Speeding Time

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title: "Speeding Time" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1983-albums", "carole-king-albums", "albums-produced-by-lou-adler", "atlantic-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeding_Time" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Speeding Time
type	album
artist	Carole King
cover	Speeding Time Carole King.jpg
released	November 11, 1983
genre	New wave
label	Atlantic
producer	Lou Adler
prev_title	One to One
prev_year	1982
next_title	City Streets
next_year	1989
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| name = Speeding Time | type = album | artist = Carole King | cover = Speeding Time Carole King.jpg | alt = | released = November 11, 1983 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = New wave | label = Atlantic | producer = Lou Adler | prev_title = One to One | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = City Streets | next_year = 1989 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = | rev2Score = Speeding Time is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1983. King's 13th album in fourteen years, Speeding Time featured a prominent new wave sound that was negatively reviewed by critics used to King's more traditional pop stylings. The album became her first record not to chart at all; King did not record again for six years.

Production

King cowrote four of the album's songs with her former husband and longtime collaborator Gerry Goffin. The album's sound was inspired by King's admiration for Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science".

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Computer Eyes" (King, Gerry Goffin) – (3:08)
2. "One Small Voice" (King) – (3:01)
3. "Crying in the Rain" (King, Howard Greenfield) – (2:32)
4. "Sacred Heart of Stone" (King, Goffin) – (3:45)
5. "Speeding Time" (King, Goffin) – (4:49)

Side 2

1. "Standin' on the Borderline" (King, Goffin) – (2:55)
2. "So Ready for Love" (King) – (5:22)
3. "Chalice Borealis" (King, Rick Sorensen) – (2:35)
4. "Dancing" (King) – (4:00)
5. "Alabaster Lady" (King) – (5:45)

Personnel

• Carole King – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
• Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, programming (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), harmonica solo (7)
• Rob Meurer – synthesizer, programming (1, 4, 8)
• Danny Kortchmar, Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar
• Steve Meador – drums (1, 4)
• Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 3, 5–10)
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone solo (3)
• Sherry Goffin Kondor – counter lead vocals (9)

Production

• Producer – Lou Adler
• Engineered and mixed by Paul Brown at Amigo Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered by Bobby Hata at Amigo Studios.
• Album design – Peter Corriston
• Cover photo – Jim Shea
• Design photo – Brian Hagiwara

References

References

1. (1983-11-05). "Superstar Album Blitz Continuing".
2. Greene, Andy. (February 15, 2023). "50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists".
3. {{AllMusic
4. (17 Feb 1984). "Back for Night at Town Hall, Carole King of Idaho". The New York Times.
5. (March 10, 1984). "Carole King sings here tomorrow night in fund-raiser for Hart". The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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