Precious Time (album)

Precious Time
Studio album by Pat Benatar
Released July 6, 1981
Studio Sound City Studios and Goodnight LA Studios at Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length 35:30
Label Chrysalis
Producer
Pat Benatar chronology

Crimes of Passion
(1980)		 Precious Time
(1981)		 Get Nervous
(1982)
Singles from Precious Time
  1. "Fire and Ice"
    Released: July 6, 1981
  2. "Promises in the Dark"
    Released: September 25, 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Precious Time is the third studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, released on July 6, 1981. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, chart[3] and produced the top 20 hit "Fire and Ice"; the song that would later win the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1982[4] and reached No. 17 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.[5] The single "Promises in the Dark" reached No. 38 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 16 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.[5] Precious Time was also Benatar's first album to chart in the UK, reaching No. 30.[6]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Promises in the Dark"  Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar 4:48
2. "Fire and Ice"  Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Benatar 3:19
3. "Just Like Me" (Paul Revere & the Raiders cover)Rick Dey, Roger Hart and Terry Melcher 3:30
4. "Precious Time"  Billy Steinberg 6:03
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "It's a Tuff Life"  Neil Giraldo 3:17
6. "Take It Anyway You Want It"  Martin Briley and Neil Giraldo 2:49
7. "Evil Genius"  Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar 4:34
8. "Hard to Believe"  Neil Giraldo and Myron Grombacher 3:26
9. "Helter Skelter" (The Beatles cover)John Lennon and Paul McCartney 3:50

Personnel

The band

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard 200 (USA)[3] 1
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[7] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 2
French Albums Chart[9] 3
Australian Albums Chart[10] 8
Swedish Albums Chart[11] 9
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 28
UK Albums Chart[6] 30
GfK Dutch Chart[13] 46
German Albums Chart[14] 57

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1981 "Fire and Ice" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 2
RPM100 Singles (Canada)[15] 4
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[16] 17
New Zealand Singles Chart[17] 22
Australian Singles Chart[10] 30
"Promises in the Dark" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 16
French Singles Chart[18] 16
RPM100 Singles (Canada)[19] 31
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[5] 38
"Just Like Me" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 15
"Take It Anyway You Want It" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 32

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1984 2x Platinum (+ 2,000,000)[20]
Canada CRIA 1981 2x Platinum (+ 200,000)[21]
France SNEP 1981 Gold (+ 100,000)[22]

References

  1. ↑ Theakston, Rob. "Pat Benatar – Precious Time review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Fissinger, Laura (October 29, 2001). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar – Precious Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Precious Time Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lennon, Jones lead Grammy nominees". The Milwaukee Journal (Journal Communications). January 14, 1982. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "Precious Time Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 35, No. 7, September 12, 1981". Library and Archives Canada. September 12, 1981. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Precious Time (album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Precious Time (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Precious Time (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Precious Time (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Album – Pat Benatar, Precious Time". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 35, No. 7, September 12, 1981". Library and Archives Canada. September 12, 1981. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Pat Benatar Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Fire and Ice (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  18. ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 35, No. 15, November 07 1981". Library and Archives Canada. November 7, 1981. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  20. ↑ "RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Les Certifications depuis 1973 : search for Benatar P." (in French). Infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.

External links

Preceded by
Long Distance Voyager by The Moody Blues		 Billboard 200 number-one album
August 15–21, 1981 		Succeeded by
4 by Foreigner