Album:
A Space in Time entered the Kent album charts on 25 September 1972 and peaked at #18.
Songwriter:
Alvin Lee
Producer:
Chris Wright
Record label of Australian release:
Chrysalis
Wikipedia – A Space in Time:
A Space in Time is the sixth studio album by the British blues rock band Ten Years After. A departure in style from their previous albums, A Space in Time is less ‘heavy’ than previous albums and includes more acoustic guitar, perhaps influenced by the success of Led Zeppelin who were mixing acoustic songs with heavier numbers.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Space_in_Time
Wikipedia – I’d Love to Change the World:
The song was written and sung by Alvin Lee. It discusses the confused state of the world, covering a wide variety of societal complaints, until it finally addresses the Vietnam War. The song features a folk-inspired chord pattern to support the melody.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I’d_Love_to_Change_the_World
Lyrics:
World pollution, there’s no solution, institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor, them and us
We’ll stop the war!
I’d love to change the world – but I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you
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