In a message dated 2/10/01 3:07:37 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What about Al Stewart's Time Passages? If past, present, and future > is anything close to that then I must have it. Was that released > before or after? > > Mike > > > Mike, Past, Present and Future was released well before Time Passages, and they are pretty different. Time Passages is a slicker, more produced, pop album (and I mean in the best possible sense - as in Court and Spark). PPF is more accoustic - in fact it has some of my favorite accoustic guitar playing - Roads to Moscow, and Nostradamus especially. Stylistically, PPF would be more in the vein of For the Roses or Blue. I'm not trying to compare Al's albums to Joni's - they are extremely different, I'm just trying to explain the style differences between TP and PPF. For my complete Al Stewart recommendation - I would list PPF as first, Modern Times as second, Year of the Cat as third, and Time Passages as fourth. PPF and MT are both very accoustic, while YOTC and TP are more polished - the last two both produced by Alan Parsons. I hope this helps, Jack
