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Time After Time (2000)

Where the lyrics of Time After Time take you, and where it was really made.

Released four years after Eva Cassidy's death in 1996, the album pulls together songs that were digitized and sequenced into one record after her passing.

Key places

Recording at Blues Alley (2000)

Recording site Blues Alley — The album's recording is listed at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. The point uses the venue's building-level coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at The Maryland Inn (2000)

Recording site The Maryland Inn — The Maryland Inn in Annapolis is also listed as a recording location for the album. The point uses the building-level coordinates of the inn. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Time After Time: studio album by American singer Eva Cassidy
• Released in 2000, four years after her death in 1996
• Release date listed as 20 June 2000
• Twelve tracks, including covers of songs by Paul Simon, Bill Withers, Joni Mitchell and others
• Opens with "Kathy's Song" (Paul Simon), closes with "Way Beyond the Blue" (traditional)
• Title track "Time After Time" credited to Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper

Background

• Album appeared posthumously, four years after Cassidy's death
• Italian Wikipedia likewise describes the album as released posthumously in 2000
• The Washington Post described the songs as lovingly and painstakingly digitized and sequenced into one coherent album

Recording

• Recording location listed as Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.
• A second recording location listed as The Maryland Inn, Annapolis
• Producers: Chris Biondo, Bill Straw, Lenny Williams
• Engineer: Chris Biondo
• Mixing: Chris Biondo, Geoff Gillette, Eric Lemley
• Mastering: Robert Vosgien
• Personnel: Eva Cassidy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars; Chris Biondo on bass guitar; Raice McLeod on drums; Lenny Williams on piano; Roger Henderson on acoustic guitar

Cover

• Paintings credited to Eva Cassidy herself
• Photography by Larry Melton
• Design by Eileen White
• Liner notes by Keith Grimes and Kevin Howlett

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Eva Marie Cassidy (1963–1996) was an American singer and musician known for jazz, folk and blues interpretations with a powerful, emotive soprano voice.
• Her first album, The Other Side (1992), was a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown; Live at Blues Alley (1996) followed.
• She was honored by the Washington Area Music Association and won two Wammies in 1994, but was virtually unknown outside the Washington, D.C. area when she died of melanoma at 33 in 1996.

Posthumous Success

• In 1998 the compilation Songbird was assembled; BBC Radio 2 airplay in 2000 brought her music to British audiences.
• Songbird topped the UK Albums Chart, and her posthumous recordings have sold more than ten million copies.
• Nine posthumous albums have been released, the latest I Can Only Be Me (2023) with the London Symphony Orchestra, which reached number 9 in the UK.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The Washington Post wrote that "the songs have been lovingly, painstakingly digitized and sequenced so as to create a coherent album of tender, touching acoustic folk and minimally orchestrated pop that spotlights Cassidy's talent."
• The review reads the album as one unified record rather than a loose set of leftover recordings.
• It singles out the acoustic folk and minimally orchestrated pop sound as the album's main character.
• The review says the sequencing and care of the digitization shape the listening experience.

Reappraisal

• Arun Starkey, writing for Far Out, said Cassidy's version of "Kathy's Song" could make a "strong claim to be better than the original."
• The comparison is aimed at one track, the Paul Simon song placed first on the album.
• The later assessment thus centers on Cassidy's interpretation of an existing song rather than on original material.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The cover song "Time After Time" was used in the popular series Smallville.
• Italian Wikipedia describes the album as released posthumously in 2000.
• The cover art paintings are credited to Eva Cassidy herself.
• The track list mixes covers of pop, soul and folk songs with a traditional piece.
• Eva Cassidy's name appears as the sole vocalist on every track of the record.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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