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Another Place & Time

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After the fall of disco, Donna Summer fluttered about the 80s producing music, a random hit sneaking it's way around and into her career ever so often. This was definitely one of the hits, an album produced by the stellar team of Stock Aitken Waterman, it yielded a hit in the amazing pop single "This Time I Know It's For Real". Her voice is powerful, the lyrics perfect, the synth pop backing just right. It's a diamond in a crown of pop jewels that is "Another Place And Time". The sound is perfect for the time, and the songs are great, impossibly catchy cuts include "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt", "Sentimental", and "Love's About To Change My Heart". This was probably one of the best albums created in the hands of SAW, and provided Donna with a well deserved hit. This collection is a must for fans of Donna, 80s pop, and the SAW sound. Wonderful collection.

I knew i wasnt the only one who loved this album. Donna has had alot of hits and alot of albums,, yet this remains my absolute favourite. Its not enough to love the hits, you'll love the album tracks as well. Even if you already have the Anthology i suggest you pick this one up too. Stock/Aitken/Waterman produced alot of hits during their run at PWL Records, but these 10 tracks remain some of the very best. Get this one while you can!

It seemed forever for This Time I Know its for Real to make it
from the clubs to mass release..Rumored David Geffen refused
to release it, it's the best album Donna released in the 80's
Thank goodness for Atlantic Records...Loves about to Change my Heart is definitely one of her best after her heyday as the Queen of Disco..my memories of this song are very vivid with the amount of airplay it got in the LA area during my visit there Labor Day 1989...

No, this album is not Donna at her creative best, but it is a fun album and it yielded her last US Pop Top Ten Hit (to date).

You can easily reconize the SAW production, however Donna's one of a kind vocals elevate their production efforts to a new high. The entire album (save for the ballad, the title track) beckons you on to the dance floor. The upbeat songs take us back if only for a moement to the fun, and fantasy of the Disco Era. To me the bext tracks are "This Time I Know It's For Real", "Sentimental", "Whatever Your Heart Desires", and the VERY disco, "Love's About To Change My Hearet".

Looking for a Good Time?, put on this disk, and "dance the night away".

I thought that this was a fun album! I still love This Time I Know It's for Real--was surprised by its jump from No. 88 to No. 57 in the Billboard Hot 100, proving that people in America were excited to hear Donna again! It peaked at No. 7. This album obviously was a Stock/Aitken/Waterman production, but Donna obviously pulls it off on all of the songs. Some songs sound like the ones they did for Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue and Bananarama, the same formula, but they knew what they wanted for Donna. They had a string of hits in '86,'87, '88 and '89 so this was during their streak. There's a little bit of Donna's 1978 disco sound injected into the modern S/A/W music, especially on This Time. Some critics didn't like this album, but I thought this was a fun album. If I saw it in the stores again, I'd definitely get it. If It Makes You Feel Good, Sentimental, the dramatic Breakaway and others are still in my head a good 15 years later just like her '70s hits! One of her very overlooked albums.

It was a match made in heaven. Take one part Disco Queen and mix it with three parts Hit Factory and you get absolute brilliance!! Yes, the masters of Euro-Pop/Disco/Dance--Stock, Aitken, Waterman have given Donna Summer a winning combination of soul, funk and spunk that just doesn't quit!

Along with the SAW/PWL roster of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Sinitta and Hazell Dean comes a wealth of sound fusion and brilliance that still lets Donna Summer's style shine clearly and unmistakably. Starting with the signature track, "This Time I Know It's For Real," you know this is SAW/PWL genius on full throttle. Donna kicks into even higher gear with her own brand of vocal punch and bite. It's all this song needs to place it in Eurodance and Eurodisco's Hall Of Fame.

Furthering the tradition, "Breakaway" and "Love's About To Change My Heart" are yet more of the prime samplings in the SAW/PWL brain trust. Gutsier and more emotionally charged, Donna manages to make these tracks her own yet still lets the SAW gloss make its mark.

This album is pure PLATINUM in every sense-made from the perfect equation!

Highlights include "When Love Takes Over You," "If It Makes You Feel Good" and "Whatever Your Heart Desires"

This has to be one of Donna's most overlooked albums... every song sounds great and her voice sounds fantastic. A very upbeat album with great dance tunes... A "MUST have" album for any Donna fan.

Just had to write a review as this CD has been in my collection since 1989 and is still played on a regular basis.

Never noticed Donna before but her vocals and style suit SAW production and writing perfectly. For me, the highlights are 'This time I know it's for real' and 'Loves about to change my heart' - fantastic and should have been released as a single.

Anyone who wants to chat about the 80's, 90's and 00's UK pop you can e-mail me on scaran31@yahoo.co.uk.

All the best.

another place and time is hot stuff for the '80s.songs like this time i know it's for real,breakaway,i don't wanna get hurt,in another place and time,and if it makes you feel good sound like disco from the late '80s. i love this album,it's one of donna summer's best! ed wilson

Donna Summer has done it again. Another Place and Time is just what the doctor ordered for the hard core Donna fans all over the world. I first heared this recording back in the summer of 1989 while living in Atlanta GA. I was a fan from the very first time I heard Love To Love You Baby back when it was released in the early 70's. I've been listening ever sense.
I lost my copy of Another Place and Time in Hurricane Katrina. My salon was located on the beach in Biloxi and was completely wiped out by her fury. Needless to say that all of my cd's were taken with everything else. I'm in the process of re-building my cd collectiuon and this one was at the top of the list. If you've never heard this fantastic recording, you're missing Donna's optimum vocal range. This is the true Donna, doing what she does best - Sing! Play On Donna! All the Best! Stephen