Time Passes By

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.

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

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from Time Passes By liner notes.

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

Production

• Allen Reynolds – producer (1–10)
• Dougie MacLean – producer (11), engineer (11)
• Kathy Mattea – producer (11)
• Jon Vezner – producer (11), engineer (11)
• Mark Miller – recording (1–10), mixing
• Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Barnes & Company – album graphics
• Bill Barnes – art direction, design
• Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
• Valerie Cole – make-up
• Cindy Temple – hair
• Sherrie McCoy – wardrobe stylist
• Ann Rice – wardrobe stylist
• Bob Titley – management

Charts

Release history

• Allmusic (see infobox)