Released
- 1981
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- JP
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