Show Time (Slave album)

Show Time
Studio album by Slave
Released October 1981
Recorded 1981Atlantic Studios, New York City, New York
Genre Soul funk
Label Cotillion Records
Producer Jimmy Douglass
Slave chronology

Stone Jam
(1980)
Show Time
(1981)
Visions of the Lite
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau A–[2]

Show Time is the sixth album by the American funk band Slave, released in 1981. Show Time was the last album that singer/drummer Steve Arrington recorded with the band. The album reached number seven on the Top Soul Albums charts. The lead single, "Snap Shot", reached number six on the Soul Singles charts.

Track listing

  1. "Snap Shot" 4:43 (Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass, Floyd Miller)
  2. "Party Lites" 4:55 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Webster)
  3. "Spice of Life" 4:57 (Douglas, S. Carter, Arrington)
  4. "Smokin'" 5:25 (S. Carter, Webster, Arrington)
  5. "Wait for Me" 5:18 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Webster)
  6. "Steal Your Heart" 5:24 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Douglass, Webster)
  7. "For the Love of U" 5:08 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Carter, Miller, Webster)
  8. "Funken Town" 3:46 (C. Carter, Webster, Miller, Johnson, Parker, S. Carter, Arrington)

Personnel

Slave

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 46
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 7

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
US
Dance
1981 "Snap Shot" 91 6 21
"Wait for Me" 103 20 21
"Party Lites" 21

External links

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Slave: Show Time > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (November 30, 1981). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Slave US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. "Slave US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.