This Is Your Time (Change album)

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This Is Your Time is the fourth studio album by Change, released in 1983. It blends Contemporary R&B and post-disco and reached number 161 on the US Billboard 200 and number 34 on the Billboard Black Albums chart.

Recording and release
- Tracks were recorded at Umbi Studios in Modena, Italy, with overdubs and mixing done at Sorcerer Sound in New York City.
- The album was released as an LP in March 1983.
- The cover art was designed by Greg Porto.

Singles
- The album includes the singles: This Is Your Time, Magical Night, Don’t Wait Another Night, and Got to Get Up.

Track listing
- Side one: 1) Got to Get Up (6:02), 2) This Is Your Time (5:49), 3) Angel (4:31), 4) Magical Night (6:12)
- Side two: 5) Stay ’N Fit (5:30), 6) Tell Me Why (5:21), 7) You’ll Never Realize (5:46), 8) Don’t Wait Another Night (5:51)

Personnel
- Producers: Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi
- Lead vocals: Deborah Cooper and James “Crab” Robinson (plus other members)
- Key musicians include Mauro Malavasi (keyboards), Mike Campbell (guitar), Vincent Henry (guitar/sax), Rudy Trevisi (sax), Bernard Davis and Toby Johnson (drums), Jeff Bova (keyboards), and backing vocalists such as Lisa Fischer
- Engineering and mastering: Maggi Maurizio (engineering), Alex Head (overdubs and mixing), Jose Rodriguez (mastering)

Charts
- US Billboard 200: 161
- US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: 34

This Is Your Time showcases Change’s signature blend of catchy R&B grooves and danceable synth textures, solidifying their place in early 1980s crossover soul.