This Is The Time: The Christmas Album is an album by Michael Bolton, released on October 1, 1996. Bolton's first Christmas release, it contains two new songs: "This Is The Time", and "Love Is the Power" (performed with Wynonna Judd), while the others were covers of traditional Christmas songs. "Ave Maria" was performed with Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo. "White Christmas" was a single off the album Timeless: The Classics, but was also included on this album. The CD was an "enhanced" CD containing additional material viewable on a computer, including a video of "White Christmas", a discography, and a preview of a Bolton CD-ROM which was never released.
The album was released during Christmas time, narrowly missing the top 10 hitting #11. Total sales of the album have reached one million copies in the US (Platinum status). The album also proved to be a worldwide hit, selling almost 2.5 million units.
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever.
They are known for their symphonic sound and the use of female vocals and male growls, performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen respectively. All six members participate in composing their songs, whilst their lyrics are primarily written by Simons and Jansen. Their songs largely deal with philosophical topics, including science, religion, and world events.
In 2003, Epica's debut album The Phantom Agony was released through Transmission Records. Consign to Oblivion followed in 2005, and debuted at No. 12 in the Dutch charts. They moved labels to Nuclear Blast following Transmission's bankruptcy, and in 2007, released their third studio album The Divine Conspiracy, which charted at #9 in the Netherlands. 2009's Design Your Universe was met with yet greater success, debuting at #8 in the Dutch Albums Chart, and charting across Europe, also garnering much critical acclaim.
"This Is the Time" is a song performed by Billy Joel released as the third single from his album The Bridge.
The song reached #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, with no accompanying music video.
The song was featured on the NBA VHS NBA Superstars, in a segment showcasing Hall of Fame players from the 1950s to the 1970s. It was also played during Larry Bird's retirement ceremony at the Boston Garden in 1993, this time honoring past players of the Boston Celtics.
"This Is the Time" is the title of the 2014 Season 2 episode of The Carrie Diaries in which Carrie (AnnaSophia Robb) attends her senior prom. Joel's song is referenced by character Donna LaDonna (Chloe Bridges) during her prom queen acceptance speech as the music begins to play in the background. It is mentioned twice more in conversations shortly thereafter. The Correatown cover version of the song also plays in the closing minutes of this penultimate episode.
If I knew back then
All the things I know today
Baby I would not have changed one hour
'Cause I learned so much from my mistakes.
All the nights we cried
And we prayed we see the mornings light
We never thought that we could ever make it
And you were sure
You'd never hear me say
This is the time.
This is the moment.
We've waited so long
Just to be standing here.
We had a dream
We made it happen
Nobody believed we could get this far
And now, I know that this is our time.
You never wanted any fortune or fame
You said baby just give me your heart
And now I'll tell you
Without any shame
That you were right from the start
Staying together, it ain't been easy
In a world that changes so fast
But take a look around
Or feet are squarely on the ground
'Cause we've found a love that can last
And it seems so clear
I know that this is going to be out year
We'll forget all the pain and sorrow
And we'll forget about the times we failed.
This is the time.
This is the moment.
We've waited so long
Just to be standing here.
We had a dream
We made it happen
Nobody believed we could get this far