Time Passes By

For the song, see Time Passes By (song).

Time Passes By is the sixth studio album 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.

Time Passes By
Studio album by Kathy Mattea
Released	March 19, 1991
Genre	Country
Label	Mercury PolyGram
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)
Singles from Time Passes By
"Time Passes By" Released: March 9, 1991 "Whole Lotta Holes" Released: July 6, 1991 "Asking Us to Dance" Released: October 19, 1991

Professional ratings

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

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Adapted from Time Passes By liner notes.^[1]

Musicians

• Pat Alger - acoustic guitar (9)
• Craig Bickhardt - background vocals (4)
• Blair String Quartet (Grace Mihi Bahng, Connie Heard, John Kochanowski, Christian Teal) - strings (5)
• Bruce Bouton - steel guitar (8, 9)
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar (6)
• Ashley Cleveland - background vocals (8)
• Bill Cooley - acoustic guitar (4)
• Jerry Douglas - Dobro (1, 2)
• Stuart Duncan - mandolin (8)
• Event in a Tent Memorial Choir - background vocals (11)
• Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar (8)
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle (2)
• Mark Howard - acoustic guitar (3), mandolin (3)
• Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 8), electric guitar (7, 10), acoustic slide guitar (7)
• Dougie MacLean - acoustic guitar (10, 11), background vocals (10), digeridoo (11), Overton whistle (11), congas (11)
• Kenny Malone - drums (4, 6)
• Kathy Mattea - tambourine (4), acoustic guitar (7, 11), background vocals (10), bodhrán (11), boomerang (11)
• Edgar Meyer - upright bass (4)
• John Mock - acoustic guitar (5)
• Duncan Mullins - bass guitar (1, 2)
• Mark O'Connor - mandolin (4), fiddle (6)
• Dave Pomeroy - bass guitar (5)
• Tom Roady - percussion (7, 10)
• The Roches - background vocals (2)
• Matt Rollings - piano (5)
• Milton Sledge - drums (1-3, 7-10)
• Will Smith - autoharp (3)
• Catherine Styron - piano (4)
• John Thompson - background vocals (8)
• Pete Wasner - piano (1, 2, 8, 10)
• Gary West - great Highland bagpipe (11)
• Bobby Wood - keyboards (4, 7), organ (8, 9)
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar (3, 6)
• Bob Wray - bass guitar (4, 7-10)
• Trisha Yearwood - background vocals (1, 8)
• Jonathan Yudkin - mandolin (10)

Technical

• Dougie MacLean - producer (11)
• Kathy Mattea - producer (11)
• Mark Miller - recording, mixing
• John Mock - string arrangements (5)
• Denny Purcell - mastering
• Allen Reynolds - producer (except 11)
• Jon Vezner - producer (11)

Production notes

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position US Billboard 200[2] 72 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 9

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 42

Release history

Release history and formats for Time Passes By

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	August 7, 1990	LP CD cassette	PolyGram Mercury Records	[5]

References

1. Time Passes By (CD booklet). Kathy Mattea. Mercury Records. 1991. 846 975-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. "Kathy Mattea Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
3. "Kathy Mattea Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
5. Mattea, Kathy (March 19, 1991). "Time Passes By (Liner Notes and Album Information)". PolyGram/Mercury Records. 846 975-1 (LP), 846 975-4 (Cassette), 846 975-2 (CD).

• Allmusic (see infobox)