About Time is the final Pennywise album to feature bass player Jason Thirsk, who committed suicide on July 29, 1996.

After debating whether to break up, or to move on with a new bass player, Pennywise decided to hire a new bassist, Randy Bradbury, who would stay with the band permanently.

Thirsk was still alive when writing for Full Circle began, and co-wrote some previously unreleased songs that would eventually appear on the band's 2014 album Yesterdays.

The AllMusic review by Paul Henderson awards the album 4.5 out of 5 stars and states: "The band's fourth release in as many years finds it functioning as a full-strength unit, cranking out searing hardcore laced with positive but leery messages and ideals.

While the music and message remain essentially the same as their previous releases, increasing depth and maturity begin to take hold in both these areas.