Time's Up

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Time's Up
Studio album by Living Colour
Released	August 1990
Recorded	1989 - 1990
Genre	Rock
Length	57:35
Label	Epic
Producer(s)	Ed Stasium
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Living Colour chronology
Live From CBGB's (1989)	Time's Up (1990)	Stain (1993)

Time's Up is the second album by the band Living Colour in August, 1990 (see 1990 in music). It features a wide range of genres and also includes a cameo appearances from Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, and James Earl Jones. After the album was released, it reached gold status and later won a Grammy for best rock album of the year. It was the last album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass.

Contents 1 Track Listing 1.1 Original 1.2 2002 Re-release 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Awards

[edit] Track Listing

[edit] Original

1. "Time's Up"
2. "History Lesson"
3. "Pride"
4. "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
5. "New Jack Theme"
6. "Someone Like You"
7. "Elvis Is Dead"
8. "Type"
9. "Information Overload"
10. "Under Cover of Darkness"
11. "Ology"
12. "Fight the Fight"
13. "Tag Team Partners"
14. "Solace of You"
15. "This Is the Life"

[edit] 2002 Re-release

1. "Time's Up"
2. "History Lesson"
3. "Pride"
4. "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
5. "New Jack Theme"
6. "Someone Like You"
7. "Elvis Is Dead"
8. "Type"
9. "Information Overload"
10. "Under Cover of Darkness"
11. "Ology"
12. "Fight the Fight"
13. "Tag Team Partners"
14. "Solace of You"
15. "This Is the Life"
16. "Final Solution (Live)"
17. "Middle Man (Live)"
18. "Love Rears Its Ugly Head (Soul Power Mix)"

[edit] Personnel

• Corey Glover - lead vocal
• Vernon Reid - guitars, vocals
• Muzz Skillings - bass, vocals
• Will Calhoun - drums, percussion, vocals

with

• John Aguto - Assistant Engineer
• Akbar Ali - Strings
• Charles Burnham - Strings
• Don Byron - Clarinet, Sax (Baritone)
• Greg Calbi - Mastering
• Annette Daniels - Vocals (bckgr)
• D.K. Dyson - Vocals (bckgr)
• Eileen Folson - Strings
• Doug E. Fresh - Percussion, Vocals
• Alan Friedman - Programming
• Lolly Grodner - Assistant Engineer
• Paul Hamingson - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Mick Jagger - Vocals (bckgr)
• Toshi Kubota - Vocals (bckgr)
• Jeff Lippay - Assistant Engineer
• Little Richard - Vocals
• Yubie Navas - Vocals (bckgr)
• Maceo Parker - Saxophone
• Queen Latifah - Vocals
• Alva Rogers - Vocals (bckgr)
• Rosa Russ - Vocals (bckgr)
• Ed Stasium - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Francine Stasium - Vocals (bckgr)
• Lex Van Pieterson - Photography
• Reggie Workman - Strings
• Derin Young - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1990	The Billboard 200	13

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"Type"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
1990	"Type"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
1990	"Elvis Is Dead"	Modern Rock Tracks	25
1991	"Elvis Is Dead"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	18
1991	"Elvis Is Dead"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	10
1991	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"	Modern Rock Tracks	8
1991	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	28

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1990	Time's Up	Best Hard Rock Performance