Another Place and Time is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on March 13, 1989 by Atlantic Records and Warner Bros.

The collaboration between Summer and S/A/W was suggested by her husband, Bruce Sudano, after hearing a track by Rick Astley, another artist produced by the team.

While initially hesitant, Summer eventually embraced their commercial approach, recording the album between September 1988 and January 1989 at PWL Studios in London.

Sudano evidently shared the opinion of Record Mirror critic Edward J Bernard, who reviewing Donna Summer's All Systems Go album in October 1987 , opined: "Now disco's back in vogue, Donna would be better served teaming up with S/A/W – her powerhouse lungs were made for just that kind of [over-the-top] production, and not the wimp rock she now chooses to make.

[UltimatelyAnother Place And Time] stands as one of the most enjoyable [albums] we ever recorded, & part of our hi-NRG history, thanks to Donna's astounding ability to make any song she sang her own."

Summer would say of the Another Place and Time album, recorded between September 1988 and January 1989 with S/A/W at PWL Studios in London, "There was no real themes we were looking for, except for dancing, love and relationships.

"[9] After some initial tensions over the direction of the recording sessions, the singer agreed to let SAW take the lead in the studio when Waterman convinced her the team knew what they were doing and would deliver her a hit.

Every track sounds like a hit"[15] Similarly, Bill Coleman of Billboard considered Another Place and Time as "one of Summer's most satisfying and consistent [album] in a very long time", adding that "the delicious dance/pop numbers do serve as nice vehicles for the songstress' vocal charm", and that Summer "sounds very comfortable with the material and all of the tracks are easily programmable for clubs and radio".

Her voice has been over-diluted for mass radio-friendly appeal, and she's lost the fire of her early days",[24] and Gary Graff of the Detroit Free Press: "Once sultry and soulful, Summer has been whitewashed to sound like any other female hit-maker, a disturbing fate for one of America's dance-music trendsetters,"[25] being echoed by Steve Simels of Stereo Review: "Summer's [vintage] records...at least bore the stamp of a recognizable personality.

Unfortunately, this comeback effort finds her in the ham-fisted grasp of British producer/writers Stock, Aitken, and Waterman, the last place any artist with even a shred of individuality should be.

Summer doesn't exactly get buried [here]; in fact, her genuine soulfulness occasionally threatens to inject a measure of reality into S/A/W's cotton-candy disco settings...Mostly, though, the album is lyrically banal (sometimes amazingly so), annoyingly clean-cut, and ultimately indistinguishable from previous S/A/W product.

"I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" was passed over for single release there in favor of "Love's About to Change My Heart", whose Hot 100 peak would be number 85 and reflected a lack of sustained interest in the album.

A second album was planned with Stock Aitken Waterman, however Summer never found the time to get back to the UK, and the tracks were later recorded by singer Lonnie Gordon.

All tracks are written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, except where notedIn 1989 an enhanced CD+Graphics version of the album was also released.