Modern Times

Al Stewart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 2007)
• Original Release Date: August 28, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000MR9ENU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,687 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carol

2. Sirens of Titan

3. What's Going On?

4. Not the One

5. Next Time

6. Apple Cider Reconstitution

7. The Dark and the Rolling Sea

8. Modern Times

9. Swallow Wind [*]

10. A Sense of Deja Vu [*]

11. Willie the King [*]

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of 1975 album for the folk/rock singer/songwriter. Includes fully updated sleevenotes from Colin Irwin. Musicians include, Simon Nicol, Tim Renwick, Peter Wingfield and Gerry Conway. Produced by Alan Parsons. Includes three rare bons tracks, 'News From Spain', 'Elvaston Place' and 'Swallow Wind'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best albums, July 2, 2007

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K. Cooper (Phila. area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Times (Audio CD)

This album is sandwiched between the heavy historical content of "Past, Present and Future" and the more pop content of "Year of the Cat" and "Time Passages". Songs like "Carol" and "Apple Cider Reconstitution" could have been big hits but Stewart just wasn't that well known yet. This is an excellent album with a preview of the hits to come as well as a nod to his past. It's taken a long time for this to reach CD but this is definitely one of his best. There are 3 bonus tracks on the Cd that are good also.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Times, June 23, 2004

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Jay C. Ramsey (Dunlap, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Times (Audio CD)

This is im my mind the best album Al Stewart recorded. My favorite, as I wore it out on the album was "What's Going On", but the whole album is great and it flows. Whoever decided on which tracks should go together was a mixdown genious. When I fist heard this album I was working as a DJ in the American Forces Radio And Television Service. This fit in nicely with jazz, soft rock or AOR (Album Oriented Rock) which was the Rock format of the time. Righteous CD. Glad they re-released it! Can't believe "What's Going On" was never released on a Best Of CD. But then again this was early in Al's career!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Times- Maybe Al's Best, June 13, 2004

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David A. Magnusson (Hialeah, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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Modern Times is an album that sounds just as good in 2004 as it did when I first got it in 1975. Every song tells an indepth story that seems so familiar to me (and probably most people). Who hasn't experienced the sadness of "Not the One"? Can you look back to your teenage/young adult years and not be touch by "Modern Times"? Don't we all know a "Carol" from somewhere?

Modern Times, looking at it historically, was the major battle just before the pinnacle (Year of the Cat and Time Passages). it is the album that every thought was Al's best up to the moment. But no one at that time ever foresaw the popularity right around the corner with his next two albums.

I guess I was a victim of circumstance (as are we all) when I bought the LP. All my friends and relatives have gotten the LP/Cassette/or CD as a gift from one time or other. They too sing the praises of this most wonderful album.