All Things in Time

{{Infobox album

| name = All Things in Time

| type = Studio

| artist = Lou Rawls

| cover = allthingsintime.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 7, 1976

| recorded = November 1975–March 1976

| venue =

| studio = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia

| genre = Philadelphia soul, jazz

| length = 38:11

| label = Philadelphia International

| producer = Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Bunny Sigler, Dexter Wansel, Jack Faith, Bobby Martin

| prev_title = She's Gone

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Unmistakably Lou

| next_year = 1977

}}

All Things in Time is an album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released in June 1976 on the Philadelphia International Records label. The album includes Rawls's most famous song, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".

Background

Coming after a career lull, All Things in Time was Rawls's first album for PIR. At the time, he was the first artist to sign with PIR, after having already enjoyed a substantial recording career and chart success with other record labels. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios and produced by Gamble & Huff, Bunny Sigler and Dexter Wansel, All Things in Time became an immediate success on the back of its lead single, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |last2=Clark |first2=William |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, United States |date=2003 |pages=151-163 |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 }}

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000192630 |label=All Things in Time review |first=Jason |last=Elias |accessdate=October 20, 2017}}

}}

=Commercial=

The album was Rawls' third R&B chart-topper (the first since 1966), and reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lou-rawls/chart-history/asi |magazine=Billboard |title=Chart History: Lou Rawls |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=July 23, 2022}} "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" gave Rawls the biggest hit of his career, topping Billboard's R&B Songs chart and Adult Contemporary chart, and making No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

=Critical=

All Things in Time was highly rated by critics upon release, due to the quality and variety of its material, production standards and Rawls' vocal performances.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} It is often cited as the best album of Rawls' tenure with PIR.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Jason Elias described it as "...not only one of Rawls' best albums, it's also one of the finest from Philadelphia International".

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = You're the One

| writer1 = Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff

| length1 = 5:20

| title2 = You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

| writer2 = Gamble, Huff

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = Time

| writer3 = Jack Faith, Allan Felder

| length3 = 2:55

| title4 = Groovy People

| writer4 = Gamble, Huff

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Need You Forever

| writer5 = Bunny Sigler

| length5 = 4:38

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = From Now On

| writer1 = Sigler

| length1 = 4:57

| title2 = Pure Imagination

| writer2 = Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = This Song Will Last Forever

| writer3 = Gamble, Huff, Cary Gilbert

| length3 = 5:08

| title4 = Let's Fall in Love All Over Again

| writer4 = Bobby Martin

| length4 = 4:02

}}

In 2005, All Things in Time was reissued on CD by Edsel Records in the UK in a double package with Rawls' 1977 album, Unmistakably Lou.

Personnel

Kenneth Gamble – co-producer (tracks 1–2, 4, 8)
Leon Huff – co-producer (tracks 1–2, 4, 8)
Jack Faith – producer, musical arranger (track 3)
Bunny Sigler – producer (tracks 5–6)
Bobby Martin – producer (track 9), musical arranger (tracks 1–2, 4–5, 8–9)
Richard Rome – musical arranger (track 6)
Dexter Wansel – producer, musical arranger (track 7)
Joe Tarsia – engineer
Jim Gallagher – engineer
Carl Paroulo – engineer
Jay Mark – engineer
Frank Laffitte – photos
Ed Lee – design

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (1976) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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{{album chart\|Canada\|8\|chartid=4349a\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 12, 2025}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|7\|artist=Lou Rawls\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardRandBHipHop\|1\|artist=Lou Rawls\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1976)

! scope="col"| Position

{{album chart|Canada|61|chartid=5175|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025|refname=CA_YE}}

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}

| 84

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}

| 16

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|title=All Things in Time|artist=Lou Rawls|type=album|relyear=1976|certyear=1978|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-12-23.pdf|title=CashBox Magazine|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=56|date=December 23, 1978|access-date= November 13, 2021}}}}