Gravity's Rainbow (album)

Gravity's Rainbow
Studio album by Pat Benatar
Released	May 24, 1993
Recorded	Spyder Mae's Soul Kitchen, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock
Length	45:27
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Don Gehman, Neil Giraldo
Pat Benatar chronology
True Love (1991) Gravity's Rainbow (1993) Innamorata (1997)
Singles from Gravity's Rainbow
"Everybody Lay Down" Released: June 1993 "Somebody's Baby" Released: July 5, 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Gravity's Rainbow is the ninth studio album and tenth album overall by American singer Pat Benatar. It was released in 1993 on Chrysalis Records. The album is named after, though bears little other relation to, the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name. It peaked at No. 85 on the US Billboard 200,^[3] and sold close to 160,000 copies - according to Nielsen SoundScan. Gravity's Rainbow would be Benatar's last studio album recorded for Chrysalis.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pictures of a Gone World"	Neil Giraldo	0:41
2.	"Everybody Lay Down"	Giraldo, Pat Benatar	4:25
3.	"Somebody's Baby"	Giraldo, Benatar	4:24
4.	"Ties That Bind"	Giraldo, Myron Grombacher	3:36
5.	"You & I"	Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher	4:24
6.	"Disconnected"	Giraldo, Grombacher, Frank Linx	3:43
7.	"Crazy"	Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher, Linx	4:24
8.	"Every Time I Fall Back"	Giraldo, Benatar	5:02
9.	"Sanctuary"	Giraldo, Grombacher	3:52
10.	"Rise (Part 2)"	Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher, Linx	3:03
11.	"Kingdom Key"	Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher	4:22
12.	"Tradin' Down"	Giraldo, Grombacher	3:31

Personnel

Band members

• Pat Benatar - vocals, executive producer
• Neil Giraldo - guitar, keyboards, percussion, executive producer
• Frank Linx - bass, percussion
• Myron Grombacher - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Greg Piccolo - saxophone on "Crazy"
• Richard Dodd - cello on "Somebody's Baby"
• Donte Scher - violin on "Somebody's Baby"

Production

• Don Gehman - producer, engineer
• Rick Will - engineer, mixing of "Tradin' Down"
• Ed Thacker - mixing
• Sheldon and Nicholas Devane - mixing of "Pictures of a Gone World" and "Rise (Part 2)"
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1993 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[4] 44 Billboard 200 (USA)[3] 85

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1993 "Everybody Lay Down" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 3 RPM100 Singles (Canada)[6] 50 "Somebody's Baby" New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 36 RPM100 Singles (Canada)[8] 41 UK Singles Chart[9] 48

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar Gravity's Rainbow review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
2. Odintz, Andrea (30 September 1993). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - Gravity's Rainbow". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
3. "Gravity's Rainbow Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
4. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 3, July 31, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 31 July 1993. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
5. "Gravity's Rainbow Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
6. "Top Singles - Volume 57, No. 25, July 03 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 3 July 1993. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
7. "Pat Benatar – Somebody's Baby (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
8. "Top Singles - Volume 58, No. 9, September 11, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. 11 September 1993. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
9. "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.