On this weeks mid week album chart, Rod is on course to claim his first number one album since his Best Of collection, Greatest Hits Vol1 topped the charts in 1979.
Time is currently 6,600 copies ahead of its nearest rival English Rain by Gabrielle Aplin, which currently sits at two.
Vampire Weekend are at three with Modern Vampires of the City, Agnetha Faltskog is at four with A and Caro Emerald slips to five with The Shocking Miss Emerald.