About Time
Studio album by the Stranglers
Released	15 May 1995 (1995-05-15)
Studio	Rockfield Studios,Monmouth,Wales Parr Street Studios,Liverpool,UK Westside Studios,London, UK
Genre	Post-punk
Length	44:54
Label	When!
Producer	Alan Winstanley The Stranglers
The Stranglers chronology
Stranglers in the Night (1993) About Time (1995) Written in Red (1997)
Singles from About Time
"Lies and Deception" Released: June 1995[1][2]

About Time is the twelfth studio album fromthe Stranglers and the second one from theBlack,Burnel,Greenfield,Roberts andEllis line-up. The album was released in 1995 through the When! label. It was co-produced, engineered and mixed byAlan Winstanley, who had worked with the Stranglers on their first four albums (as the engineer onRattus Norvegicus,No More Heroes andBlack and White and producer onThe Raven).Nigel Kennedy plays electric violin on "Face", and a string-quartet is used on three of the eleven tracks ("Face", "Still Life" and "Sinister").^[3]

"Lies and Deception" was the only single released from the album, reaching No. 94 on theUK Singles Chart,^[4] and is one of the few Stranglers songs solely written by drummerJet Black. Released as a two-CD set, CD1 of "Lies and Deception" was backed with non-album tracks "Swim" and "Cool Danny", CD2 was backed with non-album tracks "Kiss the World Goodbye" and "Bed of Nails".^[5][6][7][8]

The album peaked at No. 31 in theUK Albums Chart in May 1995.^[9]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[11]
The Great Rock Discography	4/10[12]

AllMusic'sStephen Thomas Erlewine wrote thatAbout Time is a "competent but unexceptional record" that contains "a couple of tough, catchy songs" in "Lies and Deception" and "Golden Boy", but is "largely bogged down by tepid songwriting and undistinguished performances."^[10]

The Stranglers

• Paul Roberts – lead vocals, percussion, production
• Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass, vocals, production
• John Ellis – guitar, vocals, production
• Dave Greenfield – keyboards, vocals, production
• Jet Black – drums, production

Additional musicians

• Nigel Kennedy – violin on track 3
• Susie Elliott – vocals on track 4 and 11
• Chris Winter – harmonica on track 1
• Gavyn Wright andWilfred Gibson – violin on track 3, 4 and 6
• Bob Smissen – viola on track 3, 4 and 6
• Caroline Dale – cello on track 3, 4 and 6
• Alex Christaki – string arrangements on track 3, 4 and 6

Technical

• Alan Winstanley – production, engineering, mixing
• Simon Dawson – engineering assistance (Rockfield Studios)
• Andrea Wright – engineering assistance (Parr Street Studios)
• Lee Phillips – engineering assistance (Westside Studios)
• Tim Young – mastering
• Trevor Dawkins – technical assistance, crowd vocal
• Ray Palmer – front cover image, photography
• Michel Tcherevkoff – front cover image
• Castle Communications PLC – design
• Hugh Gilmour – illustrations

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