Time Flies (Vaya Con Dios album)

Time Flies
Studio album by Vaya Con Dios
Released September 1992
Recorded Jet Studios (Brussels)
Genre Soft rock, Jazz-rock, Blues
Length 42:50
Label Ariola Records
Producer Dani Klein
Vaya Con Dios chronology
Night Owls
(1990)Night Owls1990		 Time Flies
(1992)		 Roots and Wings
(1995)Roots and Wings1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Time Flies is the third studio album by Vaya Con Dios, who were at this point mostly a one-woman band. Even more than the previous albums, this is a melancholic album and is more blues and soul oriented. The reason for the theme is because Vaya Con Dios was mainly the partnership of Dani Klein and Dirk Schoufs and in 1991 the pair fell out badly. On 24 May 1991 Schoufs, who was only 29, died of a cocktail of medication, drugs and alcohol.

The album did very well in Europe, reaching number one in Switzerland[2] and getting platinum certification in four countries, eventually proving to be the most successful Vaya Con Dios album.
Time Flies was the first album from Vaya Con Dios which did not end with a song in French.

In 1993 Vaya Con Dios embarked on its first world tour.

Track listing

# Title Length
1. "Time Flies" 3:39
2. "Forever Blue" 3:58
3. "Farewell Song" 3:09
4. "So Long Ago" 2:55
5. "Still a Man" 3:36
6. "Heading for a Fall" 3:42
7. "Mothers and Daughters" 2:31
8. "Listen" 3:19
9. "Bold and Untrue" 3:08
10. "Muddy Waters" 3:17
11. "For You" 3:10
12. "Brave Jane" 3:16
13. "At the Parallel" 2:57

Chart performance

Chart Date Peak position Certification
Dutch Album Top 100 September 1992 8[3] Platinum[4]
Swiss Album Charts April 10, 1992 1 (5 weeks)[2] 3 x Platinum[5]
Austrian Top 40 November 22, 1992 4[6]  
Norwegian VG-lista February 1993 11[7]  
Swedish Sverigetopplistan January 27, 1993 13[8]  
Hungarian Albums Chart[9] February 22, 1993 12  

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[10] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[11] Platinum 500,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[12] Platinum 50,000*
Sweden (GLF)[13] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[14] 3× Platinum 150,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 SwissCharts.com Time Flies page Accessed: October 29, 2006
  3. ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Vaya+Con+Dios&titel=Time+Flies&cat=a
  4. ↑ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  5. ↑ SwissCharts.com Certifications 1995 (Accessed: October 29, 2006)
  6. ↑ AustrianCharts.at Time Flies page (Accessed: October 29, 2006)
  7. ↑ NorwegianCharts.com Time Flies page (Accessed: October 29, 2006)
  8. ↑ SwedishCharts.com Time Flies page (Accessed: October 29, 2006)
  9. ↑ "Hungarian Albums Chart". Mahasz.hu. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Time Flies" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Vaya Con Dios in the field Interpret. Enter Time Flies in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen. 
  11. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vaya Con Dios; 'Time Flies')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  12. ↑ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  13. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  14. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Vaya Con Dios; 'Time Flies')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
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