Time's Up (Living Colour album)

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Time's Up
Time's Up cover
Studio album by Living Colour
Released August 20, 1990
Recorded 1989 - 1990
Genre Hard rock
Heavy metal
Funk metal
Length 57:35
Label Epic Records
Producer Ed Stasium
Professional reviews
Living Colour chronology
Vivid
(1988)		 Time's Up
(1990)		 Biscuits
(1991)

Time's Up is the second album by Living Colour, released on August 20, 1990. It features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh and James Earl Jones. After the album was released, it reached gold status, peaked at #13 on the Billboard 200 and later won a Grammy for best hard rock album of the year. It is the last album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass. As of 2008, the album is out of print.

Contents

[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] Banded Version

A special US advance promo version eliminating "History Lesson", "Ology" and "Tag Team Partners". Catalog number ESK 2171

  1. "Time's Up"
  2. "Pride"
  3. "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
  4. "New Jack Theme"
  5. "Someone Like You"
  6. "Elvis Is Dead"
  7. "Type"
  8. "Information Overload"
  9. "Under Cover of Darkness"
  10. "Fight the Fight"
  11. "Solace of You"
  12. "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


  • 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


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