Time Flies (Vaya Con Dios album)

Time Flies is the third studio album by Vaya Con Dios, who were at this point mostly a one-woman band. Even more than the previous albums, this is a melancholic album and is more blues and soul oriented. The reason for the theme is because Vaya Con Dios was mainly the partnership of Dani Klein and Dirk Schoufs and in 1991 the pair fell out badly. On 24 May 1991 Schoufs, who was only 29, died of a cocktail of medication, drugs and alcohol.

Time Flies
Studio album by Vaya Con Dios
Released	September 1992
Recorded	Jet Studios (Brussels)
Genre	Soft rock, jazz-rock, blues
Length	42:50
Label	Ariola Records
Producer	Dani Klein
Vaya Con Dios chronology
Night Owls (1990) Time Flies (1992) Roots and Wings (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album did very well in Europe, reaching number one in Switzerland^[2] and getting platinum certification in four countries, eventually proving to be the most successful Vaya Con Dios album.

Time Flies was the first album by Vaya Con Dios which did not end with a song in French.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Time Flies"	3:39
2.	"Forever Blue"	3:58
3.	"Farewell Song"	3:09
4.	"So Long Ago"	2:55
5.	"Still a Man"	3:36
6.	"Heading for a Fall"	3:42
7.	"Mothers and Daughters"	2:31
8.	"Listen"	3:19
9.	"Bold and Untrue"	3:08
10.	"Muddy Waters"	3:17
11.	"For You"	3:10
12.	"Brave Jane"	3:16
13.	"At the Parallel"	2:57

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992–1993) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 9 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 12 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 13 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 24 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 93 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 34 Chart (1993) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 47 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 12

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[16]	Gold	25,000*
France	—	50,000[17]
Germany (BVMI)[18]	Platinum	500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[19]	Platinum	100,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[20]	Platinum	50,000*
Sweden (GLF)[21]	Gold	50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22]	3× Platinum	150,000^
Summaries
Europe	—	1,000,000[23]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. SwissCharts.com Time Flies page Accessed: October 29, 2006
3. "Austriancharts.at – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
6. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1993. 8. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
7. "Norwegiancharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
8. "Swedishcharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
10. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1992". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
11. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
12. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
13. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1993". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
14. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
15. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1993". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
16. "Austrian album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies" (in German). IFPI Austria.
17. "France - Companies". Billboard. 22 May 1993. p. 68. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
18. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vaya Con Dios; 'Time Flies')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
19. "Dutch album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 28 November 2018. Enter Time Flies in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1992 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
20. "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
21. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
22. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Time Flies')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
23. "1993 World Music Awards: Artist Citations" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 23. June 5, 1993. p. 63. ISSN 0006-2510.