There Is a Time

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{{Infobox album

| name = There Is a Time

| type = studio

| artist = Liza Minnelli

| cover = ThereIsATimeLizaMinnelliAlbum.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 21, 1966

| recorded = April–May 1966

| venue =

| studio = Capitol, New York City

| genre = Pop, vocal, traditional

| length =

| label = Capitol

| producer = Marvin Holtzman

| prev_title = "Live" at the London Palladium

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Liza Minnelli

| next_year = 1968

| misc = {{Singles

| name = There Is a Time

| type = studio

| single1 = I Who Have Nothing

| single1date = October 24, 1966

| single2 = Middle of the Street

| single2date = November 18, 1966

}}

}}

There Is a Time is the third studio album by American singer and actress Liza Minnelli.{{cite web|url=http://www.officiallizaminnelli.com/|title=Official Website: Liza Minnelli|access-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012002047/http://www.officiallizaminnelli.com/|archive-date=October 12, 2010|url-status=dead}} The release took place under the label of Capitol Records in November 1966, being her last one to be released by the record company.Schechter, Scott. Liza Minnelli: The Complete Capitol Collection. DRG Records. EMI. 2006.

The recordings took place at Capitol's studio in New York from April to May 2, 1966.{{cite book|last1=Wimmer|first1=Martin|title=Clockwork Liza: Star and Artist: The Career Achievement of Liza Minnelli|date=September 12, 2021|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-7543-4624-2|page=159|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJhCEAAAQBAJ|access-date=August 20, 2023|language=en}} The production is by Marvin Holtzman, and the arrangements and conducting are by Ray Ellis.Baker, Glenn A. (2003) Liza Minnelli: When It Comes Down To It.......1968–1977. Raven Records. 2003.

The album is considered as "Minnelli's French album" since the tracklist includes, for the most part, songs known to be sung by French artists such as Charles Aznavour, Michel Legrand, and Jacques Brel. Furthermore, the repertoire consists of English versions of popular French songs.Friedwald, Will. (June 2009) Finest - The Capitol Years. EMI. 2009.

On November 5, 1966, the Billboard magazine included it in the list of releases for that month.{{cite magazine|title=New album releases|magazine=Billboard|date=November 5, 1966|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSkEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=August 20, 2023|language=en}} As a form of promotion, a single was sent to the radios. It included the songs "I Who Have Nothing" and "Middle Of The Street,"{{cite AV media notes|title=I Who Have Nothing / Middle Of The Street|year=1966|publisher=Capitol Records|id=5761|location=United States}} with the first song originally being recorded in Italian.

In 1967, the Hi-Fi/Stereo Review magazine included it in their list of "Best Album of the Year," which featured the best albums of 1966 as chosen by the magazine's music critics.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jUpq7FNTeMC|title=Liza, with a Z: The Traumas and Triumphs of Liza Minnelli|first1=Michael|date=2003|publisher=Pavilion Books|page=115|language=en|isbn=978-1-86105-681-8|access-date=August 20, 2023|last1=Freedland}}

Despite never being released individually in the CD format, all eleven tracks in their entirety (and in the original order) appeared on two compilations released by Capitol Records, namely: in 2006, on The Complete Capitol Collection that adopts the original cover of Liza! Liza!; and in 2009, on the compilation Finest.{{cite web|title=Liza Minnelli - Finest Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/finest-mw0001352332|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125174544/https://www.allmusic.com/album/finest-mw0001352332|archive-date=November 25, 2021|language=en|url-status=live}}