Time Passes By

Time Passes By
Studio album by Kathy Mattea
Released	March 19, 1991
Genre	Country
Label	Mercury
Producer	Dougie MacLean Kathy Mattea Allen Reynolds Jon Vezner
Kathy Mattea chronology
A Collection of Hits (1990) Time Passes By (1991) Lonesome Standard Time (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	A link
Los Angeles Times	link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	1992

Time Passes By is the sixth studio album released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1991 (see 1991 in country music) on Mercury Records. The album, like her last two studio albums before it, was certified gold by the RIAA. Singles released from it include the title track at #7, "Whole Lotta Holes" at #18, and "Asking Us to Dance" at #27. "From a Distance" was originally recorded by Nanci Griffith and later versions were released by Bette Midler and Judy Collins.

The album was produced by Allen Reynolds except "From a Distance", which Mattea co-produced with Jon Vezner and Dougie MacLean.

Track listing

1. "Time Passes By" (Jon Vezner, Susan Longacre) – 2:44
2. "Whole Lotta Holes" (Vezner, Don Henry) – 2:57
3. "What Could Have Been" (Beth Nielsen Chapman) – 3:40
4. "Asking Us to Dance" (Hugh Prestwood) – 4:19
5. "Summer of My Dreams" (David Mallett) – 4:00
6. "Harley" (Henry) – 3:31
7. "Quarter Moon" (Bob Millard) – 3:37
8. "I Wear Your Love" (Gary Burr) – 4:07
9. "A Few Good Things Remain" (Pat Alger, Vezner) – 3:56
10. "Ready for the Storm" (Dougie MacLean) – 3:56
11. "From a Distance" (Julie Gold) – 4:57

Personnel

• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine, bodhran
• Pat Alger – acoustic guitar
• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Bill Cooley – electric guitar
• Stuart Duncan – mandolin
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Emmylou Harris – background vocals
• Trisha Yearwood - background vocals
• Mark Howard – acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Dougie MacLean – acoustic guitar, congas, didgeridoo, whistle
• Kenny Malone – drums
• Edgar Meyer – upright bass
• John Mock – acoustic guitar, string arrangements
• Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
• Mark O'Connor – mandolin
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Maggie Roche – background vocals
• Suzzy Roche – background vocals
• Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
• Craig Bickhardt – background vocals

Gary West - great highland bagpipe

• Matt Rollings – piano
• Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
• Catherine Styron – piano
• Pete Wasner – piano
• Bobby Wood – organ, keyboards
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Bob Wray – bass guitar

Production notes

• Produced by Dougie MacLean, Kathy Mattea, Allen Reynolds, Jon Vezner
• Engineered by Jon Vezner and M. Miller
• Mastered by Denny Purcell
• Mixed by M. Miller
• Art Direction and design by Billy Barnes

Chart performance

References

• Allmusic (see infobox)